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) Return on assets

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Sonic Automotive, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.29%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.00%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.32% (fiscal 2020) to 8.00% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 0.75% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.47%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 2.00% (1.84)
FY2024 3.84% 0.39
FY2023 3.45% 1.67
FY2022 1.78% (6.22)
FY2021 8.00% 9.32
FY2020 −1.32% (4.98)
FY2019 3.66% 2.30
FY2018 1.36% (1.13)
FY2017 2.49% (0.10)
FY2016 2.59% 0.03

Against its own ten years

Low −1.32% High 8.00%
Ten-year median 2.56%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 5.95%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 5.66%
DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. compare 4.23%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 4.04%
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare 3.56%
VVV Valvoline compare 3.36%
SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. 3.29%
BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. compare 0.39%
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare −0.93%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 0.75%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.47%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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