SON Short Volume
Sonoco Products Company (SON) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Packaging & Containers industry, with a market capitalization near $5.45B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 23,400 people, carrying a beta of 0.38 to the broader market. Sonoco Products Company (SON), through its numerous subsidiaries, operates as a worldwide producer and vendor of both industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Led by Robert Howard Coker, public since 1980-03-17.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 267.9K
- Total Volume
- 411.5K
- Short %
- 65.09%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 70.59%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Sonoco Products Company.
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Frequently asked SON short volume questions
- What is the daily SON short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Sonoco Products Company (SON) short volume is 267.9K shares against 411.5K total reported volume, or 65.09% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SON short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does SON short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.