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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) Return on invested capital
Sonic Automotive, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.1%, up 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.56%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.48% (fiscal 2020) to 13.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 6.38% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.56% | (2.22) |
| FY2024 | 9.78% | 0.30 |
| FY2023 | 9.48% | 2.06 |
| FY2022 | 7.42% | (6.18) |
| FY2021 | 13.6% | 12.12 |
| FY2020 | 1.48% | (10.11) |
| FY2019 | 11.6% | 5.29 |
| FY2018 | 6.30% | (1.03) |
| FY2017 | 7.33% | (1.74) |
| FY2016 | 9.07% | 0.25 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. | 10.1% |
| VVV Valvoline compare | 9.72% |
| RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare | 9.44% |
| RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare | 9.32% |
| OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare | 8.68% |
| GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare | 8.09% |
| DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. compare | 7.22% |
| ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare | 6.38% |
| BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. compare | 2.51% |
| Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median | 6.38% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.42% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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