Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SON scored 71.7, SLGN scored 60.3 — SON leads.
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Different reporting periods. SLGN's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but SON's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
SON
Sonoco Products Company
Packaging & Containers · Quality-Growth
71.7
$47.92 · $4.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
11.4
SON leads
SLGN
Silgan Holdings Inc.
Packaging & Containers · Quality-Growth
60.3
$35.44 · $3.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestSON7.4x
Fastest growthSON+31.2%
Strongest balance sheetSON1.32
Highest qualitySON64 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueSLGN-49%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
SON
stronger →← stronger
SLGN
64
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
58
72
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
59
80
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
64
SON is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SON
SLGN
$217mC
FCF
$343mC
+31.2%A
Rev
+8.4%B
1.32C+
D/E
2.03C+
7.4xA
P/E
13.9xB+
0.21A
PEG
0.79A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
SON
SLGN
31% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
49% below
~13%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-10%/yr
-29%
1-yr DCF upside
+89%
-24%
5-yr DCF upside
+98%
-16%
10-yr DCF upside
+112%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
SON
No notable signals flagged.
SLGN
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
SONSonoco Products Company
Packaging & Containers · $47.92 · beta 0.33
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $4.7b. Down 21% from 52-week high of $60.67 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +31% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.21 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $61.11 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 28% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
SLGNSilgan Holdings Inc.
Packaging & Containers · $35.44 · beta 0.67
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $3.7b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $49.55 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.79 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $53.85 (implying +52% upside).
Moat
ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 127% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
D/E 2.03 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Net margin 4.0% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where SON and SLGN diverge
On the headline score the gap is 11.4 points in favor of SON. The widest single difference is Value, where SON leads by 16.1 points.
ValueSON 80.4 · SLGN 64.3SON +16.1
GrowthSON 71.9 · SLGN 58.6SON +13.3
QualitySON 63.6 · SLGN 58.2SON +5.4
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SON or SLGN the better stock?
SON scores higher: SON 71.7, SLGN 60.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SON and SLGN differ most?
The widest gap is value, where SON leads by 16 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. SON leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are SON and SLGN scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.