Sonoco Products (SON) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Sonoco Products (SON) posted Operating Margin of 10.23% for Q2 2026, up 1.03 percentage points from 9.20% a year earlier and up 2.65 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sonoco Products (SON) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 28, 2026, Operating Margin at Sonoco Products was 13.87%, up 6.60 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 13.54%, up 7.38 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +6.70 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Sonoco Products' Operating Margin was 6.16% in FY2024 (-4.67 pp), 10.83% in FY2023 (+1.21 pp), 9.61% in FY2022 (+0.91 pp) and 8.71% in FY2021 (+1.88 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has run from a low of 0.64% in Q4 2023 to a high of 29.43% in Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has increased in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.86 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q4 2025, with a gain of 25.31 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2024, with a drop of 11.01 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was 7.58% (Q1 2026), 29.43% (Q4 2025) and 9.15% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.65 Bn | 20.58 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 3.85% |
| 2 | International Paper | 21.34 Bn | 17.23 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 11.14% |
| 3 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.88 Bn | 18.41 Bn | 512.50 Mn | 11.70% |
| 4 | Amcor | 19.78 Bn | 15.21 Bn | 1.34 Bn | 10.10% |
| 5 | Ball | 15.12 Bn | 12.14 Bn | 697.00 Mn | 9.63% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 11.68 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 748.00 Mn | 12.65% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.94 Bn | 3.94 Bn | 392.38 Mn | 10.23% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 3.80 Bn | 1.54 Bn | 294.88 Mn | 9.12% |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 2.74 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 292.00 Mn | 4.34% |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.63 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 238.00 Mn | 6.71% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 10.23% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 7.58% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 29.43% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 9.15% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 9.20% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.42% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.11% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 7.54% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.49% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.55% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.64% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 11.80% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 14.04% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 16.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.22% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 9.63% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 10.32% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 9.55% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.28% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 8.94% |
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Sonoco Products Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=SON&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-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=operating-margin&ticker=SON&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();