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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091767-25-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:55:14.155286+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco Q3 net sales up 57% to $2.1B; adjusted EPS $1.92; cuts FY 2025 EPS guidance

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS of $1.23, up 141% YoY; adjusted diluted EPS of $1.92, up 29%.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $386M, up 37.3% from $281M in Q3 2024.
- Agreed to sell ThermoSafe unit to Arsenal Capital for up to $725M; proceeds to repay debt.
- Full-year adjusted EPS guidance lowered to $5.65-$5.75 from ~$6.00; adjusted EBITDA guidance narrowed to $1.30-$1.35B.
- Operating cash flow $292M in Q3; $277M year-to-date; FY cash flow guidance reduced to $700-$750M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091767-25-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/91767/000009176725000042/0000091767-25-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176725000042/son-20251022.htm

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