Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Earnings per share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

	Three Months Ended
	March 29, 2020		March 31, 2019
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Sonoco	$	80,445	$	73,663
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	100,855		100,640
Dilutive effect of stock-based compensation	216		432
Diluted	101,071		101,072
Net income attributable to Sonoco per common share:
Basic	$	0.80	$	0.73
Diluted	$	0.80	$	0.73
Cash dividends	$	0.43	$	0.41

Schedule of antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share

The average numbers of SARs that were not dilutive and, therefore, not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share during the three month periods ended March 29, 2020 and March 31, 2019 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	March 29, 2020	March 31, 2019
Anti-dilutive stock appreciation rights	589	305