Sonoco Products (SON) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Sonoco Products' (SON) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 12.59% in Q2 2026, up 794.0% YoY from 1.41% in Q2 2025, and up 2.3% on a QoQ basis from 12.31% in Q1 2026.
Sonoco Products (SON) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sonoco Products (SON) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.59% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 794.0% year-over-year to 12.59% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 12.59% (up 794.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.94%, up 532.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 12.59% in Q2 2026, from 12.31% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 32.47% in Q2 2022 to a low of 4.35% in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 10.89% and a median of 10.33% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 2318 bps — and 2023, when it sank 2101 bps.
- Tracing SON's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 10.69% in 2022, then retreated by 9 bps to 9.71% in 2023, then sank by 50 bps to 4.85% in 2024, then soared by 136 bps to 11.42% in 2025, then increased by 10 bps to 12.59% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 12.59% (Q2 2026), 12.31% (Q1 2026), and 11.42% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 12.59% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 12.31% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.42% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 6.57% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 4.65% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.42% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.85% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 4.35% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.12% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.69% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.71% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 9.96% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 11.10% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 11.45% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.69% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 12.50% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 23.19% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 32.47% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.02% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 11.06% |