Sonoco Products price to free cash flow SON

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 14.0×
10-year median: 18.9×
Against its 10-year history: 25th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 8.1× to 146×
Peer median: 21.6×

Sonoco Products' price to free cash flow is 14.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 18.9×, lower than on 75% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.1× in Jul 2024 to 146× in Apr 2022.

The median for 5 packaging stocks of a similar size is 21.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 18.9×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	14.0×	13.3×	26.6×
2025	14.4×	9.7×	79.3×
2024	14.8×	8.1×	15.7×
2023	12.0×	11.6×	93.7×
2022	91.9×	27.3×	146×
2021	28.2×	11.3×	30.2×
2020	11.6×	9.6×	34.9×
2019	35.5×	14.6×	36.0×
2018	15.5×	15.3×	38.5×
2017	37.0×	18.1×	40.6×
2016	18.1×	13.3×	20.3×
2015	14.3×	12.3×	21.7×
2014	20.4×	11.3×	20.4×
2013	12.8×	12.4×	18.8×
2012	14.6×	14.5×	48.0×
2011	42.7×	22.5×	43.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Packaging & Containers nearest Sonoco Products' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
SONSonoco Products	14.0×
GPKGraphic Packaging	n/m
SLVMSylvamo	n/m
SWSmurfit Westrock	21.6×
PKGPackaging Corporation of America	29.7×
MATVMativ	5.2×
Peer median	21.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.