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Sonoco Products Co (NYSE: SON) closed the day trading at $45.07 down -1.66% from the previous closing price of $45.83. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.66 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.31 million shares were traded. SON stock price reached its highest trading level at $45.56 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $44.69.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SON, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 13.48 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 31.16. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.72 and its Current Ratio is at 1.25. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.78 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.62.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, UBS on June 04, 2025, initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned the stock a target price of $48.
On May 23, 2025, Wells Fargo Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Underweight but kept the price unchanged to $55.
On April 22, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $62.Jefferies initiated its Buy rating on April 22, 2025, with a $62 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 02 ’25 when Haley John R bought 2,246 shares for $44.57 per share. The transaction valued at 100,100 led to the insider holds 20,804 shares of the business.
Coker R. Howard bought 20,000 shares of SON for $823,472 on May 01 ’25. The President & CEO now owns 502,365 shares after completing the transaction at $41.17 per share. On Apr 30 ’25, another insider, HILL ROBERT R JR, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 5,475 shares for $40.34 each. As a result, the insider paid 220,860 and bolstered with 29,540 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SON now has a Market Capitalization of 4445303808 and an Enterprise Value of 9879366656. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.67 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.37. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.559 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.078.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SON is 0.68, which has changed by -0.12722695 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18569505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SON has reached a high of $56.77, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $39.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.24%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SON traded about 854.87K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SON traded about 1326280 shares per day. A total of 98.63M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 97.48M. Insiders hold about 1.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.66% stake in the company. Shares short for SON as of 1752537600 were 4305477 with a Short Ratio of 5.04, compared to 1749772800 on 3697634. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4305477 and a Short% of Float of 5.6399997.
Dividends & Splits
SON’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.09, up from 2.09 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.045603313The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.43. The current Payout Ratio is 125.36% for SON, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-09 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-08. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-05-13 when the company split stock in a 11:10 ratio.
