Recent Research Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Sonoco Products (SON)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Sonoco Products (NYSE: SON):

• 10/30/2026 – Sonoco Products was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “sell (d+)”.
• 10/26/2026 – Sonoco Products had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group. They now have a $50.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/23/2026 – Sonoco Products had its price target lowered by Citigroup from $63.00 to $59.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/23/2026 – Sonoco Products had its price target lowered by Truist Financial from $62.00 to $59.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Sonoco Products was downgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong sell”.
• 10/19/2026 – Sonoco Products had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Company from $56.00 to $53.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 10/12/2026 – Sonoco Products had its price target lowered by Truist Financial from $68.00 to $62.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/5/2026 – Sonoco Products had its price target lowered by UBS Group from $61.00 to $51.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 9/11/2026 – Sonoco Products was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “hold (c+)”.

Sonoco Products Stock Down 2.8%

NYSE SON opened at $48.79 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a current ratio of 1.18. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $50.30 and a 200 day simple moving average of $52.40. Sonoco Products Company has a twelve month low of $39.27 and a twelve month high of $60.67. The stock has a market cap of $4.82 billion, a PE ratio of -21.21, a PEG ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 0.37.

Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by ($0.07). The firm had revenue of $2.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.07 billion. Sonoco Products had a positive return on equity of 16.40% and a negative net margin of 3.08%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.92 earnings per share. On average, research analysts forecast that Sonoco Products Company will post 5.41 EPS for the current year.

Sonoco Products Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 10th will be paid a $0.54 dividend. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 10th. Sonoco Products’s dividend payout ratio is presently -93.91%.

Sonoco Products Company is a global packaging company headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina. Founded in 1899 as the Southern Novelty Company, it has developed from a producer of paper cones for the textile industry into a diversified provider of packaging solutions serving consumer, industrial and commercial customers.

The company manufactures a broad range of products, including composite cans and tubes, paperboard packaging, flexible packaging, thermoformed packaging, rigid plastic containers, protective packaging and packaging components.