Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Earnings per share

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

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2020		September 29, 2019		September 27, 2020		September 29, 2019
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Sonoco	$	83,449	$	92,064	$	219,105	$	246,886
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	100,974		100,778		100,935		100,727
Dilutive effect of stock-based compensation	271		408		220		431
Diluted	101,245		101,186		101,155		101,158
Net income attributable to Sonoco per common share:
Basic	$	0.83	$	0.91	$	2.17	$	2.45
Diluted	$	0.82	$	0.91	$	2.17	$	2.44
Cash dividends	$	0.43	$	0.43	$	1.29	$	1.27

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- and nine- month periods ended September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2020	September 29, 2019	September 27, 2020	September 29, 2019
Anti-dilutive stock appreciation rights	752	533	844	458