Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

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 30, 2018		October 1, 2017		September 30, 2018		October 1, 2017
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Sonoco	$	72,415	$	72,812	$	235,882	$	169,670
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	100,640		100,275		100,534		100,214
Dilutive effect of stock-based compensation	400		409		459		579
Diluted	101,040		100,684		100,993		100,793
Net income attributable to Sonoco per common share:
Basic	$	0.72	$	0.73	$	2.35	$	1.69
Diluted	$	0.72	$	0.72	$	2.34	$	1.68

Schedule of antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share

The average number 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 30, 2018 and October 1,2017 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2018	October 1, 2017	September 30, 2018	October 1, 2017
Anti-dilutive stock appreciation rights	895	531	892	473