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) Free cash flow

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Sonic Automotive, Inc.'s free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $499.1M, compared with −$22.5M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was −$153.2M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −$211.5M (fiscal 2023) to $499.1M (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. Sonic Automotive, Inc. ranks 22nd of 24 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies by free cash flow.

Free cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2025 $499.1M —
FY2024 −$22.5M —
FY2023 −$211.5M —
FY2022 $208.7M 884.43%
FY2021 $21.2M (88.90%)
FY2020 $191.0M 240.46%
FY2019 $56.1M —
FY2018 −$390.0K —
FY2017 −$70.8M —
FY2016 $11.5M —

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 −$15.7M —
Jun 2026 −$216.7M —
Mar 2026 $17.0M (72.67%)
Dec 2025 $62.2M (62.60%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −$211.5M High $499.1M
Ten-year median $11.5M
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow against peers

What Free cash flow is

Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)

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