TTM
3.6%
YoY change
−3.08pp
Trough year (1999)
-3.1%
Peak year (2001)
10.1%
Latest annual
5.2%
FCF Margin history chart for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: 5.2%
FCF Margin change chart for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: −3.08pp
FCF Margin history table for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1989 to 2025
| 2025 | 5.2% | -3.08pp | ||
| 2024 | 8.3% | -1.25pp | ||
| 2023 | 9.6% | +6.48pp | ||
| 2022 | 3.1% | +2.31pp | ||
| 2021 | 0.8% | -9.00pp | ||
| 2020 | 9.8% | +5.49pp | ||
| 2019 | 4.3% | -3.54pp | ||
| 2018 | 7.8% | +4.53pp | ||
| 2017 | 3.3% | -1.14pp | ||
| 2016 | 4.4% | -0.89pp | ||
| 2015 | 5.3% | +0.36pp | ||
| 2014 | 5.0% | -2.56pp | ||
| 2013 | 7.5% | +2.93pp | ||
| 2012 | 4.6% | +2.99pp | ||
| 2011 | 1.6% | -3.96pp | ||
| 2010 | 5.6% | -2.42pp | ||
| 2009 | 8.0% | +1.76pp | ||
| 2008 | 6.2% | -0.61pp | ||
| 2007 | 6.8% | -3.00pp | ||
| 2006 | 9.8% | +7.04pp | ||
| 2005 | 2.8% | -1.41pp | ||
| 2004 | 4.2% | -3.72pp | ||
| 2003 | 7.9% | +2.45pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.5% | -4.61pp | ||
| 2001 | 10.1% | +1.02pp | ||
| 2000 | 9.0% | +12.19pp | ||
| 1999 | -3.1% | -1.35pp | ||
| 1998 | -1.8% | -4.23pp | ||
| 1997 | 2.4% | +0.29pp | ||
| 1996 | 2.1% | -0.56pp | ||
| 1995 | 2.7% | -1.33pp | ||
| 1994 | 4.0% | +1.61pp | ||
| 1993 | 2.4% | -0.19pp | ||
| 1992 | 2.6% | -1.27pp | ||
| 1991 | 3.9% | +1.57pp | ||
| 1990 | 2.3% | +0.24pp | ||
| 1989 | 2.1% | — |
- 20255.2%-3.08pp
- 20248.3%-1.25pp
- 20239.6%+6.48pp
- 20223.1%+2.31pp
- 20210.8%-9.00pp
- 20209.8%+5.49pp
- 20194.3%-3.54pp
- 20187.8%+4.53pp
- 20173.3%-1.14pp
- 20164.4%-0.89pp
- 20155.3%+0.36pp
- 20145.0%-2.56pp
- 20137.5%+2.93pp
- 20124.6%+2.99pp
- 20111.6%-3.96pp
- 20105.6%-2.42pp
- 20098.0%+1.76pp
- 20086.2%-0.61pp
- 20076.8%-3.00pp
- 20069.8%+7.04pp
- 20052.8%-1.41pp
- 20044.2%-3.72pp
- 20037.9%+2.45pp
- 20025.5%-4.61pp
- 200110.1%+1.02pp
- 20009.0%+12.19pp
- 1999-3.1%-1.35pp
- 1998-1.8%-4.23pp
- 19972.4%+0.29pp
- 19962.1%-0.56pp
- 19952.7%-1.33pp
- 19944.0%+1.61pp
- 19932.4%-0.19pp
- 19922.6%-1.27pp
- 19913.9%+1.57pp
- 19902.3%+0.24pp
- 19892.1%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Sonoco Products's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Sonoco Products (SON)
According to Sonoco Products's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 3.6%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Sonoco Products (SON) reported free cash flow margin of 5.22% – contracted 3.1 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 10.07% in 2001 and its low of -3.15% in 1999.
Sonoco Products FCF Margin by Year
Sonoco Products FCF Margin 2025: 5.2%
Sonoco Products posted free cash flow margin of 5.22% in 2025, contracted 3.1 percentage points from 2024.
Sonoco Products FCF Margin 2024: 8.3%
In 2024, Sonoco Products reported free cash flow margin of 8.30%, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2023.
Sonoco Products FCF Margin 2023: 9.6%
Sonoco Products free cash flow margin in 2023 was 9.55%, expanded 6.5 percentage points from 2022.
Sonoco Products FCF Margin 2022: 3.1%
2022's free cash flow margin for Sonoco Products came in at 3.08%, expanded 2.3 percentage points from 2021.
Sonoco Products FCF Margin 2021: 0.8%
Sonoco Products free cash flow margin in 2021 was 0.76%.
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