Sonoco Products (SON) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Sonoco Products' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at -2.15% for Q3 2026, down 7.44 percentage points from 5.30% a year earlier and down 7.85 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sonoco Products (SON) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Sonoco Products' Return on Assets [ROA] was 8.48%, up 6.81 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] carries a five-year change of +4.49 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Assets [ROA] was 1.66% in FY2024 (-5.02 pp), 6.68% in FY2023 (-1.02 pp), 7.70% in FY2022 (+9.30 pp) and -1.60% in FY2021 (-5.58 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q3 2021.
- Year-over-year, Return on Assets [ROA] increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.09 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Assets [ROA] over five years came in Q2 2022 (a gain of 9.82 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2026 (a drop of 7.44 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows SON's Return on Assets [ROA] at 5.70% (Q2 2026), 9.14% (Q1 2026) and 8.77% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.27 Bn | 20.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 1.04% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.65 Bn | 20.22 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 6.54% |
| 3 | International Paper | 22.01 Bn | 18.09 Bn | 1.93 Bn | -9.60% |
| 4 | Amcor | 20.90 Bn | 16.32 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 2.94% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.50 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 2.65% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.31 Bn | 11.21 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 6.47% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.93 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 405.32 Mn | -2.15% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.42 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 2.76% |
| 9 | Greif | 3.37 Bn | 3.37 Bn | 254.60 Mn | - |
| 10 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 0.64% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | -2.15% |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 5.70% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 9.14% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.77% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 5.30% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 4.51% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.22% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.52% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 3.57% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.14% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.58% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 6.86% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 6.84% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 7.08% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.66% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 6.27% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 6.12% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | -0.66% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.65% |
API Access
Sonoco Products Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=SON&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=SON&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();