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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091767-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2026-07-22T20:44:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-22T20:46:07.070471+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco Q2 net sales $1.885B (-1.3% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.51 (+10%); reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- GAAP net income $105M ($1.05 diluted EPS) vs $493M ($4.96) in Q2 2025 which included $425M gain from TFP sale.
- Adjusted net income up 10.6% to $151M; adjusted diluted EPS $1.51 vs $1.37.
- Record Q2 operating cash flow $301M; YTD cash flow $(67)M after $103M one-time taxes on 2025 divestiture gains.
- Industrial Paper Packaging segment beat expectations; North America URB trade ton sales volume grew 6%; EMEA/APAC paper cans volume up 9%.
- Reaffirmed full-year 2026 guidance for sales, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EPS, and operating cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091767-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2026-07-22T20:44:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176726000034/0000091767-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176726000034/son-20260722.htm

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