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

Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 6.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.9× (March 2020) to 32.8× (August 2020); the current reading is higher than 41% of that period. That is below the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 8.6× and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 9.8×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 7.9× 16.63%
FY2024 6.8× (2.91%)
FY2023 7.0× (15.56%)
FY2022 8.3× 52.42%
FY2021 5.4× (70.05%)
FY2020 18.1× 253.61%
FY2019 5.1× (8.06%)
FY2018 5.6× (7.52%)
FY2017 6.0× (2.14%)
FY2016 6.2× (9.18%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 6.1× (16.07%)
Jun 2026 7.3× (16.61%)
Mar 2026 8.7× 10.61%
Dec 2025 7.9× (5.12%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.9× High 32.8×
Ten-year median 6.5×
Current reading's percentile 41

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. 6.2×
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare 6.7×
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 7.7×
DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. compare 8.0×
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 8.6×
BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. compare 9.2×
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare 10.5×
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 11.1×
VVV Valvoline compare 13.7×
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 8.6×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 9.8×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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