Sonoco Products (SON) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Sonoco Products (SON) reported Net Margin of 1.06% for Q1 2026, down 55.0% on a YoY basis from 2.35% in Q1 2025, and up 47.18% quarter-over-quarter from 2.0% in Q4 2025.

Sonoco Products (SON) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sonoco Products has reported Net Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 1.06% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 55.0% year-over-year to 1.06%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.56% (up 407.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 5.25%, up 370.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 1.06%, up from 2.0% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Net Margin was 21.42% in Q2 2025, with the low at 2.0% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Net Margin has averaged 2.59% across 5 years, with a median of 0.99% in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Net Margin surged 3147 bps — and 2023, when it sank 501 bps.
  • Sonoco Products' Net Margin stood at 0.88% in 2022, then jumped by 213 bps to 0.99% in 2023, then plunged by 110 bps to 0.1% in 2024, then slumped by 1928 bps to 2.0% in 2025, then jumped by 47 bps to 1.06% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 1.06% (Q1 2026), 2.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.69% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.82%
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 7.22%
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn -0.27%
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn 4.51%
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn 5.69%
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 7.31%
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn -8.90%
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn -1.06%
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 6.73%
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn 3.96%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 -1.06%
Dec 31, 2025 -2.00%
Sep 28, 2025 -0.69%
Jun 29, 2025 21.42%
Mar 30, 2025 -0.50%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.10%
Sep 29, 2024 0.86%
Jun 30, 2024 2.06%
Mar 31, 2024 1.73%
Dec 31, 2023 0.99%
Oct 1, 2023 0.91%
Jul 2, 2023 1.73%
Apr 2, 2023 1.38%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.88%
Oct 2, 2022 5.92%
Jul 3, 2022 6.34%
Apr 3, 2022 6.00%
Dec 31, 2021 3.51%
Oct 3, 2021 6.96%
Jul 4, 2021 -25.13%