Forensic Analysis · Paper & Forest Products · as of Nov 9, 2026

Sonoco Products Co (SON)

A forensic read on Sonoco Products Co built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Grey Zone

Financial health

2.2

Distress distance

Forensic signals

34.1%

ROE

41.7%

Revenue growth

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Sonoco Products Co earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.2, placing it in the Grey zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

8.2%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 8.2% in the latest fiscal year, against 7.5% in FY2023, having run between 3.7% and 8.2% across FY2023–FY2025 with no direction held. After-tax operating profit was $445M in FY2023 and $774M in FY2025, with operating income at 10.8% of revenue in FY2023, 6.2% in FY2024 and 13.5% in FY2025. The capital base behind it grew +59% across FY2023–FY2025, from $5.9B to $9.4B, and the return did not fall doing it, so the dollars added over that window earned at least the 7.5% the older base was already earning. FY2024's operating profit carried a $17M asset write-down that alone took about 0.2 points off that year's return; FY2024 sits between the two ends of FY2023–FY2025, so the charge shapes the path between them without moving the change across it. A non-cash write-down lowers the reported return in the year it lands.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$7.52B

Revenue Growth YoY+41.7%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)+17.5%

Net Margin13.3%

Free Cash Flow$345.8M

Return on Equity34.1%

Debt / Equity1.20x

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