---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091767-23-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T21:16:46.871642+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco reports record annual revenue $7.25B, Base EPS $6.48 (+65%)

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1,676M (+16% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.98 (+48%); Base EPS $1.27 (+28%).
- Full-year net sales $7,251M (+30%); GAAP EPS $4.72 vs $(0.86) loss; Base EPS $6.48 (+65%).
- Completed integration of Metal Packaging acquisition and Skjern Paper acquisition in Denmark.
- Company provided guidance for full-year 2023; specific numbers not in excerpt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091767-23-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176723000004/0000091767-23-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176723000004/son-20230208.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SONOCO PRODUCTS CO reported the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $1,676, net income $97, EPS $0.98. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $1,676
  - Net income: $97
  - EPS: $0.98
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: except per share data) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended GAAP Results December 31, 2022 December 31, 2021 Change December 31, 2022 December 31, 2021 Change Net sales $ 1,676 $ 1,439 16 % $ 7,251 $ 5,590 30 % Operating profit $ 127 $ 105 21 % $ 675 $ 487 39 % Net income/(loss) attributable to Sonoco $ 97 $ 65 49 % $ 466 $ (85) N/M EPS (diluted) $ 0.98
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176723000004/0000091767-23-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.