Growth Metrics

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

Sonoco Products' Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.21% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 11.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.21%, up 11.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.23%, 12.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.21% in Q4 2025 per SON's latest filing, up from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.21% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.07% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.14%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: fell -10bps in 2024, then grew 11bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then soared by 38bps to 0.18% in 2022, then decreased by -7bps to 0.17% in 2023, then crashed by -40bps to 0.1% in 2024, then soared by 113bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SON's Return on Invested Capital are 0.21% (Q4 2025), 0.13% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).