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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
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Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH) Gross margin

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Sonic Automotive, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.7%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.5% (fiscal 2018) to 16.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is below the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 18.4% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 15.7% 0.30
FY2024 15.4% (0.21)
FY2023 15.6% (0.92)
FY2022 16.6% 1.11
FY2021 15.4% 0.86
FY2020 14.6% 0.03
FY2019 14.6% 0.02
FY2018 14.5% (0.24)
FY2017 14.8% 0.08
FY2016 14.7% (0.01)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 15.5% (0.18)
Jun 2026 15.7% (0.57)
Mar 2026 16.2% 0.76
Dec 2025 15.5% (0.02)
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Against its own ten years

Low 14.5% High 16.6%
Ten-year median 14.8%
Current reading's percentile 77

Gross margin against peers

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DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. compare 44.9%
VVV Valvoline compare 38.3%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 19.7%
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 19.3%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 17.1%
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare 15.9%
SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. 15.7%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 18.4%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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