$22.16

-1.04 (-4.48%)

10/10/2008 4:04 PM

Sonoco Products Company (SON)

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The Company is a manufacturer of industrial and consumer packaging products and a provider of packaging services, with 324 locations in 35 countries.

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Paper Products (31), Paper & Paper Products (43), Small Cap (1922)
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Sonoco Products Company At A Glance

Current Price:	$22.16
Last Trade Time:	10/10/2008 4:04 PM
Open:	$23.02
Previous Close:	$23.20
Daily Range:	$20.84 - $23.42
52-Week Range:	$22.90 - $35.81
Volume:	980,886
Market Cap:	$3.28B
P/E Ratio:	17.44
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Other News Headlines for SON

Sonoco's Belgian unit hiking containerboard prices
10/6/2008 7:38:00 AM - AP
Ahead of the Bell: Containerboard Producers
9/23/2008 7:59:00 AM - AP
Analyst Note: Paper, forest products makers ailing
9/22/2008 3:29:00 PM - AP
Sector Snap: Plastic Packaging companies rise
9/2/2008 10:24:00 AM - AP

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1 Sonoco Products Company (SON)

Avatar StoneCanyonMom (49.16) Submitted: 10/18/06 6:17 PM

Picked it because the initials spell out "son".

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2 Sonoco Products Company (SON)

Avatar BeboLindo (63.41) Submitted: 4/13/07 6:27 AM

Pretty good company in a tough marketplace. Unless they can follow the demand to low-labor-cost countries, they are in a longer-than-most uphill battle for the long haul. They seem too stuck in the West and in the good-old-boy past. Signs of change are few and superficial it seems.

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Recs 0 (SON) synergize (99.41) Submitted: 5/17/08 4:16 AM : Start Price: $31.87 SON Score: -6.53 Sonoco Products Company (Sonoco) is a manufacturer of industrial and consumer packaging products, and a provider of packaging services with 334 locations in 35 countries. The Company operates in four segments: Consumer Packaging, Tubes and Cores/Paper, Packaging Services and All Other Sonoco. In May 2007, the Company completed the purchase of Matrix Packaging, Inc., a manufacturer of custom designed blow molded rigid plastic containers and injected molded products. On October 3, 2007, Sonoco completed the acquisition of the fiber containers and industrial plastic carriers assets of Caraustar Industries, Inc. Technical Analysis: Its current price level near 33 has been tested for the past month. This recent test doesn’t look bullish anymore as sellers are beginning to enter the market. I think it is losing its momentum to go up. This is only a short-term underperform pitch. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (SON) 21popsontop (20.19) Submitted: 2/29/08 2:22 PM : Start Price: $27.99 SON Score: 13.06 Sonoco is paying 0.26 declared quarterly dividend in this so called crises,and if it is a crises then they need to tell Sonoco,so they want keep kicking tail in earnings estimates.Last 2 calls 0.8 above consenses estimates,only missing once out of the last 8,and that was just a minor set back due to growth in their packaging services of 324 locations in 35 countries around the globe.Not to mention their growth in the other segments.It sure does look pretty in RED sliding down this market wall headed to the bin basket. Long term players may want to check it out before it tuns back GREEN. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (SON) wuapinmon (63.53) Submitted: 1/30/08 5:31 PM : Start Price: $28.65 SON Score: 11.00 Sonoco is constantly looking for new product lines. I like this company now more than six months ago when it was trading $12-13 higher per share. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (SON) codergrrl (46.42) Submitted: 1/07/08 4:33 PM : Start Price: $30.47 SON Score: 10.45 Sonoco Products Company provides industrial and consumer packaging products, and packaging services worldwide. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (SON) popsstocs (< 20) Submitted: 10/16/07 4:08 AM : Start Price: $28.72 SON Score: 19.85 Paper and paper products. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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