SONOCO PRODS CO SON
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 835495102 · ISIN US8354951027
United States-based international provider of diversified consumer packaging
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryPaperboard Containers & Boxes
- HeadquartersHartsville, SC
- Founded1899
- Websitesonoco.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($5.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 98.6m as of 2025-07-18, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $43.57. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($43.3m notional), 5 hold puts ($1.5m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 431 |
| Q4 2022 | 443 |
| Q1 2023 | 434 |
| Q2 2023 | 451 |
| Q3 2023 | 447 |
| Q4 2023 | 462 |
| Q1 2024 | 466 |
| Q2 2024 | 475 |
| Q3 2024 | 471 |
| Q4 2024 | 450 |
| Q1 2025 | 448 |
| Q2 2025 | 453 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 183 | 221 |
| Q4 2023 | 196 | 218 |
| Q1 2024 | 222 | 203 |
| Q2 2024 | 220 | 222 |
| Q3 2024 | 205 | 245 |
| Q4 2024 | 194 | 237 |
| Q1 2025 | 225 | 213 |
| Q2 2025 | 229 | 213 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $8.8m | $4.3m | 0.48 |
| Q4 2024 | $7.3m | $3.8m | 0.52 |
| Q1 2025 | $5.6m | $2.3m | 0.40 |
| Q2 2025 | $43.3m | $1.5m | 0.04 |
Biggest buyers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +1.6m |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB | Added | +1.2m |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | New | +600.0k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +438.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | +300.9k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +265.6k |
| SG Capital Management LLC | New | +187.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +162.3k |
| NORGES BANK | Added | +150.8k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | New | +149.7k |
Biggest sellers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -711.8k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -421.8k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -332.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -289.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -277.1k |
| FINANCIAL COUNSELORS INC | Sold out | -225.4k |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | Reduced | -222.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -185.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -180.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -179.0k |
Biggest calls
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $34.8m800.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.7m107.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.0m45.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.2m28.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $280.4k6.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $196.0k4.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $108.0k2.5k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $736.2k16.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $731.8k16.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $47.0k1.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $8.7k200 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 13G · institution new · filed 2026-02-17 | 6.0% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-10-08 | 5.4% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $150.3k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $964.9k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $699.4k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 3 | $2.2m | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 3 | $1.1m | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-02 | Haley John R Director | Bought | $100.1k2.2k shares |
| 2025-05-01 | Coker R. Howard President & CEO | Bought | $823.4k20.0k shares |
| 2025-04-30 | HILL ROBERT R JR Director | Bought | $220.9k5.5k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.9m $472.9m | Added +79.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.4m $451.6m | Reduced -179.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.5m $194.7m | Added +13.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.6m $157.5m | Added +24.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.9m $124.4m | Added +1.6m |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.8m $122.9m | Added +1.2m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.8m $122.2m | Added +162.3k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 2.6m $115.3m | Reduced -9.2k |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 2.97% of their portfolio | 2.0m $89.1m | Reduced -69.6k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.30% of their portfolio | 1.9m $82.2m | Reduced -421.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $76.2m | Reduced -180.8k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 1.43% of their portfolio | 1.6m $68.8m | Added +80.5k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.4m $60.9m | Added +9.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $57.3m | Reduced -85.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $55.1m | Added +438.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $53.6m | Added +150.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $53.5m | Reduced -289.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $47.2m | Added +30.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $45.2m | Reduced -15.6k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.0m $43.9m | Reduced -4.6k |
| PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 1.23% of their portfolio | 866.3k $37.7m | Added +34.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 832.6k $36.3m | Reduced -277.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 813.1k $35.4m | Reduced -12.7k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.03% of their portfolio | 727.1k $31.7m | Added +64.3k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 727.0k $31.7m | Added +94.9k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP 1.60% of their portfolio | 645.6k $28.1m | Reduced -156.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 630.2k $27.5m | Added +85.0k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.06% of their portfolio | 600.0k $26.1m | New |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 0.99% of their portfolio | 580.2k $25.3m | Unchanged |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.03% of their portfolio | 563.6k $24.6m | Added +3.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 505.0k $22.0m | Reduced -27.2k |
