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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
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Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH) Operating margin
Sonic Automotive, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.23%, up 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.43%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.35% (fiscal 2020) to 4.34% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 3.69% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.43% | (0.81) |
| FY2024 | 3.24% | 0.29 |
| FY2023 | 2.95% | 0.71 |
| FY2022 | 2.24% | (2.10) |
| FY2021 | 4.34% | 3.99 |
| FY2020 | 0.35% | (2.59) |
| FY2019 | 2.94% | 1.15 |
| FY2018 | 1.79% | (0.35) |
| FY2017 | 2.14% | (0.25) |
| FY2016 | 2.39% | 0.13 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 2.82% | (0.53) |
| Jun 2026 | 3.35% | (0.25) |
| Mar 2026 | 3.60% | 0.42 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.18% | 0.09 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare | 16.9% |
| VVV Valvoline compare | 15.3% |
| DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. compare | 14.0% |
| RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare | 5.13% |
| RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare | 5.07% |
| ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare | 4.24% |
| GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare | 3.61% |
| SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. | 3.23% |
| BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. compare | 3.19% |
| Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median | 3.69% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.88% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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