What is the 13F Pro Quality Score for SON?

13F Pro ranks SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) on the 13F Pro Quality Score, a 0–100 composite of 32 fundamental signals including return on invested capital, free cash flow consistency, balance-sheet strength, earnings quality, growth durability, and valuation discipline. The score refreshes after each 10-K and 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR. View SON's current score at https://13fpro.ai/company/SON (free sign-up required for the full ranking).

Where does 13F Pro source SON data?

All SONOCO PRODUCTS CO fundamentals and ownership data come directly from SEC EDGAR. SONOCO PRODUCTS CO files with the SEC under CIK 91767. 13F Pro ingests XBRL financial facts from 10-K and 10-Q filings, Form 13F-HR institutional holdings, and Form 4 insider transactions, with no third-party rewrites or estimates.

What sector is SON in?

SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) is classified in the Materials sector. 13F Pro publishes sector-level fund flow analysis and quality leaders at https://13fpro.ai/research/sector/materials.

What drives SON's revenue?

Per SONOCO PRODUCTS CO's latest 10-Q filed with the SEC on 2026-07-28, the biggest revenue drivers are: Consumer Packaging ($1,241.8M, +1.2% YoY); Industrial Paper Packaging ($643.6M, +4.2% YoY); EMEA ($705.4M). Figures are extracted from the filing text and machine-verified against the document. Full breakdown at https://13fpro.ai/company/SON.

What are SON's largest expenses?

SONOCO PRODUCTS CO's latest 10-Q reports these as the largest expense items: Cost of sales ($1,493.1M, -0.7% YoY); Selling, general and administrative ($200.2M, -8.5% YoY); Interest expense ($45.5M, -29% YoY). Sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filing text for Q2 FY2026 (quarter ended June 28, 2026).

How often is SON research updated on 13F Pro?

SON's fundamentals refresh within hours of each new 10-K or 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR. Institutional ownership updates after each quarterly 13F filing window. Insider transactions update after each Form 4 filing. The 13F Pro Quality Score recalculates after every fundamentals refresh.

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13F Pro Quality Score

69.0/100

Rank #291 of 2,960 stocksTOP 10%

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Revenue Growth

77.5/100

Profitability

77.3/100

Balance Sheet

82.2/100

Earnings Quality

26.6/100

Free Cash Flow

35.2/100

Institutional Flow

91.0/100

Revenue Scale

83.3/100

Dilution Risk

84.3/100

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Why SON Scores 69/100

exact factor attribution · 2026-09-12

SON's composite is driven by revenue growth and scale, held back by earnings quality and free cash flow. Bars show each factor's exact push vs. a median company, using the same weights the ranking engine applies.

Revenue growth

+5.5 pts

78th pct

Scale

+5.0 pts

83th pct

Profitability

+4.1 pts

77th pct

Capital efficiency

+3.2 pts

82th pct

Institutional flow

+2.0 pts

91th pct

Earnings growth

+2.0 pts

90th pct

Shareholder dilution

+1.7 pts

84th pct

Free cash flow

-2.2 pts

35th pct

Earnings quality

-2.3 pts

27th pct

Factor percentiles are cross-sectional ranks across the ~2,800-stock scored universe, computed from SEC EDGAR filings. Not investment advice.

SON Stock Analysis & AI Quality Score

Data updated 2026-09-12

AI stock analysis and institutional research for SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON), a Materials sector company. 13F Pro's AI-powered ranking engine scores SON at 69.0/100 on a 32-signal composite quality model, placing it at rank #291 of 2,960 stocks — the top 10% of the AI-ranked universe. SON scores in the top quartile across institutional flow (91.0), revenue scale (83.3), balance sheet strength (82.2). Areas of concern include earnings quality (26.6) and free cash flow (35.2), which score below median versus the broader universe. Based on the latest XBRL financial filings (Q1 2026), SONOCO PRODUCTS CO reports quarterly revenue of $1.7B, net income of $67.6M, free cash flow of $-430.0M. Top institutional holders of SON by reported 13-F value include BlackRock, FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS, based on the most recent SEC filings. SON trades on the NYSE exchange and files with the SEC under CIK 91767. 13F Pro's AI research platform runs 10 specialized AI analysts — value, growth, momentum, macro, and activist specialists — that debate SON daily and publish AI-generated analysis with cited SEC sources. The platform aggregates historical XBRL financial facts, 10-Q and 10-K filings, insider Form 4 transactions, and institutional 13-F holdings for SONOCO PRODUCTS CO directly from SEC EDGAR. SONOCO PRODUCTS CO's 13F Pro composite quality score has ranged between 39 and 72 since 2021, currently 69.0 — an improving long-term trajectory across 68 quarterly and live scoring snapshots.