| VALLEY WEALTH MANAGERS, INC. 1.54% of their portfolio | 490.3k $21.4m | Reduced -7.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 462.4k $20.1m | Reduced -185.8k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 440.7k $19.2m | Reduced -711.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 416.6k $18.1m | Added +1.2k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.05% of their portfolio | 391.7k $17.1m | Added +39.2k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.04% of their portfolio | 388.6k $16.9m | Reduced -111.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 373.3k $16.3m | Added +14.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 359.5k $15.7m | Added +1.9k |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC 0.89% of their portfolio | 355.2k $15.5m | Added +21.6k |
| SPEECE THORSON CAPITAL GROUP INC 3.15% of their portfolio | 355.1k $15.5m | Added +137.9k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 354.8k $15.5m | Reduced -17.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 353.5k $15.4m | Added +13.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 300.9k $13.1m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 279.8k $12.2m | Reduced -3.5k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 270.4k $11.8m | Reduced -2.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 265.6k $11.6m | New |
| DANSKE BANK A/S 0.03% of their portfolio | 246.7k $10.7m | Reduced -144.8k |
| Access Investment Management LLC 3.00% of their portfolio | 242.2k $10.5m | First filing |
| Meadow Creek Wealth Advisors LLC 7.03% of their portfolio | 239.0k $10.4m | Unchanged |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 223.7k $9.7m | Reduced -2.5k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 0.06% of their portfolio | 221.9k $9.7m | Unchanged |
| Midwest Trust Co 0.13% of their portfolio | 221.8k $9.7m | First filing |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 210.0k $9.1m | Added +1.8k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.1k $9.1m | Added +2.8k |
| Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. 0.44% of their portfolio | 205.7k $9.0m | Added +3.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 188.4k $8.2m | Reduced -1.9k |
| SG Capital Management LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 187.9k $8.2m | New |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 183.7k $8.0m | Reduced -15.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 179.5k $7.8m | Added +49.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 178.8k $7.8m | Added +30.6k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.21% of their portfolio | 174.5k $7.6m | Reduced -17.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 167.2k $7.3m | Reduced -16.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 164.4k $7.2m | Added +2.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 162.6k $7.1m | Reduced -43.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 156.4k $6.8m | Added +10.1k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.07% of their portfolio | 155.0k $6.8m | Unchanged |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.12% of their portfolio | 153.0k $6.7m | Added +22.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 151.0k $6.6m | Added +14.5k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 149.7k $6.5m | New |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.03% of their portfolio | 149.4k $6.5m | Added +60.0k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 147.7k $6.4m | Added +302 |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 147.4k $6.4m | Added +196 |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 147.4k $6.4m | Reduced -28.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 146.0k $6.4m | Added +5.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.4k $5.8m | Added +64.8k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 133.3k $5.8m | Added +99.7k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.0k $5.8m | Added +1.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.6k $5.6m | Reduced -39.6k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 120.5k $5.3m | Reduced -147.2k |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 115.9k $5.0m | Added +97.6k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 113.1k $4.9m | Added +1.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.7k $4.9m | Added +49.0k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 110.1k $4.8m | Reduced -30.1k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 108.5k $4.7m | Added +216 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.7k $4.7m | Added +1.8k |
| SALEM INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 98.6k $4.3m | Added +4.1k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 98.2k $4.3m | Added +79.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.6k $4.3m | Added +62.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.9k $4.0m | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.6k $3.5m | Added +12.5k |
| ICON ADVISERS INC/CO 0.76% of their portfolio | 76.0k $3.3m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.9k $3.3m | Added +184 |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.7k $3.3m | Reduced -4.2k |
| Benson Investment Management Company, Inc. 1.24% of their portfolio | 75.2k $3.3m | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.8k $3.1m | Reduced -15.9k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 70.1k $3.1m | Added +50.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.2k $3.0m | Added +1.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 67.3k $2.9m | New |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.2k $2.8m | Added +7.4k |