SON Short Volume
Sonoco Products Company (SON) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Packaging & Containers industry, with a market capitalization near $4.82B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 22,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.33 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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 209.1K
- Total Volume
- 262.4K
- Short %
- 79.69%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 73.67%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Sonoco Products Company.
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SON most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $55.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 1 | 300 | 956.1% | $5.70 | $7.10 |
| CALL | $50.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 80 | 583 | 743.7% | $0.15 | $0.30 |
| PUT | $50.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 10 | 339 | 743.7% | $1.15 | $1.60 |
Top 3 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked SON short volume questions
- What is the daily SON short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Sonoco Products Company (SON) short volume is 209.1K shares against 262.4K total reported volume, or 79.69% 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.