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Sonic Automotive, Inc.

SAH Consumer Cyclical Auto & Truck Dealerships

Sonic Automotive, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $15.2 billion, up 6.53% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.38%
EPS
−5.11%
Free cash flow
−109.4%
Total debt
+10.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

62.36 1.69 −2.64%
Market cap
$2.0B
P/E
9.9×
Fwd P/E
9.4×
Dividend yield
2.53%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.39
Beneish M
−2.85
Dividend safety
63/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 8.92
Sold, $m 9.65
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — 1 — — — — — — — 4 —
Sell — — — — — 1 3 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 66.11%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 1,990.00
Revenue ttm 15,482.60
Net income ttm 206.30
Free cash flow ttm (153.20)
Net debt Q 2,025.20
Valuation
P/E 9.87
Forward P/E 9.35
Price / sales 0.13
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 1.86
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.95 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q 1.92
Interest coverage Q 2.04
Growth
Revenue growth Q +0.38% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q −8.39% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year −3.79% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +11.02%
Revenue, next year A +2.99%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +5.24%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.3×, against a ten-year median of 0.2×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.1× in 2020 to 0.3× in 2026.
P/E against its own 10 years 39.82%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 47.12%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 51.85%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 64.10%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised 5 years running

Yield
2.53%
Annual rate
1.58
Payout ratio
25.4%
Growth, 2017–25
+28.2%/yr
  1. 0.20 ’17
  2. 0.24 ’18 +20
  3. 0.40 ’19 +67
  4. 0.40 ’20 +0
  5. 0.46 ’21 +15
  6. 1.03 ’22 +124
  7. 1.16 ’23 +13
  8. 1.25 ’24 +8
  9. 1.46 ’25 +17
  10. 1.57 ’26e +8
paid forecast change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 29 44 6 11
Receivables 528 496 469 392
Inventory 1,578 1,958 2,013 2,443
Other 385 388 344 245
2,520 2,886 2,833 3,090
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 150 172 151 165
ST’ Debt 60 76 52 193
Other — — — —
2,293 2,638 2,598 3,250

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.64% 9.18% 2.67%
Cash Flow 23.33% 15.08% 11.79%
Earnings 3.24% 0.00% 10.28%
Book Value 3.89% 5.56% 6.06%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q3 FY26 Estimate 1.66 Actual 1.30

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 1.53 1.52 Miss by 0.01
Q1 FY26 1.46 1.62 Beat by 0.16
Q2 FY26 1.75 1.82 Beat by 0.07
Q3 FY26 1.66 1.30 Miss by 0.36
Q4 FY26 1.55 — Reports 17 February 2027

