On Tuesday, Sonoco Products Co (NYSE: SON) was 3.52% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $46.03. A 52-week range for SON has been $39.46 – $56.77.
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Over the past five-year period, the drop rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Cyclical sector was -10.55%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 22.76%. With a float of $97.48 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $98.63 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 28000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 21.49%, operating margin of 6.34%, and the pretax margin is 0.94%.
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 1.17%, while institutional ownership is 83.31%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 02 ’25, was worth 100,100. In this transaction Director of this company bought 2,246 shares at a rate of $44.57, taking the stock ownership to the 20,804 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 01 ’25, when Company’s President & CEO bought 20,000 for $41.17, making the entire transaction worth $823,472. This insider now owns 502,365 shares in total.
Sonoco Products Co (SON) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.0 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 22.76% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.72% 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 0.51. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.74. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 78.22.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.54, a number that is poised to hit 1.45 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.53 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Sonoco Products Co (SON)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.83 million, its volume of 0.81 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 53.26%.
During the past 100 days, Sonoco Products Co’s (SON) raw stochastic average was set at 87.59%, which indicates a significant decrease from 95.86% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.89 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 1.12 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $45.38, while its 200-day Moving Average is $47.78. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $48.35 in the near term. At $49.05, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $50.36. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $46.34, it is likely to go to the next support level at $45.03. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $44.33.
Sonoco Products Co (NYSE: SON) Key Stats
There are 98,628K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 4.70 billion. As of now, sales total 5,305 M while income totals 163,950 K. Its latest quarter income was 1,709 M while its last quarter net income were 54,430 K.
