Sonoco Products Co’s recently made public that its Director Haley John R acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.1 million on May 02 ’25. In the deal valued at $44.57 per share,2,246 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Haley John R now holds 20,804 shares worth roughly $0.82 million.
Then, Coker R. Howard bought 20,000 shares, generating $823,472 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $41.17, the President & CEO now owns 502,365 shares.
Before that, HILL ROBERT R JR bought 5,475 shares. Sonoco Products Co shares valued at $220,860 were divested by the Director at a price of $40.34 per share. As a result of the transaction, HILL ROBERT R JR now holds 29,540 shares, worth roughly $1.17 million.
BofA Securities downgraded its Sonoco Products Co [SON] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including UBS’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early June with a ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating. Wells Fargo also remained covering SON and has increased its forecast on May 23, 2025 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Underweight” rating. Jefferies started covering the stock on April 22, 2025. It rated SON as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of SON
On Friday, Sonoco Products Co [NYSE:SON] saw its stock fall -2.03% to $39.61. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -8.56%. Sonoco Products Co shares have fallen nearly -25.22% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -18.92% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Sonoco Products Co?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Sonoco Products Co stocks on 2025-09-30, growing by 0.12 million shares to a total of 3.78 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 3.67 million shares. There was a rise of 3.1%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on November 26, 2024 when Truist began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $63 price target.