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Fun facts about SONOCO PRODUCTS CO

Quirks, history, and lore behind SON — the kind of stuff that makes a stock memorable.

1
The Basics
U.S. materials company · mid-cap · listed on NYSE · headquartered in a small city in South Carolina.
2
The Numbers
Annual revenue in the range of $6–7 billion, with operations spanning over 30 countries — quite the footprint for a company most people have never heard of.
3
The History
Founded in 1899, it started out making paper cones for textile mills — a product so niche it practically defines the phrase 'obscure industrial origin.'
4
The Secret
It is one of the world's largest makers of industrial packaging, turning out the tubes, cores, and reels that hold everything from paper rolls to adhesive tape — the unsung skeleton of manufacturing.
5
The Lore
Its hometown of Hartsville, South Carolina essentially grew up around the company — the founding family's name is stamped all over the town's institutions and civic life.
6
The Giveaway
If you've ever unrolled a paper towel, unwound a spool of wire, or pulled tape off a roll, you've almost certainly used one of their paperboard tubes or cores — this Hartsville, SC packaging giant has been quietly holding your world together since 1899.

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What's Driving SON's Business? Latest 10-Q Breakdown

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AI-extracted from SONOCO PRODUCTS CO's 10-Q filed 2026-07-28 — Q2 FY2026 (quarter ended June 28, 2026). Every figure is machine-verified against the filing text on SEC EDGAR.

Q2 net sales fell (1.3)% to $1.9 billion as the ThermoSafe divestiture cut $(65.7) million and volumes $(22.9) million, while GAAP operating profit rose 9.8% to $192.8 million.

Biggest Revenue Drivers

Consumer Packaging$1,241.8M+1.2% YoY

Foreign exchange added $20.3M and price increases $18.9M, partially offset by softer volume/mix of $(22.1)M

Industrial Paper Packaging$643.6M+4.2% YoY

Index-based pricing resets added $18.1M and foreign exchange $8.8M, with volume/mix flat

Biggest Revenue Drivers

Total revenue: $1,885.5M-1.3% YoY

Consumer Packaging$1,241.8M+1.2% YoY

Foreign exchange added $20.3M and price increases $18.9M, partially offset by softer volume/mix of $(22.1)M

Within Consumer Packaging

EMEA$705.4M

Largest geography within Consumer Packaging

United States$468.0M

U.S. sales within the Consumer Packaging segment

Industrial Paper Packaging$643.6M+4.2% YoY

Index-based pricing resets added $18.1M and foreign exchange $8.8M, with volume/mix flat

Within Industrial Paper Packaging

United States$409.9M

U.S. sales within the Industrial Paper Packaging segment

Largest Expense Items

Cost of sales$1,493.1M-0.7% YoY

ThermoSafe divestiture cut $(49.0)M and labor $(18.4)M, offset by higher direct material $36.9M and freight $20.5M

Selling, general and administrative$200.2M-8.5% YoY

Lower acquisition/integration/divestiture costs of $(9.1)M and $(7.8)M from the ThermoSafe divestiture

Interest expense$45.5M-29% YoY

Lower average debt levels after 2025 repayments using TFP and ThermoSafe proceeds

Restructuring/Asset impairment charges, net$1.9M

Ongoing costs of prior-year plant closures, offset by revisions to severance estimates

Margins: Gross profit margin declined to 20.8% from 21.3%, with SG&A falling to 10.6% of sales. Consumer Packaging operating margin fell to 12.2% from 13.1%; Industrial Paper Packaging held at 13.9%.

Watch Items from the Filing

Consumer Packaging EMEA/APAC goodwill of $1,415,082 thousand is flagged at risk of near-term impairment following the Eviosys fair-value step-up.
Volume/mix reduced quarterly sales by $(22.9) million as macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures weighed on the supply chain and customers.
Scheduled debt maturities of approximately $968.8 million over the next twelve months, against $168.6 million cash and $1.134 billion of revolver capacity.
Operating activities used cash of $67.3 million in the first six months, versus $14.7 million used a year earlier.
Imported metal ends now face a 25% Section 232 tariff; the Company says it has the contractual ability to pass such costs to customers.

AI-extracted and verified against SEC EDGAR filing text. Not investment advice.

