SON — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of SON's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-07-28 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-04-28
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +88 | −29 | ~45 | 107 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 0 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 3 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Risk factors
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-07-28
•producing improvements in earnings and profitable sales growth and rates of growth;
•costs of labor and employment, including costs relating to employee benefits and any labor disputes;
•effects of changing climate and greenhouse gas effects and environmental laws and regulations, including with respect to climate change and emissions reporting;
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "OBBBA"), which includes a broad range of tax reform provisions and extends or modifies certain provisions of prior tax legislation, was signed into law in the United States. The Company evaluated the effects of the OBBBA in accordance with ASC 74…
GAAP net income attributable to Sonoco for the second quarter of 2026 decreased to $104.9 million, or $1.05 per diluted share, compared to $493.4 million, or $4.96 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2025. The quarter-over-quarter reduction was primarily due to net income from discontinued …
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-28
•costs of labor and employment, including the cost of employee and retiree medical, health, and life insurance benefits and the impact of any work stoppages due to labor disputes;
•liability for and anticipated costs of environmental remediation actions;
•effects of environmental laws and regulations, including with respect to climate change and emissions reporting;
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), which includes a broad range of tax reform provisions, including the extension of key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, was signed into law in the United States. The Company has evaluated the impact of the OBBBA as part of…
GAAP net income attributable to Sonoco for the first quarter of 2026 increased to $67.6 million, or $0.68 per diluted share, compared to $54.4 million, or $0.55 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2025. This increase was primarily due to the increase in GAAP operating profit described above,…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice