TTM
20.9%
YoY change
−0.53pp
Trough year (2011)
16.8%
Peak year (1999)
29.0%
Latest annual
20.9%
Gross Margin history chart for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 20.9%
Gross Margin change chart for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.53pp
Gross Margin history table for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 20.9% | -0.53pp | ||
| 2024 | 21.5% | -0.63pp | ||
| 2023 | 22.1% | +1.19pp | ||
| 2022 | 20.9% | +1.92pp | ||
| 2021 | 19.0% | -0.98pp | ||
| 2020 | 20.0% | +0.29pp | ||
| 2019 | 19.7% | +0.37pp | ||
| 2018 | 19.3% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2017 | 19.0% | -0.75pp | ||
| 2016 | 19.8% | +1.06pp | ||
| 2015 | 18.7% | +0.63pp | ||
| 2014 | 18.1% | +0.37pp | ||
| 2013 | 17.7% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2012 | 17.4% | +0.62pp | ||
| 2011 | 16.8% | -1.79pp | ||
| 2010 | 18.6% | +0.10pp | ||
| 2009 | 18.5% | +0.95pp | ||
| 2008 | 17.6% | -1.09pp | ||
| 2007 | 18.7% | -0.62pp | ||
| 2006 | 19.3% | +0.55pp | ||
| 2005 | 18.7% | +0.52pp | ||
| 2004 | 18.2% | +0.15pp | ||
| 2003 | 18.1% | -1.28pp | ||
| 2002 | 19.3% | -1.54pp | ||
| 2001 | 20.9% | -6.95pp | ||
| 2000 | 27.8% | -1.17pp | ||
| 1999 | 29.0% | +0.26pp | ||
| 1998 | 28.8% | +0.90pp | ||
| 1997 | 27.9% | -0.23pp | ||
| 1996 | 28.1% | +1.29pp | ||
| 1995 | 26.8% | +0.29pp | ||
| 1994 | 26.5% | -0.06pp | ||
| 1993 | 26.6% | +0.99pp | ||
| 1992 | 25.6% | +0.52pp | ||
| 1991 | 25.1% | -0.94pp | ||
| 1990 | 26.0% | +0.85pp | ||
| 1989 | 25.1% | -0.17pp | ||
| 1988 | 25.3% | +0.57pp | ||
| 1987 | 24.7% | +0.00pp | ||
| 1986 | 24.7% | +0.32pp | ||
| 1985 | 24.4% | — |
- 202520.9%-0.53pp
- 202421.5%-0.63pp
- 202322.1%+1.19pp
- 202220.9%+1.92pp
- 202119.0%-0.98pp
- 202020.0%+0.29pp
- 201919.7%+0.37pp
- 201819.3%+0.28pp
- 201719.0%-0.75pp
- 201619.8%+1.06pp
- 201518.7%+0.63pp
- 201418.1%+0.37pp
- 201317.7%+0.28pp
- 201217.4%+0.62pp
- 201116.8%-1.79pp
- 201018.6%+0.10pp
- 200918.5%+0.95pp
- 200817.6%-1.09pp
- 200718.7%-0.62pp
- 200619.3%+0.55pp
- 200518.7%+0.52pp
- 200418.2%+0.15pp
- 200318.1%-1.28pp
- 200219.3%-1.54pp
- 200120.9%-6.95pp
- 200027.8%-1.17pp
- 199929.0%+0.26pp
- 199828.8%+0.90pp
- 199727.9%-0.23pp
- 199628.1%+1.29pp
- 199526.8%+0.29pp
- 199426.5%-0.06pp
- 199326.6%+0.99pp
- 199225.6%+0.52pp
- 199125.1%-0.94pp
- 199026.0%+0.85pp
- 198925.1%-0.17pp
- 198825.3%+0.57pp
- 198724.7%+0.00pp
- 198624.7%+0.32pp
- 198524.4%—
Gross 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 Gross Margin at Sonoco Products (SON)
According to Sonoco Products's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 20.9%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Sonoco Products (SON) gross margin is 20.94% – contracted 0.5 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, gross margin reached its high of 29.01% in 1999 and its low of 16.82% in 2011.
Sonoco Products Gross Margin by Year
Sonoco Products Gross Margin 2025: 20.9%
2025's gross margin for Sonoco Products came in at 20.94%, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2024.
Sonoco Products Gross Margin 2024: 21.5%
Sonoco Products posted gross margin of 21.47% in 2024, contracted 0.6 percentage points from 2023.
Sonoco Products Gross Margin 2023: 22.1%
In 2023, Sonoco Products reported gross margin of 22.10%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2022.
Sonoco Products Gross Margin 2022: 20.9%
Sonoco Products gross margin in 2022 was 20.91%, expanded 1.9 percentage points from 2021.
Sonoco Products Gross Margin 2021: 19.0%
Sonoco Products gross margin in 2021 was 19.00%.
See more financial history for Sonoco Products (SON).
Sector peers by Gross Margin
Consumer Cyclical peers of Sonoco Products (SON), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 100.0% | |
| 57.4% | |
| 56.0% | |
| 50.6% | |
| 39.8% | |
| 33.1% | |
| 31.4% | |
| 19.1% |
- 100.0%
- 57.4%
- 56.0%
- 50.6%
- 39.8%
- 33.1%
- 31.4%
- 19.1%
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