SAH
Sonic Automotive IncNYSE
Consumer Cyclical • Auto & Truck Dealerships
Factor tilt: Small-Cap Income
$61.71-1.74%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $1.99B
- 1 month
- +0.3%
- 3 months
- -22.9%
- 1 year
- +1.1%
- 52-week range
- $58.28$112.66
- Dividend, last 12 mo
- $1.58 · 2.56% yield
- Last ex-date
- Sep 15, 2026 · $0.41
- Dividend growth
- 5 years in a row
- Short interest
- 20.5% of float2.5M shares · settled Oct 15, 2026 · +4.2% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $15.48B
- Net income
- $206.2M
- Free cash flow
- -$203.6M
- Book value
- $1.06B
- Total debt
- $4.72B
- P/E
- 9.6×
- Price / sales
- 0.1×
- Price / book
- 1.9×
- FCF yield
- -10.2%
- Net margin
- +1.3%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
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About Sonic Automotive Inc
Sonic Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It operates in three segments: Franchised Dealerships, EchoPark, and Powersports.
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The Franchised Dealerships segment engages in the sale of new and used cars and light trucks; sale of replacement parts; provision of vehicle maintenance, manufacturer warranty repairs, and paint and collision repair services; and arrangement of third-party financing, extended warranties, service contracts, insurance, and other aftermarket products. The EchoPark segment sells used cars and light trucks; and arranges third-party finance and insurance product sales for its guests in pre-owned vehicle specialty retail locations. The Powersports segment is involved in the sale of new and used powersports vehicles, such as motorcycles, personal watercraft, and all-terrain vehicles; and provision of fixed operations services, and third-party finance and insurance services. Sonic Automotive, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Website
- sonicautomotive.com
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, NC, United States
- Employees
- 11,000
- Listed
- Nov 12, 1997
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Nov 1, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026filed Oct 29, 2026 | $4.0B | +0.4% | 15.5% | $112.4M | $41.1M |
| Jun 2026filed Jul 30, 2026 | $3.9B | +7.6% | 15.7% | $131.6M | $57.4M |
| Mar 2026filed Apr 30, 2026 | $3.7B | +1.0% | 16.2% | $133.1M | $60.8M |
| Dec 2025filed Feb 23, 2026 | $3.9B | -0.6% | 15.5% | $123.2M | $46.9M |
| Sep 2025filed Oct 23, 2025 | $4.0B | +13.8% | 15.5% | $122.7M | $46.8M |
| Jun 2025filed Jul 24, 2025 | $3.7B | +5.9% | 16.5% | $149.1M | -$45.6M |
| Mar 2025filed Apr 24, 2025 | $3.7B | +7.9% | 15.5% | $146.4M | $70.6M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 19, 2025 | $3.9B | +8.7% | 14.7% | $135.0M | $58.6M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Feb 23, 2026 | $15.2B | +6.5% | 15.7% | $541.3M | $118.7M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 19, 2025 | $14.2B | -1.0% | 15.4% | $465.4M | $216.0M |
| Dec 2023filed Feb 22, 2024 | $14.4B | +2.7% | 15.6% | $502.9M | $178.2M |
| Dec 2022filed Feb 17, 2023 | $14.0B | +12.9% | 16.5% | $634.4M | $88.5M |
| Dec 2021filed Feb 25, 2022 | $12.4B | +26.9% | 15.4% | $538.4M | $348.9M |
| Dec 2020filed Feb 23, 2021 | $9.8B | -6.6% | 14.6% | $33.9M | -$51.4M |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched SAH. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
2,460,359 shares short
+98,418 shares (+4.2%) vs Sep 30, 2026
20.5% of the stored float. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
2,361,941 shares short
+165,224 shares (+7.5%) vs Sep 15, 2026
19.6% of the stored float. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
2,196,717 shares short
+125,070 shares (+6%) vs Aug 31, 2026
16.9% of the stored float. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
2,071,647 shares short
-22,633 shares (-1.1%) vs Aug 14, 2026
16% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
2,094,280 shares short
+20,534 shares (+1%) vs Jul 31, 2026
16.1% of the stored float. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
2,073,746 shares short
-102,910 shares (-4.7%) vs Jul 15, 2026
16% of the stored float. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind SAH’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: Dec 15, 2026 (future recorded date)
Recorded pay date: Jan 15, 2027 (pending)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: Sep 15, 2026
Recorded pay date: Oct 15, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: Jun 15, 2026
Recorded pay date: Jul 15, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.38 per share
Ex-dividend date: Mar 13, 2026
Recorded pay date: Apr 15, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.38 per share
Ex-dividend date: Dec 15, 2025
Recorded pay date: Jan 15, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.38 per share
Ex-dividend date: Sep 15, 2025
Recorded pay date: Oct 15, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
2 for 1 · forward split
Effective Jan 26, 1999
Each 1 pre-split share becomes 2 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Smart money context
Holder IQ: MEDIUM
20 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Oct 14, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: unchanged (light)
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Sentiment: bullish
Last trade: buy 22 days ago
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: bullish. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
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Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: bullish. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
238 filers reported a long position in SAH for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
56.7%
of the 14.6M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
2 added7 trimmed
1 new
Net shares held
-4.8%
across the 9 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | $204M · 2.4M shares | 2.4M | -4.1% |
| 2 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $113.1M · 1.3M shares | 1.3M | +1.5% |
| 3 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $64.5M · 760.9K shares | 760.9K | -8.2% |
| 4 | LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | $62.2M · 734K shares | 734K | New |
| 5 | STATE STREET CORP | $54.1M · 634.4K shares | 634.4K | -6.1% |
| 6 | NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. | $49.9M · 588.5K shares | 588.5K | -7.3% |
| 7 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $45.5M · 536.1K shares | 536.1K | -7.2% |
| 8 | WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC | $42M · 494.9K shares | 494.9K | -18.6% |
| 9 | Invesco Ltd. | $32.9M · 388.3K shares | 388.3K | -13.7% |
| 10 | Nuveen, LLC | $32.7M · 386.1K shares | 386.1K | +22.4% |
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Holders of more than 5% of SAH file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | BlackRock, Inc.13G · passive · amended | 9.1% |
| Jun 17, 2026 | SMITH BRYAN SCOTT13D · activist · amended | 42.3% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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