secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK:        0000091767
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-22T20:44:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091767-26-000034
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176726000034/0000091767-26-000034-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176726000034/son-20260722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091767-26-000034

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