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Sonoco Products Co. (SON) – Don’t Be So Quick to Call it Dead

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Sonoco Products Co. (NYSE: SON) is -1.59% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $48.22 and a high of $61.73 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SON stock was last observed hovering at around $55.08 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.1%.

Currently trading at $54.98, the stock is 0.89% and 4.98% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.88 million and changing -0.18% at the moment leaves the stock -1.34% off its SMA200. SON registered -0.38% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.83%.

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The stock witnessed a 8.72% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.62%, and is 1.33% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.01% over the week and 2.23% over the month.

Sonoco Products Co. (SON) has around 23000 employees, a market worth around $5.40B and $6.60B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.81 and Fwd P/E is 9.49. Profit margin for the company is 5.58%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.02% and -10.93% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.02%).

The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.29% this year

612.0 institutions hold shares in Sonoco Products Co. (SON), with institutional investors hold 81.76% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 97.96M, and float is at 97.30M with Short Float at 2.66%. Institutions hold 81.24% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 10.92 million shares valued at $553.64 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.1096 of the SON Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 10.87 million shares valued at $551.33 million to account for 11.063 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 4.47 million shares representing 4.5469 and valued at over $226.59 million, while AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC holds 2.9737 of the shares totaling 2.92 million with a market value of $148.19 million.

Sonoco Products Co. (SON) Insider Activity

Sonoco Products Co. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 06 ’24 that Wood Adam (VP Paper&Ind Converted Prod) sold a total of 537 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 06 ’24 and was made at $57.04 per share for $30630.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 28273.0 shares of the SON stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 28 ’24, Grissett Russell K (Pres Global Flexible Packaging) disposed off 2,039 shares at an average price of $56.06 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 11,988 shares of Sonoco Products Co. (SON).

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