Sonoco Products Financial Ratios
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Sonoco Products ratio analysis
Sonoco Products earned a net margin of 13.3% in FY 2025, up from 3.1% a year earlier. Gross margin was 20.9% compared with a median of 19.3% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 27.8%, meaning Sonoco Products generated 0.28 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.20 versus 3.10 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.05. At the end of FY 2025, SON traded at 4.4 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 4.4 to 30.5, with a median of 18.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Sonoco Products financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 4.41 | 29.06 | 11.64 | 12.86 | — | 28.90 | 20.95 | 16.87 | 30.54 | 18.75 |
| Price / sales | 0.58 | 0.89 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.12 | 1.10 | 0.95 | 1.03 | 1.09 |
| Price / book | 1.22 | 2.08 | 2.27 | 2.88 | 3.14 | 3.15 | 3.37 | 2.99 | 3.12 | 3.48 |
| Gross margin | 20.9% | 21.5% | 22.1% | 20.9% | 18.6% | 19.6% | 19.2% | 18.8% | 18.5% | 19.3% |
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 6.2% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 8.5% | 6.7% | 8.5% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 10.3% |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 3.1% | 8.7% | 8.0% | -1.5% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.6% | 8.3% | 9.6% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 9.6% | 4.2% | 7.2% | 3.1% | 4.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 27.8% | 7.2% | 19.6% | 22.6% | -4.7% | 10.9% | 16.2% | 17.8% | 10.3% | 18.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 9.0% | 1.3% | 6.6% | 6.6% | -1.7% | 3.9% | 5.7% | 6.8% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.20 | 3.10 | 1.25 | 1.56 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.79 | 0.85 | 0.69 |
| Current ratio | 1.05 | 0.79 | 1.76 | 1.35 | 1.09 | 1.21 | 1.08 | 1.40 | 1.56 | 1.68 |
| Revenue growth | 41.7% | -2.5% | -7.1% | 2.4% | 6.9% | -2.8% | -0.5% | 6.6% | 6.0% | -3.7% |
| EPS growth | 510.3% | -65.6% | 1.7% | — | -142.0% | -28.8% | -7.1% | 78.2% | -38.1% | 15.2% |