Sonoco Products Company

SON

$52.33

-0.69%

N/A-$0.37

Consumer Cyclical

Packaging & Containers

NYSE

Active Trading

Sonoco Products Company (SON), through its numerous subsidiaries, operates as a worldwide producer and vendor of both industrial and consumer packaging solutions. ...

Key Metrics of SON

Snapshot

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Market Cap

$5.17B

ROCE

8.1%

EV / EBITDA

6.28x

-0.1% YoY

FCF Yield

7.8%

-0.2% YoY

Cash Conversion Cycle

25.2d

Current Ratio

0.99

Quick take

TTM —

Current ratio below 1.0

Negative working capital

Key Metrics

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Valuation trend

Valuation trend table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	TTM
Market CapTotal market value of all shares outstanding.	$5.77B	$5.95B	$5.49B	$4.82B	$4.35B	$5.17B
Enterprise ValueCompany value including debt and cash adjustments.	$7.44B	$9.25B	$8.58B	$11.69B	$8.56B	$9.72B
EV / SalesHow many dollars investors pay per dollar of sales.	1.33x	1.58x	1.58x	2.20x	1.14x	1.30x
EV / EBITDAValuation multiple versus operating earnings before non-cash charges.	50.21x	10.63x	8.89x	19.13x	5.60x	6.28x
Net Debt / EBITDALeverage ratio using net debt divided by EBITDA.	11.30	3.79	3.20	11.24	2.76	2.94

Returns + ROCE gauge

ROCE latest

8.1%

Prev year 8.2%

Returns + ROCE gauge table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	TTM
ROEProfit generated from shareholders' equity.	-4.7%	22.6%	19.6%	7.2%	11.0%	18.3%
ROAProfit generated from total assets.	-1.7%	6.6%	6.6%	1.3%	3.6%	5.9%
ROICReturn generated on invested operating capital.	-1.6%	8.7%	9.9%	3.0%	9.1%	10.2%
ROCEOperating return on long-term capital used.	13.7%	10.6%	9.8%	3.9%	8.2%	8.1%
Earnings YieldEarnings as a percentage of market value.	-1.5%	7.8%	8.6%	3.4%	9.1%	12.4%

Cash flow quality

Cash flow quality table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	TTM
FCFFCash flow available to all capital providers.	$77.90M	$260.79M	$622.77M	$600.22M	$523.91M	$562.03M
FCFECash flow available to equity holders after debt flows.	$-57.45M	$1.68B	$369.48M	$4.34B	$-2.42B	$-573.91M
FCF YieldFree cash flow divided by market capitalization.	0.7%	3.0%	9.5%	9.1%	8.0%	7.8%
Income QualityHow well accounting earnings are backed by cash flow.	-3.61	1.09	1.86	5.09	1.17	0.99
Capex / OCFShare of operating cash flow spent on capital expenditures.	85.7%	64.6%	41.1%	47.2%	49.9%	36.6%

Operating efficiency

Operating efficiency table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	TTM
DSOAverage days to collect cash from customers.	55.6d	59.9d	49.9d	74.5d	49.6d	58.5d
DIOAverage days inventory stays before being sold.	45.3d	86.3d	52.0d	89.0d	68.8d	77.6d
DPOAverage days the company takes to pay suppliers.	58.1d	64.5d	46.3d	99.0d	114.3d	110.9d
Operating CycleTime from buying inventory to collecting receivables.	100.9d	146.2d	101.9d	163.6d	118.4d	136.0d
Cash Conversion CycleNet days cash is tied in operations.	42.8d	81.7d	55.6d	64.5d	4.1d	25.2d