Sonoco Products (SON) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Sonoco Products' Retained Earnings came in at $3.44 billion for Q2 2026, up 13.7% from $3.03 billion a year earlier and up 1.5% from the prior quarter.
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Sonoco Products (SON) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Sonoco Products' Retained Earnings was $3.38 billion, up 30.7% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $2.58 billion in FY2024 (-1.5%), $2.62 billion in FY2023 (+11.8%), $2.35 billion in FY2022 (+13.4%) and $2.07 billion in FY2021 (-11.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q4 2009.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings has increased for five consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 13.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Retained Earnings over five years came in Q1 2026 (growth of 31.1%), and the weakest in Q3 2021 (a decline of 14.3%).
- Business Quant data shows SON's Retained Earnings at $3.39 billion (Q1 2026), $3.38 billion (Q4 2025) and $3.1 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.65 Bn | 20.58 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 2.24 Bn |
| 2 | International Paper | 21.34 Bn | 17.23 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 4.44 Bn |
| 3 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.88 Bn | 18.41 Bn | 512.50 Mn | 3.96 Bn |
| 4 | Amcor | 19.78 Bn | 15.21 Bn | 1.34 Bn | 459.00 Mn |
| 5 | Ball | 15.12 Bn | 12.14 Bn | 697.00 Mn | 12.54 Bn |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 11.68 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 748.00 Mn | - |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.94 Bn | 3.94 Bn | 392.38 Mn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 3.80 Bn | 1.54 Bn | 294.88 Mn | 3.70 Bn |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 2.74 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 292.00 Mn | 1.53 Bn |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.63 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 238.00 Mn | -1.06 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 3.44 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 3.39 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.38 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 3.10 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 3.03 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.59 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.58 Bn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 2.68 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.68 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.64 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.62 Bn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 2.59 Bn |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 2.51 Bn |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 2.45 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.35 Bn |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 2.30 Bn |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 2.22 Bn |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 2.14 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.07 Bn |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 2.05 Bn |
API Access
Sonoco Products Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=SON&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=SON&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();