Sonoco Products (SON) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Sonoco Products (SON) reported Retained Earnings of -$22.5 million for Q1 2026, up 93.07% on a YoY basis from -$11.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 100.67% quarter-over-quarter from $3.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Sonoco Products (SON) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sonoco Products has reported Retained Earnings for 18 years, with the latest figure at -$22.5 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings rose 93.07% year-over-year to -$22.5 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$22.5 million (up 93.07% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.4 billion, up 771.86% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at -$22.5 million, down from $3.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was $3.4 billion in Q4 2025, with the low at -$512.5 million in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged $928.9 million across 5 years, with a median of -$22.5 million in 2026.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Retained Earnings tumbled 119.16% — and 2025, when it jumped 823.77%.
  • Sonoco Products' Retained Earnings stood at $2.3 billion in 2022, then rose by 11.76% to $2.6 billion in 2023, then plunged by 119.16% to -$502.7 million in 2024, then jumped by 771.86% to $3.4 billion in 2025, then slumped by 100.67% to -$22.5 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$22.5 million (Q1 2026), $3.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $9.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn 2.40 Bn
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn -41.00 Mn
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn -366.00 Mn
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn -980.00 Mn
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn 12.37 Bn
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 5.71 Bn
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn -
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn -22.49 Mn
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 22.00 Mn
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn 3.65 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 29, 2026 -22.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 3.38 Bn
Sep 28, 2025 9.02 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 3.03 Bn
Mar 30, 2025 -324.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -502.73 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 2.68 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -418.32 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.64 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.62 Bn
Oct 1, 2023 -420.11 Mn
Jul 2, 2023 -373.43 Mn
Apr 2, 2023 2.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 2.35 Bn
Oct 2, 2022 -512.53 Mn
Jul 3, 2022 -430.68 Mn
Apr 3, 2022 -356.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 2.07 Bn
Oct 3, 2021 -378.91 Mn
Jul 4, 2021 -344.46 Mn