TTM
8.7%
YoY change
+3.32pp
Trough year (2024)
6.2%
Peak year (1999)
13.1%
Latest annual
9.5%
Operating Margin history chart for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 9.5%
Operating Margin change chart for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +3.32pp
Operating Margin history table for Sonoco Products (SON) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 9.5% | +3.32pp | ||
| 2024 | 6.2% | -4.67pp | ||
| 2023 | 10.8% | +1.21pp | ||
| 2022 | 9.6% | +0.91pp | ||
| 2021 | 8.7% | +1.88pp | ||
| 2020 | 6.8% | -1.86pp | ||
| 2019 | 8.7% | +0.57pp | ||
| 2018 | 8.1% | -0.07pp | ||
| 2017 | 8.2% | -2.36pp | ||
| 2016 | 10.6% | +1.83pp | ||
| 2015 | 8.7% | +0.74pp | ||
| 2014 | 8.0% | +0.29pp | ||
| 2013 | 7.7% | -0.11pp | ||
| 2012 | 7.8% | -0.18pp | ||
| 2011 | 8.0% | -0.80pp | ||
| 2010 | 8.8% | +1.01pp | ||
| 2009 | 7.8% | -0.71pp | ||
| 2008 | 8.5% | -0.04pp | ||
| 2007 | 8.5% | -0.95pp | ||
| 2006 | 9.5% | +1.08pp | ||
| 2005 | 8.4% | +0.20pp | ||
| 2004 | 8.2% | +0.63pp | ||
| 2003 | 7.6% | -1.55pp | ||
| 2002 | 9.1% | -1.54pp | ||
| 2001 | 10.6% | -1.59pp | ||
| 2000 | 12.2% | -0.84pp | ||
| 1999 | 13.1% | +1.82pp | ||
| 1998 | 11.3% | -0.76pp | ||
| 1997 | 12.0% | +0.21pp | ||
| 1996 | 11.8% | +0.36pp | ||
| 1995 | 11.5% | +0.83pp | ||
| 1994 | 10.6% | -0.27pp | ||
| 1993 | 10.9% | +0.18pp | ||
| 1992 | 10.7% | +0.38pp | ||
| 1991 | 10.3% | +3.45pp | ||
| 1990 | 6.9% | -4.43pp | ||
| 1989 | 11.3% | -0.39pp | ||
| 1988 | 11.7% | +1.17pp | ||
| 1987 | 10.5% | -0.43pp | ||
| 1986 | 11.0% | -0.23pp | ||
| 1985 | 11.2% | — |
- 20259.5%+3.32pp
- 20246.2%-4.67pp
- 202310.8%+1.21pp
- 20229.6%+0.91pp
- 20218.7%+1.88pp
- 20206.8%-1.86pp
- 20198.7%+0.57pp
- 20188.1%-0.07pp
- 20178.2%-2.36pp
- 201610.6%+1.83pp
- 20158.7%+0.74pp
- 20148.0%+0.29pp
- 20137.7%-0.11pp
- 20127.8%-0.18pp
- 20118.0%-0.80pp
- 20108.8%+1.01pp
- 20097.8%-0.71pp
- 20088.5%-0.04pp
- 20078.5%-0.95pp
- 20069.5%+1.08pp
- 20058.4%+0.20pp
- 20048.2%+0.63pp
- 20037.6%-1.55pp
- 20029.1%-1.54pp
- 200110.6%-1.59pp
- 200012.2%-0.84pp
- 199913.1%+1.82pp
- 199811.3%-0.76pp
- 199712.0%+0.21pp
- 199611.8%+0.36pp
- 199511.5%+0.83pp
- 199410.6%-0.27pp
- 199310.9%+0.18pp
- 199210.7%+0.38pp
- 199110.3%+3.45pp
- 19906.9%-4.43pp
- 198911.3%-0.39pp
- 198811.7%+1.17pp
- 198710.5%-0.43pp
- 198611.0%-0.23pp
- 198511.2%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Sonoco Products (SON)
According to Sonoco Products's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 8.7%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
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) operating margin is 9.47% – expanded 3.3 percentage points year-over-year.
13.08% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 1999, against a low of 6.16% during 2024.
Sonoco Products Operating Margin by Year
Sonoco Products Operating Margin 2025: 9.5%
Sonoco Products posted operating margin of 9.47% in 2025, expanded 3.3 percentage points from 2024.
Sonoco Products Operating Margin 2024: 6.2%
In 2024, Sonoco Products reported operating margin of 6.16%, contracted 4.7 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Sonoco Products Operating Margin 2023: 10.8%
Sonoco Products operating margin in 2023 was 10.83%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2022.
Sonoco Products Operating Margin 2022: 9.6%
2022's operating margin for Sonoco Products came in at 9.61%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2021.
Sonoco Products Operating Margin 2021: 8.7%
Sonoco Products operating margin in 2021 was 8.71%.
See more financial history for Sonoco Products (SON).
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| 46.0% | |
| 34.3% | |
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| 11.5% | |
| 5.8% | |
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