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.79 1.79 1.28 — —
’25 2.04 (1.34) 1.33 1.36 3.42
’24 1.20 1.18 2.13 1.67 6.18
’23 1.29 0.65 1.92 1.11 4.97
’22 2.33 2.34 2.23 (5.22) 2.23
’21 1.25 2.63 1.95 2.25 8.06
’20 (4.68) 0.71 1.34 1.30 (1.21)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3,689 3,934 3,989 — —
’25 3,651 3,657 3,974 3,871 15,154
’24 3,384 3,453 3,492 3,896 14,224
’23 3,491 3,653 3,644 3,585 14,372
’22 3,456 3,506 3,448 3,591 14,001
’21 2,787 3,352 3,073 3,185 12,396
’20 2,308 2,112 2,549 2,799 9,767
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 36 (100) 50 — —
’25 196 137 168 67 567
’24 70 (136) 88 88 109
’23 (34) 15 123 (120) (16)
’22 253 54 339 (239) 406
’21 90 (125) 301 40 306
’20 (47) 275 45 8 281
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 17 (217) (16) — —
’25 160 110 166 62 499
’24 31 (162) 58 51 (22)
’23 (66) (23) 45 (167) (211)
’22 201 15 248 (255) 209
’21 24 (162) 230 (70) 21
’20 (67) 233 36 (11) 191
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 9,732 9,867 9,952 10,454 9,767 12,396 14,001 14,372 14,224 15,154 15,483 +5.0% 15,606 16,332 17,248 +4.4%
Gross margin, % 14.69 14.77 14.53 14.55 14.58 15.44 16.55 15.63 15.42 15.72 15.70 +1.0 pt
EBT 155 108 75 200 (35) 458 190 242 256 173 296 +1.2%
EBT margin, % 1.59 1.10 0.76 1.91 (0.36) 3.70 1.36 1.68 1.80 1.14 1.91 (0.5) pt
Net income 93 93 52 144 (51) 349 89 178 216 119 206 +2.7%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 213.24 224.27 233.02 243.03 229.81 299.43 361.79 410.64 417.13 445.69 489.96 +8.5%
Earnings 2.03 2.09 1.21 3.35 (1.21) 8.43 2.29 5.09 6.34 3.49 6.32 +6.2%
Cash flow 4.74 3.70 3.36 3.97 6.61 7.40 10.49 (0.45) 3.20 16.69 1.66 +15.0%
Capex (4.49) (5.31) (3.37) (2.67) (2.12) (6.89) (5.10) (5.59) (3.86) (2.01) (6.51) (8.5%)
Free cash flow 0.25 (1.61) (0.01) 1.30 4.49 0.51 5.39 (6.04) (0.66) 14.68 (4.85) +57.2%
Book value 15.89 17.88 19.27 21.96 19.17 26.00 23.13 25.48 31.15 31.41 33.59 +7.9%
Shares, m 46 44 43 43 43 41 39 35 34 34 33 (3.2%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 11.30 8.64 11.37 9.28 0.00 5.87 25.25 11.03 9.98 17.62 9.87 11.0
P/S 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.13 0.17 0.17 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.1
P/B 1.45 1.03 0.71 1.41 2.01 1.90 2.04 2.20 2.03 1.97 1.86 1.7
EV/Sales 0.20 0.19 0.15 0.20 0.23 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.26 0.2
EV/FCF 168.62 (25.83) (3,915.11) 36.50 11.79 162.48 17.14 (18.28) (179.92) 8.16 (26.08) (373.4)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 216 163 144 171 281 306 406 (16) 109 567 52 +11.3%
Capex (205) (234) (144) (115) (90) (285) (197) (196) (132) (68) (206) (11.5%)
Free cash flow 11 (71) 0 56 191 21 209 (211) (22) 499 (153) +52.1%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 94 65 48 (49) 51 192 361 228 248 235 (160) +10.7%
Net debt 880 1,018 939 714 612 1,397 1,751 1,902 1,888 1,968 2,025 +9.4%
Shareholders’ equity 725 787 823 945 815 1,076 895 892 1,062 1,068 1,062 +4.4%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.59 2.49 1.36 3.66 (1.32) 8.00 1.78 3.45 3.84 2.00 3.29 (0.6) pt
ROIC 9.07 7.33 6.30 11.59 1.48 13.60 7.42 9.48 9.78 7.56 10.12 (1.5) pt
ROE 12.81 12.30 6.42 16.30 (5.84) 36.90 8.98 19.94 22.11 11.15 19.35 (1.7) pt
People
People Employees 9,800 9,750 9,700 9,300 8,100 10,200 10,300 10,500 10,800 11,000 — +1.3%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.99 1.01 1.03 1.12 1.21 1.22 1.36 1.37 1.32 1.38 — +3.7%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026

Sonic Automotive, Inc. vs peers in Auto & Truck Dealerships (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. $5.7B 19.1× 17.7× +12.35% (above 0%: growing) +19.02% (above 0%: growing) −56.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 18.31% 5.11% Compare
VVV Valvoline $4.6B 44.7× 31.9× +24.05% (above 0%: growing) +15.91% (above 0%: growing) +110.31% (above 0%: growing) 39.46% 20.60% Compare
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. $4.4B — (loss-making) 29.6× +12.60% (above 0%: growing) +38.46% (above 0%: growing) +44.62% (above 0%: growing) 44.89% 17.57% Compare
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. $3.9B 26.1× 17.7× −1.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% −56.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.04% 5.12% Compare
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. $3.7B 8.2× 7.5× −8.07% (below 0%: shrinking) −22.18% (below 0%: shrinking) −28.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 16.57% 4.68% Compare
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. $3.2B 8.4× 7.1× −6.68% (below 0%: shrinking) +772.03% (above 0%: growing) +180.76% (above 0%: growing) 15.84% 3.72% Compare
BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. $2.5B 134× — +28.05% (above 0%: growing) n/m +102.28% (above 0%: growing) 46.52% 2.03% Compare
SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. $2.0B 9.9× 9.4× +0.38% (above 0%: growing) −5.11% (below 0%: shrinking) −109.44% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.48% 2.82%
DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. $2.0B 12.0× 13.2× +6.78% (above 0%: growing) −36.36% (below 0%: shrinking) −82.95% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.32% 14.40% Compare
Median of peers $3.8B 19.1× 17.7× +9.57% +15.91% +7.89% 29.25% 5.12%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 6 March 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 11.83m 14.78m 176.79
2024 9.92m 10.88m 177.26
2023 7.51m 8.22m 153.90
2022 7.64m 7.23m 131.91
2021 6.51m 10.03m 129.42
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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