Sonoco Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells various engineered and sustainable packaging products in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging. The Consumer Packaging segment offers round and shaped rigid paper, steel, and plastic containers, as well as metal and …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 77.3th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Scale Supporting ProfitabilityProfitability at scale is strong (score 0.70), demonstrating competitive advantages.
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.32), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.09), raising questions about short-term obligations.
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Sonoco Products Company ranks #9 of 26
scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score — the top 35%.
The widest moat in the group is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near SON in Packaging & Containers
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 77
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 39
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 70
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 48
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 78
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Sonoco Products Company (SON) scores 61 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers, the top 35%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (78/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (39/100).
How does Sonoco Products Company compare with other Packaging & Containers companies?
Sonoco Products Company ranks #9 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score. The widest moat in Packaging & Containers is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN) at 64 just above it and Myers Industries, Inc. (MYE) at 59 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Sonoco Products Company scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Sonoco Products Company?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SON scores: Pricing Power (54), Cost Advantage (77), Customer Stickiness (39), Capital Efficiency (70), Resilience (48), Scale & Market Position (78). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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