Sonoco (SON)

• Market cap: $4.47B
• 1 day: -12.32%
• 5 days: -7.93%
• 1 month: -13.21%
• 3 months: -15.10%
• 6 months: -21.86%
• Year to date: -14.60%
• 1 year: -26.85%
• 5 years: -16.05%
• 10 years: -8.26%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Packaging & Containers

About: Over its 100-year-plus history, Sonoco Products has steadily assembled a diverse portfolio of industrial and consumer packaging product offerings such as flexible and rigid plastics, reels and spools, pallets, and composite cans. The company serves a variety of consumer and industrial end markets throughout North America. Sonoco has raised its dividend each year for more than 40 years.

Employees: 28,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

200% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 3 (+2) [Q4]

93% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $7.3M | Put options by funds: $3.79M

2.45% more ownership

Funds ownership: 76.72% [Q3] → 79.17% (+2.45%) [Q4]

6% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 160 | Existing positions reduced: 171

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 464 [Q3] → 442 (-22) [Q4]

8% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.12B [Q3] → $3.8B (-$316M) [Q4]

14% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 55 | Existing positions closed: 64

Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $48 17% upside
• Avg. target: $54 30% upside
• High target: $62 51% upside

4 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 75%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 1 25%

Raymond James Matt Roberts 50% 1-year accuracy 6 / 12 met price target	22% upside $50	Outperform Maintained	22 Apr 2025
Truist Securities Michael Roxland 28% 1-year accuracy 16 / 57 met price target	32% upside $54	Buy Maintained	22 Apr 2025
Jefferies John Dunigan 100% 1-year accuracy 1 / 1 met price target	51% upside $62	Buy Initiated	22 Apr 2025
Wells Fargo Gabe Hajde 44% 1-year accuracy 28 / 63 met price target	17% upside $48	Underweight Maintained	24 Feb 2025