Amcor Plc vs Sonoco Products Co

Amcor Plc (AMCR) is slightly undervalued and Sonoco Products Co (SON) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, SON trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +48%, against +13% for AMCR.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Amcor Plc (AMCR)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $49.91; the price of $43.24 is 13% below that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 30/100 on 2 of 12 signals

Sonoco Products Co (SON)

Discounting its cash flows at 6.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $97.75; the price of $50.69 is 48% below that value, and 85% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 86/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricAMCRSON
VerdictSlightly undervaluedUndervalued
Price$43.24$50.69
Intrinsic value$49.91$97.75
Margin of safety+13%+48%
Leak Score30/100 (2/12)86/100 (3/12)
Market cap$20.0B$5.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years12.8%7.5%
Operating margin8.6%10.0%
Net margin4.7%8.7%
Return on equity9.4%18.9%
Debt to equity1.281.33
P/E18.1x7.8x
Forward P/E8.0x
P/B1.7x1.4x
Dividend yield6.0%4.2%

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