Growth Metrics

Sonoco Products (SON) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Sonoco Products' Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.12% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 8.0% year-over-year to 0.12%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.12%, up 8.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.14%, 10.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.12% in Q4 2025 per SON's latest filing, down from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.22% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.11% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.07%, with a median of 0.04% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: decreased -26bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 32bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.05% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 460bps to 0.18% in 2022, then plummeted by -78bps to 0.04% in 2023, then grew by 0bps to 0.04% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 193bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SON's Return on Equity are 0.12% (Q4 2025), 0.13% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).