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8. Sonoco Products Company (NYSE:SON)

Market Cap: $4.28 billion

Sonoco Products Company designs, manufactures, and sells sustainable packaging products across the U.S., Europe, Canada, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments: Consumer Packaging, which provides rigid paper and plastic containers, and Industrial Paper Packaging, which offers paperboard tubes and protective packaging. The Sonoco, South Carolina-based company serves a variety of industries including food, textiles, and construction.

Recently, Sonoco’s board of directors increased its quarterly dividend to $0.53 per share, marking the 100th consecutive year of dividend payments.

During the first quarter of 2025, three insiders, including the company’s CEO, acquired around $2.18 million worth of shares at an average price of $47.05 per share. The CEO, Howard R. Coker, accounted for $1.85 million of the purchase, increasing his holdings to 482,365 shares. Year-to-date, the stock is down 11.12% trading at $43.42 per share. Over the past 12 months, the stock dropped 22.17%.

Six analysts rate Sonoco Products stock as a “Moderate Buy” with a price target of $58.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.64%, according to MarketBeat.