Company overview
Sonoco Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells various engineered and sustainable packaging products in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging. The Consumer Packaging segment provides round and shaped rigid paper products and steel and plastic containers; and metal and peelable membrane ends, closures, and components. The Industrial Paper Packaging segment offers paperboard tubes, cones, and cores; paper-based protective packaging products; and uncoated recycled paperboards. The company also offers various packaging materials, including plastic, paper, foam, and various other specialty materials. The company sells its products in various markets, which include paper, textile, film, food, packaging, construction, and wire and cable. Sonoco Products Company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina.
Daily valuation snapshot
These values come from the daily market snapshot dated 2026-10-08. TTM means trailing twelve months. Use the market date when comparing SON with another company.
| Daily close (USD) | $48.4 |
| Market capitalization (USD) | $4,785,259,600 |
| Price / earnings (TTM) | 7.62 |
| Price / book | 1.33 |
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Sonoco Products Company's recorded market capitalization is $4,785,259,600. It measures the market value of the company's equity, rather than its revenue or cash balance.
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SON's recorded P/E is 7.62: about $7.62 of share price for each $1 of trailing annual earnings per share. Compare that multiple with earnings growth and companies in the same business.
Price relative to book equity
SON's recorded price-to-book ratio is 1.33. That compares its market equity value with recorded book equity. Examine its business and balance sheet to understand why those values differ.
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