Sonoco Products Co (SON) is expecting -3.09% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

On Tuesday, Sonoco Products Co (NYSE: SON) was 0.67% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $46.45. A 52-week range for SON has been $39.46 – $61.73.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 1.30%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 21.04%. With a float of $97.51 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $98.26 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 28000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 21.21%, operating margin of 8.06%, and the pretax margin is 1.01%.

Sonoco Products Co (SON) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Sonoco Products Co stocks. The insider ownership of Sonoco Products Co is 1.13%, while institutional ownership is 80.06%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 13 ’25, was worth 922,000. In this transaction President & CEO of this company bought 20,000 shares at a rate of $46.10, taking the stock ownership to the 482,365 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 27 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 3,000 for $46.76, making the entire transaction worth $140,270. This insider now owns 18,558 shares in total.

Sonoco Products Co (SON) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.99 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 21.04% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.72% during the next five years compared to -10.55% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE: SON) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Sonoco Products Co (SON) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.73. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 10.47.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.65, a number that is poised to hit 1.46 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.42 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Sonoco Products Co (SON)

Looking closely at Sonoco Products Co (NYSE: SON), its last 5-days average volume was 0.6 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.82 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 92.46%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.33.

During the past 100 days, Sonoco Products Co’s (SON) raw stochastic average was set at 54.85%, which indicates a significant decrease from 94.44% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 28.60% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 27.31% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $45.93, while its 200-day Moving Average is $49.94. However, in the short run, Sonoco Products Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $47.15. Second resistance stands at $47.55. The third major resistance level sits at $47.90. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $46.40, it is likely to go to the next support level at $46.05. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $45.65.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE: SON) Key Stats

There are 98,625K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 4.61 billion. As of now, sales total 5,305 M while income totals 163,950 K. Its latest quarter income was 368,480 K while its last quarter net income were -42,960 K.