Sonoco Products Company (SON) Stock Analysis
Breakout setup
Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers
Sell if holding. At $50.71, A.R:R 0.5:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 4.5%; Concentration risk — Product: metal cans (45.0%).
Sonoco Products is a global packaging manufacturer with two segments: Consumer Packaging (65% of 2025 net sales; metal cans, rigid paper containers, plastic) and Industrial Paper Packaging (30%; tubes, cores, paperboard). The company serves consumer staples, industrial, and... Read more
Sell if holding. At $50.71, A.R:R 0.5:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 4.5%; Concentration risk — Product: metal cans (45.0%). Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 55, MACD bullish. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 45d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — Sonoco Products Company
Latest news
- NEWS Sonoco Products Company (SON) Shareholder/Analyst Call - Slideshow (NYSE:SON) 2026-04-15 - Seeking Alpha — Seeking Alpha neutral
- NEWS Truist Financial Has Lowered Expectations for Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) Stock Price - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- NEWS Sonoco Increases Quarterly Common Stock Dividend - The Manila Times — The Manila Times positive
- NEWS Sonoco Products Company stock (US8354951027): Why Google Discover changes matter more now - AD HOC NEWS — AD HOC NEWS neutral
- NEWS Sonoco Products (SON) Expected to Announce Earnings on Tuesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:47Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHProductmetal cans45%10-K Item 1: 'metal cans and rigid paper containers were the Company's largest revenue-producing groups of products and services representing approximately 45% and 20%, respectively, of the Company's consolidated net sales'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-20Item 5.02MEDIUMAmendment to earlier 8-K: COO Rodger Fuller's retirement effective date changed from February 28, 2026 to April 11, 2026. He is retiring; no successor named in this filing. No disagreement cited.SEC filing →
- 2026-02-12Item 5.02LOWCraig L. Nix appointed to Board of Directors as independent director, effective February 10, 2026; assigned to Audit Committee and Financial Policy Committee. Former CFO/COO of Deloitte. Routine board expansion.SEC filing →
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Sell if holding. At $50.71, A.R:R 0.5:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 4.5%; Concentration risk — Product: metal cans (45.0%). Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 55, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $47.72. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $52.97 (+4.5% upside). Prior stop was $47.72. Stop-loss: $47.72.
Concentration risk — Product: metal cans (45.0%); Thin upside margin: 4.5%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.4): -0.5.
Sonoco Products Company trades at a P/E of 8.3 (forward 7.9). TrendMatrix value score: 8.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
17 analysts cover SON with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $61.
What does Sonoco Products Company do?Sonoco Products is a global packaging manufacturer with two segments: Consumer Packaging (65% of 2025 net sales; metal...
Sonoco Products is a global packaging manufacturer with two segments: Consumer Packaging (65% of 2025 net sales; metal cans, rigid paper containers, plastic) and Industrial Paper Packaging (30%; tubes, cores, paperboard). The company serves consumer staples, industrial, and construction markets through approximately 265 facilities in 37 countries; no single customer exceeded 10% of consolidated revenues in 2025.