Stock Research: Sonoco

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Sonoco

NYQ:SON US8354951027
73
  • Value
    40
  • Growth
    71
  • Safety
    Safety
    49
  • Combined
    54
  • Sentiment
    81
  • 360° View
    360° View
    73
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Company Description

Sonoco Products Company is a global packaging designer, developer, and manufacturer. It serves the consumer staples and industrial paper packaging markets. Sonoco operates globally. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $4,467 million, profits of $1,139 million, revenue of $5,305 million, and 28,000 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 47 (better than 47% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Sonoco are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Sonoco. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 73, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth, as well as stock returns. It ranks higher than 73% of competitors in the same industry. The other indicators are below average, namely the Value, Safety, and Sentiment Ranks.The Value Rank at 38 means that the share price of Sonoco is on the high side compared with its peers regarding revenues, profits, and invested capital. The stock price is higher than for 62% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 49, which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 51% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 37, indicating professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 63% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
40 95 86 45
Growth
71 37 52 5
Safety
Safety
49 81 51 23
Sentiment
81 54 54 43
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73 90 82 7
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
45 60 48 10
Opinions Change
50 43 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 63 58 87
Market Pulse
94 22 59 28
Sentiment
81 54 54 43
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
40 95 86 45
Growth
71 37 52 5
Safety Safety
49 81 51 23
Combined
54 98 82 5
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
73 73 60 47
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
70 95 83 45
Price vs. Book (P/B)
61 63 38 37
Dividend Yield
1 95 94 85
Value
40 95 86 45
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
15 19 45 65
Profit Growth
71 80 45 22
Capital Growth
58 45 75 19
Stock Returns
64 25 33 19
Growth
71 37 52 5
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
29 31 24 52
Refinancing
71 83 45 15
Liquidity
52 43 70 58
Safety Safety
49 81 51 23

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The only positive is high growth. The stock is expensive (low Value Rank), risky to finance, and carries critical professional sentiment. This is a risky proposition. Avoid unless you have exceptional conviction that the growth alone will overcome the price and financial risks.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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