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About Sonoco Products Company
Sonoco Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells various engineered and sustainable packaging products in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging. The Consumer Packaging segment offers round and shaped rigid paper, steel, and plastic containers, as well as metal and peelable membrane ends, closures, and components. Its Industrial Paper Packaging segment provides paperboard tubes, cones, and cores; paper-based protective packaging; and uncoated recycled paperboards. The company also offers packaging materials, such as plastic, paper, foam, and various other specialty materials. It sells its products in various markets, including the paper, textile, film, food, packaging, construction, and wire and cable markets. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina.
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- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Packaging & Containers
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5 years, 6 months ago
Sonoco Products Company is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 8.7% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 98.6% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Cyclical sector with a price to sales ratio of 1.3.
Sonoco Products Company's total revenue rose by 5.2% to $1B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 125.9% to $-12M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 8.0% to $149M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Sonoco Products Company gets an overall score of 4/5.