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Sonoco Products stock: balance sheet and debt

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$48.69Closing price of 12 Nov 2026MEQIRI Score 48 out of 100

Sonoco Products has a debt to equity ratio of 1.26 and an interest coverage of 4.3x.

Daily figure as of 12 Nov 2026

Debt / Equity
1.26
Interest coverage
4.3x
Current ratio
1.05
Cash & equivalents
$378.4M
Total assets
$11.16B
Equity ratio
32.5%
Goodwill
$2.51B
Plus intangible assets of $2.68B
Net debt
$4.21B

Total assets and equity ratio

How large the balance sheet of Sonoco Products Company is, how much of it is equity and how much is goodwill from acquisitions.

Equity ratio

Figures as a table
YearTotal assetsGoodwill and intangible assetsof which goodwillEquity ratioNet debt
2006$2.92B$763.17M$667.29M41.8%$677.49M
2007$3.34B$967.78M$828.35M43.2%$778.78M
2008$3.09B$903.52M$782.98M37.7%$588.17M
2009$3.06B$928.57M$813.53M45.5%$395.55M
2010$3.28B$970.15M$839.75M46.4%$462.64M
2011$3.99B$1.4B$1.1B36.1%$1.11B
2012$4.18B$1.39B$1.11B36.3%$999.98M
2013$3.98B$1.34B$1.1B43.4%$763.89M
2014$4.21B$1.46B$1.18B36.2%$1.09B
2015$4.02B$1.39B$1.14B38.6%$952.52M
2016$3.92B$1.32B$1.09B40.2%$795.52M
2017$4.56B$1.57B$1.24B38.5%$1.19B
2018$4.58B$1.66B$1.31B39.0%$1.26B
2019$5.13B$1.82B$1.43B35.4%$1.84B
2020$5.28B$1.71B$1.39B36.2%$1.45B
2021$5.07B$1.6B$1.32B36.5%$1.67B
2022$7.05B$2.42B$1.68B29.4%$3.3B
2023$7.19B$2.02B$1.3B33.8%$3.09B
2024$12.51B$5.11B$2.53B18.3%$6.87B
2025$11.16B$5.2B$2.51B32.5%$4.21B

The equity ratio divides total equity, including non-controlling interests, by total assets. Net debt is debt minus cash and short-term investments; a negative figure means cash exceeds debt.

Equity and debt

What the company owns and owes

  • Cash & equivalents
  • Equity
  • Debt
Figures as a table
YearCash & equivalentsEquityDebtDebt / Equity
2006$86.5M$1.22B$763.99M0.63
2007$70.76M$1.44B$849.54M0.59
2008$101.66M$1.16B$689.83M0.59
2009$185.25M$1.38B$580.8M0.42
2010$158.25M$1.51B$620.89M0.41
2011$175.52M$1.43B$1.29B0.89
2012$373.08M$1.5B$1.37B0.9
2013$217.57M$1.71B$981.46M0.57
2014$161.17M$1.51B$1.25B0.82
2015$182.43M$1.53B$1.13B0.73
2016$257.23M$1.55B$1.05B0.67
2017$254.91M$1.73B$1.45B0.83
2018$120.39M$1.77B$1.39B0.78
2019$145.28M$1.8B$1.99B1.1
2020$564.85M$1.9B$2.01B1.05
2021$170.98M$1.84B$1.84B1
2022$227.44M$2.07B$3.53B1.7
2023$138.9M$2.42B$3.23B1.33
2024$431.01M$2.27B$7.3B3.19
2025$378.4M$3.61B$4.59B1.26

Debt to equity divides debt by total equity, including non-controlling interests, as S&P calculates it. The equity column shows the part that belongs to shareholders.

Data status and sources

Score
Daily value of 12 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
Price
Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
Latest annual report
Fiscal year 2025, period end 31 Dec 2025
Source
Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.

Mandatory disclosures for this rating

  • ; time horizon around 12 months
  • Rated Weak, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 27 Oct 2026)
  • Valuation signal Fairly valued since 7 Nov 2026
  • End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
  • Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
  • Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
  • Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.

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