SONSonoco Products Company

$49.97+12% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 63 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Above average. Sonoco Products Company scores higher than 60% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on new capital, held back by return on capital and cycle position.

Consumer Cyclical median 67 · all companies 57

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
62
66
61
60
47
64
63
202020212022202320242025today

The biggest move was up 17 points from 2024 to 2025, mostly valuation.

Valuation

26% of the score

99median 56

Sonoco Products Company is valued at 8.3x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a low multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
8.3x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

42median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 7.6% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
7.6%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 8.2%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

80median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 9 cents. New capital earned 3.5%, and 244% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
8.6%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

50median 67

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 0.3% a year over 5 years: buybacks
67
5%
-3%
-0.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 16% a year, sales 7.5%
24
12%
-2%
8.7%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

26median 62

Today's operating margin of 14% is 1.49x its normal 9.1%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.5x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 14%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

30median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA3.3x a year of EBITDA
31
4.5x
0.5x
3.3x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 5x
29
1.5x
12x
4.6x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

70median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.47x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 2.6% of assets
40
8%
0%
-8%
2.6%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-scoreTaken out: sales grew 42% in a year, and the model flags that much growth on its own
n/a

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-03-29, latest annual report FY2025.

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