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Revenue

Q1 2026

$1.7B

Net Income

Q1 2026

$67.6M

Free Cash Flow

Q1 2026

$-430.0M

ROIC

Q1 2026

5.4%

Period

Revenue & Net Income

Earnings Per Share

Key Financials Over Time

Export Financial Table · Pro

Revenue

+41.7% YoY

$7.52BFY 2025

FY22 $5.86BFY23 $5.44BFY24 $5.31BFY25 $7.52B

Net Income

+511.8% YoY

$1.00BFY 2025

FY22 $466.4MFY23 $475.0MFY24 $163.9MFY25 $1.00B

Operating Income

+211.6% YoY

$1.02BFY 2025

FY22 $563.4MFY23 $589.0MFY24 $326.6MFY25 $1.02B

EPS (Diluted)

+510.3% YoY

$10.07FY 2025

FY22 $4.72FY23 $4.80FY24 $1.65FY25 $10.07

Total Assets

-10.8% YoY

$11.16BFY 2025

FY22 $7.05BFY23 $7.19BFY24 $12.51BFY25 $11.16B

Total Debt

-46.5% YoY

$4.86BFY 2025

FY22 $3.72BFY23 $3.11BFY24 $9.09BFY25 $4.86B

Op. Cash Flow

-17.3% YoY

$689.8MFY 2025

FY22 $509.0MFY23 $882.9MFY24 $833.8MFY25 $689.8M

Free Cash Flow

-21.5% YoY

$345.8MFY 2025

FY22 $180.3MFY23 $519.8MFY24 $440.6MFY25 $345.8M

Metric	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Revenue	$7.52B +41.7%	$5.31B -2.5%	$5.44B -7.1%	$5.86B +2.4%	$5.72B +6.9%	$5.35B
Net Income	$1.00B +511.8%	$163.9M -65.5%	$475.0M +1.8%	$466.4M +645.7%	$-85.5M -141.2%	$207.5M
Operating Income	$1.02B +211.6%	$326.6M -44.6%	$589.0M +4.6%	$563.4M +15.7%	$486.9M +36.1%	$357.8M
EPS (Diluted)	$10.07 +510.3%	$1.65 -65.6%	$4.80 +1.7%	$4.72 +648.8%	$-0.86 -142.0%	$2.05
Total Assets	$11.16B -10.8%	$12.51B +73.9%	$7.19B +2.0%	$7.05B +39.0%	$5.07B -3.9%	$5.28B
Total Debt	$4.86B -46.5%	$9.09B +192.1%	$3.11B -16.4%	$3.72B +84.2%	$2.02B -6.2%	$2.16B
Operating Cash Flow	$689.8M -17.3%	$833.8M -5.6%	$882.9M +73.4%	$509.0M +70.4%	$298.7M -57.7%	$705.6M
Free Cash Flow	$345.8M -21.5%	$440.6M -15.2%	$519.8M +188.4%	$180.3M +322.7%	$42.7M -91.7%	$511.5M

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Top Institutional Holders of SON

BlackRock, Inc.
$657.0M11,659,564 sh
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
$307.4M5,454,604 sh
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP
$273.9M4,860,602 sh
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
$270.6M4,802,275 sh
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT
$261.9M4,648,027 sh
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
$251.5M4,462,538 sh
STATE STREET CORP
$248.8M4,415,449 sh
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
$205.0M3,637,407 sh
EARNEST PARTNERS LLC
$159.4M2,829,098 sh
Invesco Ltd.
$116.2M2,062,827 sh

Fund	Value	Shares
BlackRock, Inc.	$657.0M	11,659,564
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	$307.4M	5,454,604
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	$273.9M	4,860,602
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	$270.6M	4,802,275
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT	$261.9M	4,648,027
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	$251.5M	4,462,538
STATE STREET CORP	$248.8M	4,415,449
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/	$205.0M	3,637,407
EARNEST PARTNERS LLC	$159.4M	2,829,098
Invesco Ltd.	$116.2M	2,062,827

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13F Pro's AI-powered analysis of SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) draws on SEC EDGAR-sourced fundamentals, institutional 13F holdings, and insider Form 4 transactions in the Materials sector (listed on NYSE). The 32-signal AI Quality Score, current rank, and full bull/bear verdict for SON are available on the SON stock profile dashboard — with the same data, AI insights, ratios, and institutional activity refreshed after every 10-K, 10-Q, 13F, and Form 4 filing. SON is classified as a mid company.

Which hedge funds own SON?

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