The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Sonoco Products Co shares valued at $100,100 were purchased by Haley John R on May 02 ’25. At $44.57 per share, Haley John R acquired 2,246 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 20,804 shares worth approximately $0.91 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Coker R. Howard purchased 20,000 shares, netting a total of over 823,472 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $41.17 each, the insider now holds 502,365 shares.
Before that, HILL ROBERT R JR had added 5,475 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $220,860, the Director bought Sonoco Products Co shares for $40.34 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 5,475 shares, worth approximately $1.29 million.
As published in their initiating research note from UBS on June 04, 2025, Sonoco Products Co [SON] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $48. Analysts at Wells Fargo upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underweight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late May. As of April 22, 2025, Jefferies has initiated its “Buy” rating for SON. Earlier on November 26, 2024, Truist initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for SON stock.
Analyzing SON Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Sonoco Products Co [NYSE: SON] plunged -1.58% to $43.56. The stock’s lowest price that day was $43.47, but it reached a high of $44.24 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.50%. Over the course of the year, Sonoco Products Co shares have dropped approximately -21.65%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $49.68 on 01/28/25 and a 52-week low of $39.46 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Sonoco Products Co (SON)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 43.27, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 42.99. In the upper region, resistance lies at 44.04. The next price resistance is at 44.53. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 42.91 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Sonoco Products Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Sonoco Products Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 0.14 million shares to 3.56 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 3.42 million shares. A jump of 3.95% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.0 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.0.
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In terms of Sonoco Products Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 55 in the next 12 months, up nearly 24.27% from the previous closing price of $44.26. Analysts anticipate Sonoco Products Co stock to reach 55 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 55. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Sonoco Products Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 21, 2024, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $52.
