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 ($5.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 98.6m as of 2026-02-13, 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 ≈ $43.69. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($20.7m notional), 7 hold puts ($4.3m).
Trends to Q4 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 |
| Q3 2025 | 467 |
| Q4 2025 | 463 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 222 | 203 |
| Q2 2024 | 220 | 222 |
| Q3 2024 | 205 | 245 |
| Q4 2024 | 194 | 237 |
| Q1 2025 | 225 | 213 |
| Q2 2025 | 229 | 213 |
| Q3 2025 | 230 | 202 |
| Q4 2025 | 192 | 270 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $5.6m | $2.3m | 0.40 |
| Q2 2025 | $43.3m | $1.5m | 0.04 |
| Q3 2025 | $22.2m | $33.8m | 1.52 |
| Q4 2025 | $20.7m | $4.3m | 0.21 |
Biggest buyers
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +10.8m |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +846.8k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | Added | +764.6k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Added | +721.1k |
| Charter Oak Advisors LP | New | +380.7k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +331.8k |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP | New | +289.4k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC | Added | +236.3k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | Added | +207.4k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP | Added | +193.7k |
Biggest sellers
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB | Reduced | -652.7k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Sold out | -594.6k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -543.3k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC | Reduced | -523.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -501.5k |
| VALLEY WEALTH MANAGERS, INC. | Reduced | -479.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -444.3k |
| Amundi | Reduced | -209.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -204.1k |
| STEADFAST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -201.0k |
Biggest calls
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | New | $7.6m175.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $6.2m141.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.2m96.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $885.9k20.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $563.0k12.9k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $515.0k11.8k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $283.7k6.5k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $222.6k5.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $192.0k4.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $17.5k400 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.4m32.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.4m32.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $458.2k10.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $366.6k8.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $296.8k6.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $240.0k5.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $87.3k2.0k 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 Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 2 | $909.7k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | Joachimczyk Paul CFO | Bought | $809.7k20.5k shares |
| 2025-10-28 | Haley John R Director | Bought | $99.9k2.5k 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, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.88% of their portfolio | 11.8m $515.1m | Added +10.8m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.0m $480.5m | Added +331.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.9m $433.1m | Reduced -66.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.3m $187.6m | Added +24.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.9m $170.1m | Added +176.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.8m $121.5m | Reduced -27.2k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 2.6m $112.0m | Reduced -112.4k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.1m $90.5m | Reduced -652.7k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.9m $83.5m | Reduced -204.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $79.9m | Added +53.5k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.6m $68.2m | Added +764.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $65.4m | Added +178.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.4m $62.4m | Reduced -24.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $56.6m | Reduced -87.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $54.6m | Not comparable |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 2.36% of their portfolio | 1.1m $49.8m | Reduced -38.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $48.2m | Added +100.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $47.2m | Added +6.7k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.0m $44.4m | Added +15.1k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 983.7k $42.9m | Reduced -444.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 876.9k $38.3m | Added +846.8k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP 1.84% of their portfolio | 871.4k $38.0m | Added +28.0k |
| PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 1.10% of their portfolio | 862.8k $37.7m | Reduced -577 |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 808.0k $35.3m | Added +185.4k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 793.6k $34.6m | Added +75.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 787.3k $34.4m | Reduced -34.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 770.8k $33.6m | Reduced -543.3k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 728.1k $31.8m | Added +721.1k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.03% of their portfolio | 659.1k $28.8m | Reduced -48.7k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 0.55% of their portfolio | 655.3k $28.6m | Reduced -523.0k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 643.6k $28.1m | Added +236.3k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 1.02% of their portfolio | 576.7k $25.2m | Reduced -3.5k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 548.0k $23.9m | First filing |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 470.2k $20.5m | Reduced -501.5k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.05% of their portfolio | 461.3k $20.1m | Added +29.6k |
| Charter Oak Advisors LP 13.96% of their portfolio | 380.7k $16.6m | New |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 368.5k $16.1m | Added +193.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 360.6k $15.7m | Reduced -166.9k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 354.4k $15.5m | Added +1.9k |
| SPEECE THORSON CAPITAL GROUP INC 3.13% of their portfolio | 331.6k $14.5m | Reduced -19.4k |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC 0.76% of their portfolio | 330.2k $16.1m | Reduced -14.0k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 326.5k $14.3m | Added +51.3k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 320.7k $14.0m | Added +207.4k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 312.3k $13.6m | Reduced -137.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 306.7k $13.4m | Reduced -48.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 303.8k $13.3m | Reduced -51.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 299.0k $13.1m | Reduced -9.2k |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP 0.65% of their portfolio | 289.4k $12.6m | New |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 266.3k $11.6m | Added +94.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 266.2k $11.6m | Reduced -12.1k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 265.9k $11.6m | Added +124.6k |
| Access Investment Management LLC 3.01% of their portfolio | 259.9k $11.2m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 249.3k $10.9m | Reduced -65.9k |
| Meadow Creek Wealth Advisors LLC 6.67% of their portfolio | 239.0k $10.4m | Unchanged |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 223.2k $9.7m | Reduced -65.0k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 0.05% of their portfolio | 221.9k $9.7m | Reduced -117 |
| EVR Research LP 5.18% of their portfolio | 220.0k $9.6m | Added +170.0k |
| Midwest Trust Co 0.12% of their portfolio | 219.0k $9.6m | Reduced -2.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 217.8k $9.5m | Added +157.6k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 213.6k $9.3m | Added +86.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 212.1k $9.3m | Reduced -7.1k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 207.8k $9.1m | Reduced -6.8k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 203.9k $8.9m | Added +4.9k |
| Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. 0.42% of their portfolio | 199.9k $8.7m | Added +7.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 194.4k $8.5m | Added +3.2k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.15% of their portfolio | 193.2k $8.4m | Added +42.5k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 178.1k $7.8m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 174.9k $7.6m | Reduced -334 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 170.4k $7.4m | Added +6.4k |
| RBF Capital, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 159.2k $6.9m | Added +109.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.3k $6.9m | Reduced -656 |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.06% of their portfolio | 155.0k $6.8m | Unchanged |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 154.6k $6.7m | Added +16.3k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 142.6k $6.2m | Added +475 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.6k $6.2m | Reduced -18.4k |
| KETTLE HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.34% of their portfolio | 137.8k $6.0m | New |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 136.2k $5.9m | Added +4.8k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 130.4k $5.7m | Added +89.9k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 127.1k $5.5m | Added +81.5k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 120.5k $5.3m | Reduced -43.8k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 118.5k $5.2m | Added +29.8k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 118.4k $5.2m | Reduced -876 |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 117.0k $5.1m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 116.8k $5.1m | Reduced -28.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.9k $4.8m | Reduced -7.8k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 106.6k $4.7m | Added +24.8k |
| SALEM INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 105.8k $4.6m | Added +3.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.7k $4.6m | Reduced -92.0k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.3k $4.5m | Reduced -3.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 100.6k $4.4m | Reduced -3.3k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.24% of their portfolio | 100.0k $4.4m | Unchanged |
| Synergy Asset Management, LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 94.6k $4.1m | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 92.2k $4.0m | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.9k $4.0m | Added +40.5k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.8k $4.0m | Reduced -63 |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 90.5k $3.9m | Added +56.0k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 89.6k $3.9m | Added +6.2k |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.7k $3.9m | Reduced -2.9k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.9k $3.6m | New |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.8k $3.6m | Reduced -14.9k |