Sonoco Products (SON) Competitors $49.42 -0.73 (-1.46%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends SON vs. GPK, SEE, UFPT, PKG, SW, TRMB, BALL, IEX, AVY, and GGGShould you be buying Sonoco Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonoco Products include Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Trimble (TRMB), Ball (BALL), IDEX (IEX), Avery Dennison (AVY), and Graco (GGG). Sonoco Products vs. Graphic Packaging Sealed Air UFP Technologies Packaging Co. of America Smurfit Westrock Trimble Ball IDEX Avery Dennison Graco Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) and Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk. Which has better earnings and valuation, GPK or SON? Graphic Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Sonoco Products. Graphic Packaging 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 RatioGraphic Packaging$8.96B0.90$723M$2.3411.45Sonoco Products$6.57B0.74$474.96M$2.9116.98 Is GPK or SON a better dividend stock? Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Sonoco Products pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Graphic Packaging pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sonoco Products pays out 71.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GPK or SON? Sonoco Products received 155 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.20% of users gave Sonoco Products an outperform vote while only 64.17% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGraphic PackagingOutperform Votes51464.17% Underperform Votes28735.83% Sonoco ProductsOutperform Votes66964.20% Underperform Votes37335.80% Does the media favor GPK or SON? In the previous week, Sonoco Products had 1 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sonoco Products and 7 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Sonoco Products' score of 1.09 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Graphic Packaging 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Sonoco Products 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is GPK or SON more profitable? Graphic Packaging has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Sonoco Products' net margin of 4.38%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 28.26% beat Sonoco Products' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Graphic Packaging7.99% 28.26% 7.27% Sonoco Products 4.38%19.92%6.38% Do analysts recommend GPK or SON? Graphic Packaging currently has a consensus target price of $31.53, indicating a potential upside of 17.71%. Sonoco Products has a consensus target price of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.38%. Given Sonoco Products' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sonoco Products is more favorable than Graphic Packaging.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Graphic Packaging 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Sonoco Products 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GPK or SON? 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sonoco Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sonoco Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk & volatility, GPK or SON? Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonoco Products has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryGraphic Packaging beats Sonoco Products on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Brownstone ResearchMost People Are Dead Wrong.Turn on any financial news outlet at any given moment and within minutes you're guaranteed to see headlines about artificial intelligence. Everyone's talking about AI right now. But see, I've been talking about it for years.I call it my AI Retirement Playbook. I recommend you check it out now. Get Sonoco Products News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SON and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SON vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSonoco ProductsPaperboard containers & boxes IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.86B$12.21B$9.22B$19.18BDividend Yield4.01%2.46%2.08%3.58%P/E Ratio16.9870.2021.0841.22Price / Sales0.741.204.8617.58Price / Cash5.9110.0219.2621.28Price / Book1.992.294.245.32Net Income$474.96M$376.03M$398.18M$989.67M7 Day Performance-4.83%-4.68%-4.64%-3.45%1 Month Performance-1.46%-5.20%-1.86%-3.73%1 Year Performance-11.84%12.39%15.47%12.06% Sonoco Products Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SONSonoco Products4.3677 of 5 stars$49.42-1.5%$59.00+19.4%-10.9%$4.86B$6.57B16.9823,000News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeGPKGraphic Packaging3.9015 of 5 stars$29.20-0.6%$31.53+8.0%+9.0%$8.76B$8.96B12.5523,500Positive NewsSEESealed Air4.0431 of 5 stars$36.08+0.3%$41.00+13.6%-5.2%$5.26B$5.40B13.2217,000Positive NewsUFPTUFP Technologies1.9169 of 5 stars$256.10-1.0%$323.50+26.3%+47.6%$1.97B$461.85M36.893,293Positive NewsPKGPackaging Co. of America4.6 of 5 stars$237.24-0.4%$221.60-6.6%+40.3%$21.31B$7.80B27.7514,900Analyst UpgradePositive NewsSWSmurfit Westrock3.8626 of 5 stars$54.55+1.5%$60.00+10.0%N/A$28.37B$20.31B298.5256,100Positive NewsTRMBTrimble4.629 of 5 stars$74.32+1.0%$84.86+14.2%+39.3%$18.15B$3.80B12.3112,700BALLBall3.9853 of 5 stars$58.10-0.2%$70.75+21.8%+0.2%$17.34B$13.79B4.3921,000IEXIDEX4.5569 of 5 stars$224.38+0.6%$243.14+8.4%+0.1%$16.99B$3.19B34.528,800Positive NewsAVYAvery Dennison4.9041 of 5 stars$194.29-0.4%$244.96+26.1%-6.5%$15.61B$8.68B23.4335,000GGGGraco3.8256 of 5 stars$87.93flat$89.25+1.5%-0.3%$14.85B$2.13B31.074,000Analyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Graphic Packaging Competitors Sealed Air Competitors UFP Technologies Competitors Packaging Co. of America Competitors Smurfit Westrock Competitors Trimble Competitors Ball Competitors IDEX Competitors Avery Dennison Competitors Graco Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:SON) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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