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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091767-25-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2025-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T04:00:05.517236+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco Q2 net sales up 49% to $1.9B, adjusted EPS $1.37; maintains FY2025 EBITDA guidance $1.3-$1.4B

## Summary
- Q2 GAAP EPS $4.96 vs $0.92 last year, includes $425M gain from TFP sale to TOPPAN.
- Adjusted EPS $1.37, up 7% YoY; adjusted EBITDA $328M, up 25%.
- Net sales $1.9B (+49%) driven by acquisitions; operating cash flow $193M.
- Reduced total debt by ~$1.7B using divestiture proceeds.
- Full-year guidance: adjusted EBITDA $1.3-$1.4B; updated adjusted EPS target ~$6.00.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091767-25-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2025-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176725000034/0000091767-25-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176725000034/son-20250723.htm

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