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SON vs. PKG, GPK, SEE, UFPT, SW, TRMB, ZBRA, BALL, GGG, and IEX

Should you be buying Sonoco Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonoco Products include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Trimble (TRMB), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Ball (BALL), Graco (GGG), and IDEX (IEX).

Sonoco Products vs.

Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Sonoco Products pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sonoco Products pays out 126.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonoco Products has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sonoco Products shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sonoco Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 15 more articles in the media than Sonoco Products. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 7 mentions for Sonoco Products. Packaging Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Sonoco Products' score of 1.30 indicating that Packaging Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Packaging Co. of America
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sonoco Products
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sonoco Products received 139 more outperform votes than Packaging Co. of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.10% of users gave Sonoco Products an outperform vote while only 59.27% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Packaging Co. of AmericaOutperform Votes
534
59.27%
Underperform Votes
367
40.73%
Sonoco ProductsOutperform Votes
673
64.10%
Underperform Votes
377
35.90%

Packaging Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than Sonoco Products. Packaging Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sonoco Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Packaging Co. of America$8.38B2.14$805.10M$8.9322.33
Sonoco Products$5.31B0.88$474.96M$1.6528.58

Packaging Co. of America currently has a consensus price target of $233.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.86%. Sonoco Products has a consensus price target of $58.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.07%. Given Sonoco Products' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sonoco Products is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Packaging Co. of America
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Sonoco Products
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Sonoco Products' net margin of 2.60%. Sonoco Products' return on equity of 20.81% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Packaging Co. of America9.60% 19.67% 9.19%
Sonoco Products 2.60%20.81%5.59%

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Sonoco Products on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SON vs. The Competition

MetricSonoco ProductsPaperboard containers & boxes IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.65B$10.79B$7.03B$19.67B
Dividend Yield4.35%3.09%3.54%3.75%
P/E Ratio28.5829.0521.0333.83
Price / Sales0.881.0576.5528.00
Price / Cash5.729.6726.8317.54
Price / Book2.032.103.734.60
Net Income$474.96M$439.29M$793.45M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.69%0.64%-0.67%-0.38%
1 Month Performance0.58%-6.47%-0.43%-2.84%
1 Year Performance-16.78%-6.96%20.29%6.60%

Sonoco Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SON
Sonoco Products
4.6132 of 5 stars
$47.15
+1.6%
$58.50
+24.1%
-16.8%$4.65B$5.31B28.5820,500Positive News
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
4.3754 of 5 stars
$200.17
+3.0%
$233.00
+16.4%
+6.7%$17.97B$8.38B22.4115,100Positive News
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.2121 of 5 stars
$25.32
+0.1%
$31.37
+23.9%
-10.8%$7.60B$8.81B11.7223,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SEE
Sealed Air
4.5442 of 5 stars
$29.52
+1.4%
$40.25
+36.4%
-17.7%$4.30B$5.39B10.8516,300Short Interest ↑
UFPT
UFP Technologies
1.894 of 5 stars
$211.39
+6.3%
$392.00
+85.4%
-15.4%$1.62B$504.42M30.122,020Positive News
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.2692 of 5 stars
$44.99
+1.8%
$60.70
+34.9%
N/A$23.48B$21.11B81.8056,100Positive News
TRMB
Trimble
4.381 of 5 stars
$71.93
+2.0%
$86.00
+19.6%
+8.7%$17.67B$3.68B11.8111,800Short Interest ↑
ZBRA
Zebra Technologies
4.9073 of 5 stars
$297.35
+2.5%
$381.42
+28.3%
-1.2%$15.26B$4.98B29.1710,500Positive News
BALL
Ball
3.9805 of 5 stars
$50.69
flat
$63.30
+24.9%
-22.8%$14.31B$11.80B4.0021,000
GGG
Graco
3.9294 of 5 stars
$83.79
+2.0%
$93.00
+11.0%
-9.3%$14.09B$2.11B29.724,000News Coverage
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.7869 of 5 stars
$185.17
+1.8%
$241.71
+30.5%
-23.6%$14.03B$3.27B27.858,870Positive News
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This page (NYSE:SON) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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