Sonoco Products Co cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Sonoco Products Co's operations generated $690m of cash; it spent $344m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $346m. It returned $208m in dividends and $10.9m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 391 | 375 | 245 | 404 | 538 | 418 | 453 | 399 | 348 | 590 | 426 | 706 | 299 | 509 | 883 | 834 | 690 | 630 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 174 | 170 | 180 | 200 | 198 | 199 | 213 | 205 | 218 | 236 | 239 | 261 | 245 | 309 | 341 | 375 | 519 | 528 |
| Stock-based pay | 9 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 16 |
| Capital spending | 104 | 146 | 173 | 215 | 172 | 177 | 192 | 187 | 189 | 193 | 196 | 194 | 256 | 329 | 363 | 393 | 344 | 279 |
| Free cash flow | 287 | 229 | 72 | 189 | 366 | 241 | 261 | 212 | 159 | 397 | 230 | 511 | 43 | 180 | 520 | 441 | 346 | 351 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 278 | 213 | 60 | 180 | 354 | 224 | 251 | 193 | 146 | 387 | 216 | 501 | 20 | 149 | 492 | 411 | 328 | 336 |
| Dividends paid | 108 | 112 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 129 | 138 | 146 | 153 | 161 | 170 | 173 | 179 | 187 | 197 | 203 | 208 | 212 |
| Share buybacks | 1 | 25 | 49 | 4 | 27 | 88 | 8 | 107 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 218 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| Shares issued | 7 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 396 | −208 | 193 | 292 | 413 | −368 | 301 | 285 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 104 | 121 | 129 | 132 | 137 | 125 | 131 | 135 |
| Stock-based pay | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Capital spending | 122 | 93 | 95 | 66 | 91 | 62 | 64 | 63 |
| Free cash flow | 274 | −301 | 99 | 226 | 322 | −430 | 237 | 222 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 267 | −307 | 94 | 219 | 321 | −436 | 231 | 220 |
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