---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091767-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T01:52:10.561565+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco Q4 adjusted EPS $1.02 (down 20% YoY); full year $5.26 (down 19%)

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.636B (-2% YoY); full year net sales $6.781B (-6% YoY).
- Full year operating cash flow record $883M; free cash flow $600M.
- Consumer segment posted record operating profit and EBITDA in flexible packaging; record net sales in rigid paper containers.
- Industrial segment achieved record operating profit and EBITDA margins despite low volume environment.
- Acquired Inapel Embalagens in Brazil to expand flexible packaging capabilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091767-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176724000005/0000091767-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176724000005/son-20240214.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SONOCO PRODUCTS CO updated its the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 14, 2024, Sonoco Products Company (the "Company") issued a news release reporting its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. The Company also provided guidance for the first quarter and full year 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176724000005/0000091767-24-000005-index.htm

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