Sonoco Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results
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Sonoco Products Company (“Sonoco” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SON), a global leader in high-value sustainable packaging, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 28, 2025.
Summary:
- Entered into an agreement on September 7, 2025, to sell Sonoco’s ThermoSafe business unit, which is one of the leading providers of temperature-assured packaging, to Arsenal Capital Partners for a total purchase price of up to $725 million, with net proceeds expected to be used to repay existing debt
- Grew third quarter net sales to $2.1 billion, up 57.3% from the prior-year quarter, primarily from acquisitions
- Reported third quarter GAAP net income attributable to Sonoco of $122.9 million, up from $50.9 million in the same period in 2024, and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) attributable to Sonoco of $1.23
- Improved quarterly adjusted net income attributable to Sonoco by 29.3% year over year to $191.2 million, and reported adjusted diluted earnings per share of $1.92
- Achieved third quarter adjusted EBITDA of $386 million, up 37.3% from the prior-year quarter
- Generated $292 million and $277 million of operating cash flow in the third quarter and year-to-date, respectively
- Adjusted full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance to between $5.65 and $5.75 from previous guidance of approximately $6.00. Full-year adjusted EBITDA is expected to be between $1.30 billion and $1.35 billion, substantially in line with previous guidance of $1.30 billion and $1.40 billion. Cash flows from operating activities are expected to be between $700 million to $750 million from previous guidance of approximately $800 million.
*Note: References in today’s news release to consolidated “net sales,” “operating profit,” and “adjusted operating profit,” and Consumer Packaging “segment operating profit” and “segment adjusted EBITDA,” along with the corresponding year-over-year comparable results, do not include results of the Company’s Thermoformed and Flexibles Packaging and global Trident businesses (“TFP”), which was sold in April 2025 and is being accounted for as discontinued operations in periods prior to the sale.
Source: Sonoco
