Sonoco (SON) announces price hikes for paperboard tubes and cores, and uncoated recycled paperboard to recover from rising input costs to sustain margins.

The Board of Directors of Sonoco (SON) today declared a $.43 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on June 10, 2020, to shareholders of record as of May 8, 2020. According to Howard Coker, president and chief executive officer, this is the 380th consecutive quarter, dating back to 1925, that the Company has paid dividends to shareholders.

Shares of Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) rose 0.2% in pre-market trading after the company reported Q1 results.Quarterly Results Earnings per share were up 10.59% over the past year to $0.94, which beat the estimate of $0.83.Revenue of $1,303,000,000 less by 3.62% year over year, which missed the estimate of $1,360,000,000.Looking Ahead Q2 EPS expected between $0.73 and $0.83.Sonoco Products hasn't issued any revenue guidance for the time being.How To Listen To The Conference Call Date: Feb 13, 2020View more earnings on SONTime: 07:04 AM ETWebcast URL: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/dj6bi7hqPrice Action Company's 52-week high was at $66.57Company's 52-week low was at $37.30Price action over last quarter: down 14.30%Company Description Over its 100-year-plus history, Sonoco Products has steadily assembled a diverse portfolio of industrial and consumer packaging product offerings such as flexible and rigid plastics, reels and spools, pallets, and composite cans. The company serves a variety of consumer and industrial end markets throughout North America. Sonoco has raised its dividend each year for more than 30 years.See more from Benzinga * Bed Bath & Beyond: Q4 Earnings Insights * Lakeland Industries: Q4 Earnings Insights * Price Over Earnings Overview: American Airlines Group(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

Sonoco (SON) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 11.90% and -4.40%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

With focus on productivity improvement, cost control and strong growth in consumer packaging business, Sonoco (SON) is worth retaining in the portfolio

Moody's Investors Service, ("Moody's") assigned a Baa2 rating to Sonoco Products Company's ("Sonoco") proposed $600 million senior unsecured notes. The company's credit profile is constrained by lower margins compared to other vertically-integrated investment-grade paper peers partially due to lower margins in the display and packaging business.

Sonoco (SON) today announced it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments beginning May 13, 2020. According to Tim Davis, division vice president and general manager, Paper and Adhesives, U.S./Canada, it has been nearly two years since Sonoco’s last URB market price increase, and since that time the Company has experienced inflation on input costs such as starch and other papermaking chemicals, labor and fringes, repair costs and repair materials, and most recently significant increases in recycled fiber costs. “The cost to operate and maintain our paper machines continues to increase,” Davis said.

Sonoco's (SON) first-quarter earnings reflect productivity improvements and cost management amid the coronavirus-induced uncertainty.

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Sonoco (SON) today announced it is increasing prices for all paperboard tubes and cores sold in the United States and Canada by a minimum of 8 percent, effective with shipments on and after Wednesday, May 13, 2020. According to Doug Schwartz, Division Vice President and General Manager, Tubes and Cores, U.S. and Canada, this price increase, which is the first announced change in nearly two years, is necessary to recover rising costs for recycled paperboard, which is the primary raw material used to produce tubes and cores. “Along with rising paper prices, we have experienced continued price escalation in other input costs, which are putting cost pressures on Sonoco that we are simply unable to absorb,” Schwartz said.

Sonoco (SON), one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, today announced that on April 22, 2020, it sold $600 million aggregate principal amount of new 3.125% senior unsecured notes maturing May 1, 2030. “We are very pleased with the solid execution and favorable interest rate for this bond offering, reflecting strong support received from fixed income investors,” said Julie Albrecht, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “This proactive bond financing, our first in nearly 10 years, increases our liquidity to a level that we believe enables us to more than meet our commitments, even in a prolonged coronavirus-induced downturn, as we continue to ensure the long-term financial health of Sonoco.”

HARTSVILLE, S.C., April 16, 2020 -- Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its first quarter ending.

Sonoco (SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved an $83 million investment to strengthen its uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) mill system in the United States and Canada. The majority of the investment includes transforming its Hartsville, S.C., corrugated medium machine (No. 10 machine) into a state-of-the-art URB machine with annual production capacity of approximately 180,000 tons. The new Hartsville machine will be designed with the goal of being the largest and lowest cost URB machine in the world, with the capability of producing a wide range of high-value paper grades to service Sonoco’s industrial and consumer converted products businesses and external trade customers.

The Board of Directors of Sonoco (SON) today announced it is changing the location for the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at 11 a.m. ET, from Center Theater, 212 North Fifth Street, Hartsville, S.C., to Sonoco’s Corporate Headquarters at 1 North Second Street, Hartsville. The meeting webcast will also be archived on the Investor Relations section of Sonoco’s website, and a telephonic replay will be available at 855-859-2056, Conference 9372537, from April 15 at 2 p.m. ET through April 22 at 2 p.m. ET.

BRUSSELS, April 30, 2020 -- Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. today announced it will raise prices for paper-based tubes and cores by 8.0 percent, depending on product category, effective.

Sonoco (SON), one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, today announced it is increasing prices for all rigid paper containers and closures sold in North America by a minimum of 5.5 percent, effective with shipments on, and after, June 8, 2020. According to Ernest Haynes, Division Vice President and General Manager, Rigid Paper and Closures, North America, this price increase is necessary to recover rapidly rising costs for recycled paperboard, which is a primary raw material used to produce rigid paper containers. As an essential supplier during these unprecedented times, our primary focus, as is always the case, entails doing everything we can to make sure our customers have what they need to support their customers.

BRUSSELS, April 30, 2020 -- Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. today announced that it will introduce a price surcharge of €50 per tonne on all recycled paperboard grades sold in the.

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