Why is Sonoco Products Co. ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 12.89%
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 4.74% of over the last 5 years
- DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 5.7
- NET SALES(Q) Highest at USD 1,909.07 MM
- OPERATING PROFIT(Q) Highest at USD 325.27 MM
3
With ROCE of 7.06%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 1.21 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -18.94%, its profits have fallen by -39.4%
4
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -18.94% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Sonoco Products Co. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Packaging should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Packaging)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Sonoco Products Co. for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Sonoco Products Co.
17.21%
-0.99
29.03%
S&P 500
22.24%
0.70
20.15%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.46%
EBIT Growth (5y)
7.61%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
6.17
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
3.44
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
2.85
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.89
Tax Ratio
21.95%
Dividend Payout Ratio
53.00%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
94.55%
ROCE (avg)
12.89%
ROE (avg)
15.43%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
8
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.45
EV to EBIT
12.10
EV to EBITDA
7.19
EV to Capital Employed
1.22
EV to Sales
1.23
PEG Ratio
0.03
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
10.05%
ROE (Latest)
18.99%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
Technical Movement
15What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)
Higher at USD 435.58 MM
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 20.24%
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 6.5
-11What is not working for the Company
NET PROFIT(Q)
At USD 83.77 MM has Fallen at -51.16%
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 5.01 times
NET SALES(Q)
Lowest at USD 1,676.53 MM
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at USD 273.5 MM
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at USD 94.91 MM
Here's what is working for Sonoco Products Co.
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 6.5 and Grown
In each year in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Here's what is not working for Sonoco Products Co.
Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 94.91 MM has Fallen at -56.98%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 220.65 MMMOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative
Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)
Net Profit
At USD 83.77 MM has Fallen at -51.16%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 171.52 MMMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative
Net Profit (USD MM)
Net Sales
Lowest at USD 1,676.53 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative
Net Sales (USD MM)
Net Sales
At USD 1,676.53 MM has Fallen at -10.76%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 1,878.74 MMMOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative
Net Sales (USD MM)
Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 273.5 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative
Operating Profit (USD MM)
Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 94.91 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative
Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.01 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed
Inventory Turnover Ratio






