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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091767-25-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T04:34:42.125866+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco Q1 2025: Revenue up 31% to $1.7B; adj. EPS $1.38, up 23% YoY; dividend raised

## Summary
- Net sales record $1.7B (+31% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $0.55 (-17%), adjusted EPS $1.38 (+23%).
- Completed $1.8B sale of TFP to TOPPAN on April 1; used ~$1.5B in proceeds to reduce debt.
- Record Q1 adjusted EBITDA of $338M (+38% YoY); delivered $17M in productivity savings.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.53/share (100th consecutive year); reaffirms FY2025 adjusted EPS growth ~20%.
- Net capital investment $92M in Q1; continued focus on growth and productivity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091767-25-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176725000020/0000091767-25-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176725000020/son-20250429.htm

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