What is Sonoco Products's earnings yield?

Sonoco Products (SON) reported earnings yield of 19% in Q1 2026.

How has Sonoco Products's earnings yield changed year-over-year?

Sonoco Products's earnings yield increased by 479.2% year-over-year, from 3.3% to 19%.

What is the long-term trend for Sonoco Products's earnings yield?

Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), Sonoco Products's earnings yield has grown at a 57.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.8% to 23.3%.

What does earnings yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.

Sonoco Products SON Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.7B-1.9%

Gross profit$345.6M-2.3%

Operating income$127.1M+0.2%

Net income$67.6M+24.2%

EPS (diluted)$0.68+23.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$224.5M+17.1%

Total debt$6.3B-35.2%

Total equity$3.6B+45.8%

Total assets$11.1B-12.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$367.9M-76.8%

CapEx$62.1M-33.0%

Free cash flow-$430.0M-43.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$5.01B+14.5%

Profitability

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Gross margin20.9%-0.5pp

Operating margin13.6%+6.9pp

Net margin13.6%+10.9pp

FCF margin2.9%+1.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity33.8%+27.5pp

Debt / equity1.8×-2.2×

Current ratio1×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Sonoco Products’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=19%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Sonoco Products’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Sonoco Products's earnings yield?: Sonoco Products (SON) reported earnings yield of 19% in Q1 2026.
How has Sonoco Products's earnings yield changed year-over-year?: Sonoco Products's earnings yield increased by 479.2% year-over-year, from 3.3% to 19%.
What is the long-term trend for Sonoco Products's earnings yield?: Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), Sonoco Products's earnings yield has grown at a 57.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.8% to 23.3%.
What does earnings yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.