Sonoco Products (SON) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Sonoco Products' Net Margin was 5.56% in Q2 2026, down 20.26 percentage points from 25.83% a year earlier but up 1.53 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sonoco Products (SON) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Sonoco Products' Net Margin was 8.41% through Jun 28, 2026, down 0.36 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 13.34%, up 10.25 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin shows a five-year change of +9.38 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Net Margin was 3.09% in FY2024 (-5.64 pp), 8.73% in FY2023 (+0.77 pp), 7.96% in FY2022 (+9.49 pp) and -1.53% in FY2021 (-5.49 pp).
- Quarterly Net Margin has moved between -3.15% (Q4 2024) and 34.13% (Q4 2022) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Net Margin was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.82 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Net Margin over five years was Q2 2022 (a gain of 31.04 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2023 (a drop of 28.05 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, SON's Net Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 4.03% (Q1 2026), 18.79% (Q4 2025) and 5.77% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.65 Bn | 20.58 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 1.11% |
| 2 | International Paper | 21.34 Bn | 17.23 Bn | 1.66 Bn | -0.20% |
| 3 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.88 Bn | 18.41 Bn | 512.50 Mn | 7.72% |
| 4 | Amcor | 19.78 Bn | 15.21 Bn | 1.34 Bn | 6.08% |
| 5 | Ball | 15.12 Bn | 12.14 Bn | 697.00 Mn | 5.53% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 11.68 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 748.00 Mn | 6.68% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.94 Bn | 3.94 Bn | 392.38 Mn | 5.56% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 3.80 Bn | 1.54 Bn | 294.88 Mn | 4.61% |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 2.74 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 292.00 Mn | 1.10% |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.63 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 238.00 Mn | 2.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 5.56% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 4.03% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 18.79% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 5.77% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 25.83% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.15% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 3.76% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.10% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.98% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.08% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 9.47% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 8.57% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 10.69% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 34.13% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 6.47% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 6.88% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 6.51% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.53% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 7.85% |
API Access
Sonoco Products Net Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=SON&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "ticker": "SON", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=SON&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();