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542. Sonoco Products
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Rank: 542 (Previous rank: 550)
Compare tool: Sonoco Products vs. Top 10
CEO: Harris E. DeLoach Jr.
Address: 1 N. Second St.
Hartsville, SC 29550
Phone: 843-383-7000
Website: www.sonoco.com
  $ millions % change from 2007
Revenues 4,122.4 2.0
Profits 164.6 -23.1
Assets 3,086.5 —
Stockholders' equity 1,163.0 —
Market value (3/27/2009) 2,102.6 —
Profits as % of  
Revenues 4.0
Assets 5.3
Stockholders' equity 14.2
Earnings per share  
2008 $ 1.63
% change from 2007 -22.4
1998-2008 annual growth rate % -0.6
Total return to investors %
2008 -26.5
1998-2008 annual rate 0.8
Rank Company 500
rank		 Revenues
($ millions)
1 Crown Holdings 312 8,305.0
2 Owens-Illinois 326 7,884.7
3 Ball 336 7,561.5
4 Smurfit-Stone Container 356 7,042.0
5 MeadWestvaco 365 6,890.0
6 Sealed Air 483 4,843.5
7 Sonoco Products 542 4,122.4
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 547 4,079.4
9 Temple-Inland 566 3,884.0
10 Bemis 575 3,779.4
11 Greif 576 3,776.8
12 Pactiv 604 3,567.0
13 Berry Plastics 610 3,513.1
14 Silgan Holdings 671 3,121.0
15 Rock-Tenn 711 2,838.9
16 Graham Packaging 757 2,583.7
17 Packaging Corp. of America 812 2,360.5
18 AptarGroup 884 2,071.7
Issue date: May 4, 2009
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