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

62.27 0.53 −0.84%
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) Net margin

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Sonic Automotive, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.33%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (0.78%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.53% (fiscal 2020) to 2.81% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 1.20% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 2.12%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 0.78% (0.74)
FY2024 1.52% 0.28
FY2023 1.24% 0.61
FY2022 0.63% (2.18)
FY2021 2.81% 3.34
FY2020 −0.53% (1.91)
FY2019 1.38% 0.86
FY2018 0.52% (0.42)
FY2017 0.94% (0.02)
FY2016 0.96% 0.06

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 1.03% (0.43)
Jun 2026 1.46% (0.19)
Mar 2026 1.65% 0.44
Dec 2025 1.21% 0.03
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −0.53% High 2.81%
Ten-year median 0.94%
Current reading's percentile 70

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. compare 8.56%
VVV Valvoline compare 5.17%
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 3.70%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 3.67%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 2.66%
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare 1.73%
SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. 1.33%
BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. compare 0.39%
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare −2.19%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 1.20%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 2.12%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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