Sonoco Products (SON) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Sonoco Products (SON) reported Debt Ratio of 0.42 for Q1 2026, down 24.62% on a YoY basis from 0.56 in Q1 2025, and up 9.28% quarter-over-quarter from 0.39 in Q4 2025.

Sonoco Products (SON) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sonoco Products has reported Debt Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.42 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 24.62% year-over-year to 0.42; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.42 (down 24.62% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.39, down 31.13% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.42, up from 0.39 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 1.91 in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.39 in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.54 across 5 years, with a median of 0.45 in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio soared 496.25% — and 2023, when it tumbled 76.59%.
  • Sonoco Products' Debt Ratio stood at 0.46 in 2022, then slipped by 7.57% to 0.42 in 2023, then surged by 33.29% to 0.56 in 2024, then plunged by 31.13% to 0.39 in 2025, then grew by 9.28% to 0.42 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.42 (Q1 2026), 0.39 (Q4 2025), and 0.44 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.32
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 0.37
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 0.25
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn 0.41
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn 0.36
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 0.42
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn 0.40
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn 0.42
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 0.31
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn 0.50

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 0.42
Dec 31, 2025 0.39
Sep 28, 2025 0.44
Jun 29, 2025 0.45
Mar 30, 2025 0.56
Dec 31, 2024 0.56
Sep 29, 2024 0.53
Jun 30, 2024 0.42
Mar 31, 2024 0.43
Dec 31, 2023 0.42
Oct 1, 2023 0.45
Jul 2, 2023 0.45
Apr 2, 2023 0.45
Dec 31, 2022 0.46
Oct 2, 2022 0.45
Jul 3, 2022 0.45
Apr 3, 2022 1.91
Dec 31, 2021 0.32
Oct 3, 2021 0.30
Jul 4, 2021 0.32