SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)

Sonoco Products Co. engages in the manufacture of industrial and consumer packaging products and services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Packaging, Industrial Paper Packaging, and All Other. The Consumer Packaging segment offers round and shaped rigid containers, fiber and plastic caulk and adhesive tubes, and aluminum, steel, and peelable membrane easy-open closures for paper and metal cans. The Industrial Paper Packaging segment produces recycled paperboard, chipboard, tubeboard, lightweight corestock, and boxboard. The All Other segment consists of corporate expenses allocated as operating costs through the business segments. The company was founded on May 10, 1899, and is headquartered at Hartsville, SC.

Address

ONE NORTH SECOND ST
HARTSVILLE, SC 29551-0160

Founded

1899

Number of Employees

23,000

Buyback

Buyback Data 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
$ Amount Purchased
($ in 000s )
$87,738 $7,872 $106,736 $6,299 $10,466 $2,214 $8,483 $69,835 - - - $37,455
Average Price $41.26 $45.53 $48.99 $52.78 $55.40 $60.71 $57.06 $20.72 - - - $35.92
# Shares Purchased 2,126,670 172,884 2,178,518 119,349 188,918 36,461 148,680 3,370,912 - - - 1,042,799
Buyback Performance 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
Total Return to Date 33.3% 20.8% 12.3% 4.2% -0.7% -9.4% -3.6% 165.5% - - - 53.1%
S&P 500 Return to Date 181.9% 173.0% 168.6% 129.7% 104.9% 93.1% 74.8% 31.7% - - - 119.7%
Excess Total Return -148.5% -152.2% -156.3% -125.5% -105.6% -102.5% -78.4% 133.8% - - - -66.6%
Quartile Rank
Percentile Rank 41% 39% 36% 39% 36% 30% 26% 96% - - - 72%
Buyback returns calculated using weighted average buyback price over the last 10 years and comparing to current day stock price value. S&P 500 used as benchmark for excess return.

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