Growth Metrics

Sonoco Products (SON) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Sonoco Products' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.11% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 7.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.11%, up 7.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11%, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.11% in Q4 2025 per SON's latest filing, up from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.32% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.04% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.11%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 23bps in 2022, then dropped -21bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.14% in 2021, then dropped by -24bps to 0.11% in 2022, then fell by -9bps to 0.1% in 2023, then plummeted by -50bps to 0.05% in 2024, then surged by 136bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SON's Return on Capital Employed are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.07% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025).