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Company snapshot — Sonoco Products Company

SON in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Sonoco designs, manufactures and sells engineered, sustainable packaging products across the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia Pacific and other regions. It runs two segments: Consumer Packaging, which makes rigid paper, steel and plastic containers plus metal and peelable membrane ends, closures and components, and Industrial Paper Packaging, which supplies paperboard tubes, cones, cores, paper-based protective packaging and uncoated recycled paperboards. It also sells plastic, paper, foam and other specialty materials into markets such as textiles, film, food, construction and wire and cable. The company is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina.
Where it sits in the stack
Sonoco does not hold a seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index. Within our wider universe it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, Packaging & Containers industry, supplying containers, closures and packaging materials to consumer goods and industrial customers rather than to any chip or data-centre layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not placed Sonoco in one of its named peer groups. The market usually sets it alongside other diversified packaging makers such as International Paper.
Why Closelook tracks it
Sonoco carries a Russell 1000 seat but no Rubin or Halo seat, and it does not yet carry a Closelook score. The diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares' recent slide below their short and longer trading averages continues or steadies, as a guide to whether packaging demand is softening or merely pausing.

Sonoco Products Company (SON) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SON, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Packaging & Containers · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaging & Containers · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SON on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.38%, quarterly · last 0.54 USD on 2026-08-10

Dividends and capital return

What SON pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.14 USD per share · a 4.38% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +1.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.10 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.54 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.51 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.07 USD · 2025: 2.11 USD · 2026: 1.61 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Sonoco Products Company (SON)?

Sonoco Products Company trades as SON on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is SON in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Sonoco Products Company is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does SON trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -11.7% vs the 50-day and -4.5% vs the 200-day average, 19.5% below the 52-week high and +30.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Sonoco Products Company do?

Sonoco designs, manufactures and sells engineered, sustainable packaging products across the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia Pacific and other regions. It runs two segments: Consumer Packaging, which makes rigid paper, steel and plastic containers plus metal and peelable membrane ends, closures and components, and Industrial Paper Packaging, which supplies paperboard tubes, cones, cores, paper-based protective packaging and uncoated recycled paperboards. It also sells plastic, paper, foam and other specialty materials into markets such as textiles, film, food, construction and wire and cable. Closelook has not placed Sonoco in one of its named peer groups. The market usually sets it alongside other diversified packaging makers such as International Paper.

Where does Sonoco Products Company sit in the AI build-out?

Sonoco does not hold a seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index. Within our wider universe it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, Packaging & Containers industry, supplying containers, closures and packaging materials to consumer goods and industrial customers rather than to any chip or data-centre layer. Sonoco carries a Russell 1000 seat but no Rubin or Halo seat, and it does not yet carry a Closelook score. The diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Sonoco Products Company pay a dividend?

Sonoco Products Company has paid 2.14 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.38% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.54 USD on 2026-08-10. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SON, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Packaging & Containers. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.