SON — SONOCO PRODUCTS CO

US Materials Paper & packaging equity mkt cap 5.9B
59.48 +1.97% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 39.27 · high 60.56

Anonymous view is capped at two years of history. A free account extends it to five, and Pro opens the whole archive back to 2016-01-04.

Performance

1 day+1.97%
1 week+2.08%
1 month+5.61%
3 months+22.21%
6 months+5.37%
Year to date+34.05%
1 year+29.36%
3 years+7.19%
5 years-8.31%

Technicals

RSI 1465.7
vs 50-day avg+6.77%
vs 200-day avg+17.82%
Volatility 1y32.7%
Max drawdown 1y-19.56%
Avg volume 30d1.1M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)3.60%
Paid last 12m2.1400
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-02-22

Measured signals that fired on SON

datesignal measured base rate
2026-07-31Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-24Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-17Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-06Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-18Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-29Conviction buy by an officer
insider
-1.03% over 21 days · t = -2.24 · n = 1,083
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-07Coker R. Howard
President & CEO
Open-market purchase4.3K57.41249.4K
2026-08-07Coker R. Howard
President & CEO
Gift4.3K0.000
2026-07-29Florence John M
Gnl Council, Secy, VP
Shares withheld for tax6.6K58.54386.2K
2026-07-29Florence John M
Gnl Council, Secy, VP
Option exercise6.9K54.46373.5K
2026-07-29Florence John M
Gnl Council, Secy, VP
Open-market sale26158.5615.3K
2026-06-30Joachimczyk Paul
CFO
Shares withheld for tax2.5K56.35142.8K
2026-06-30Joachimczyk Paul
CFO
Option exercise8.3K0.000
2026-04-27Harrell James A. III
Pres. Global Ind. Paper Pkg.
Open-market purchase6.8K50.37340.2K
2026-04-27Harrell James A. III
Pres. Global Ind. Paper Pkg.
Discretionary Transaction6.8K50.37340.2K
2026-04-24Joachimczyk Paul
CFO
Open-market purchase8.1K49.64400.0K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.616.2M11.4M
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.319.9M5.9M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC258.5M4.8M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC240.2M4.4M
STATE STREET CORP228.2M4.2M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP212.6M3.9M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/179.2M3.3M
EARNEST PARTNERS LLC139.9M2.6M
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB110.7M2.1M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC106.0M2.0M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d72.2% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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