DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$45.83
Intrinsic $61.10 · 25% MOS
Current price: $50.57
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for Sonoco Products Co (SON) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 20.0% for years 1–5 and 10.0% for years 6–10, anchored to 38.4% historical FCF growth, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $217M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $61.10 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $45.83, suggesting the stock is currently 9% overvalued against the $50.57 market price.
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Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$217M
Cash & equivalents
$224M
Total debt
$5.1B
Shares outstanding
100M