After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
SON belongs to the Consumer Cyclical sector of the NYSE while operating in the Packaging & Containers industry. The current market capitalization of Sonoco Products Co is $4.57B. A total of 0.89 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 823.14K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Haley John R bought 3,000 shares of SON for 46.76 per share on Feb 27 ’25. After the transaction, the Director now owns 18,558 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 26 ’25, Haynes Ernest D III bought 2,453 shares at 47.09 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Coker R. Howard acquired of 20,000 shares on Feb 21 ’25 at a per-share price of $46.48. This resulted in the President & CEO holding 527,028 shares of SON after the transaction. In another insider transaction, HILL ROBERT R JR sold 4,000 shares at $47.95 per share on Jan 07 ’25. Company shares held by the Director now total 16,065.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Sonoco Products Co pays an annual dividend of $2.08, resulting in a dividend yield of 4.47%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.22. SON’s most recent ex-dividend date was 4.44% when it declared a $0.52 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/26/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/8/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 3.8%. The SON stock dividend was $0.52 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, SON has a high of $61.73 and a low of $44.35.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. SON’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $170.98M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.84B in debt and $1.53B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $23.12, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.85B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for SON is Buy with a score of 4.00.
