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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 7.57%, EPS grew 235.8%, free cash flow fell 296.5% and total debt rose 12.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

63.61 0.10 +0.16%
Market cap
$2.0B
P/E
10.0×
Fwd P/E
11.4×
Dividend yield
2.48%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.39
Beneish M
−2.85
Dividend safety
63/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 8.17
Total sells 9.65
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — — — — 3
Sell — — — — — — 1 3 — — — —
Insider Ownership 66.11%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,010.00
Revenue 15,467.60
Net Income 212.00
Free Cash Flow 28.80
Net Debt 2,101.50
Current Ratio 1.01
Debt/Equity 2.07 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 9.95
Fwd P/E 11.40
P/S ratio 0.13
P/B ratio 1.96
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 1.15%
Next Y EPS Growth 7.61%
Next Y revenue growth 3.67%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 5.57%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 41.60%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 50.13%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 58.13%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 72.95%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 84.73%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.25
Annual Dividend Rate 1.58
Annual Dividend Yield 2.48%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.57
0.38
0.41
0.41
2025 1.46
0.35
0.35
0.38
0.38
2024 1.25
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.35
2023 1.16
0.28
0.29
0.29
0.30
2022 1.03
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.28
2021 0.46
0.10
0.12
0.12
0.12
2020 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2019 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2018 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2017 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
2016 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 29 44 6 19
Receivables 528 496 469 426
Inventory 1,578 1,958 2,013 2,325
Other 385 388 344 330
2,520 2,886 2,833 3,099
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 150 172 151 156
ST’ Debt 60 76 52 193
Other — — — —
2,293 2,638 2,598 3,064

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.64% 9.18% 2.67%
Cash Flow 23.33% 15.08% 11.79%
Earnings 3.24% 0.00% 10.28%
Book Value 3.89% 5.56% 6.06%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3,689 3,934 — — —
’25 3,651 3,657 3,974 3,871 15,154
’24 3,384 3,453 3,492 3,896 14,224
’23 3,491 3,653 3,644 3,585 14,372
’22 3,456 3,506 3,448 3,591 14,001
’21 2,787 3,352 3,073 3,185 12,396
’20 2,308 2,112 2,549 2,799 9,767
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 36 (100) — — —
’25 196 137 168 67 567
’24 70 (136) 88 88 109
’23 (34) 15 123 (120) (16)
’22 253 54 339 (239) 406
’21 90 (125) 301 40 306
’20 (47) 275 45 8 281
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 17 (217) — — —
’25 160 110 166 62 499
’24 31 (162) 58 51 (22)
’23 (66) (23) 45 (167) (211)
’22 201 15 248 (255) 209
’21 24 (162) 230 (70) 21
’20 (67) 233 36 (11) 191
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.79 1.79 — — —
’25 2.04 (1.34) 1.33 1.36 3.42
’24 1.20 1.18 2.13 1.67 6.18
’23 1.29 0.65 1.92 1.11 4.97
’22 2.33 2.34 2.23 (5.22) 2.23
’21 1.25 2.63 1.95 2.25 8.06
’20 (4.68) 0.71 1.34 1.30 (1.21)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 15.68 15.95 12.78 13.43 9.00 37.53 34.17 39.02 47.82 52.00

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 24.30 27.45 23.60 35.41 46.84 58.00 59.19 62.26 70.88 89.62
People
People Employees 9,800 9,750 9,700 9,300 8,100 10,200 10,300 10,500 10,800 11,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.99 1.01 1.03 1.12 1.21 1.22 1.36 1.37 1.32 1.38
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 9,732 9,867 9,952 10,454 9,767 12,396 14,001 14,372 14,224 15,154
Gross margin, % 14.69 14.77 14.53 14.55 14.58 15.44 16.55 15.63 15.42 15.72
EBT 155 108 75 200 (35) 458 190 242 256 173
EBT margin, % 1.59 1.10 0.76 1.91 (0.36) 3.70 1.36 1.68 1.80 1.14
Net income 93 93 52 144 (51) 349 89 178 216 119
Depreciation 81 92 97 92 91 97 119 131 136 148
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 213.24 224.27 233.02 243.03 229.81 299.43 361.79 410.64 417.13 445.69
Earnings 2.03 2.09 1.21 3.35 (1.21) 8.43 2.29 5.09 6.34 3.49
Cash flow 4.74 3.70 3.36 3.97 6.61 7.40 10.49 (0.45) 3.20 16.69
Capex (4.49) (5.31) (3.37) (2.67) (2.12) (6.89) (5.10) (5.59) (3.86) (2.01)
Free cash flow 0.25 (1.61) (0.01) 1.30 4.49 0.51 5.39 (6.04) (0.66) 14.68
Book value 15.89 17.88 19.27 21.96 19.17 26.00 23.13 25.48 31.15 31.41
Shares, m 46 44 43 43 43 41 39 35 34 34
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 11.30 8.64 11.37 9.28 0.00 5.87 25.25 11.03 9.98 17.62
P/S 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.13 0.17 0.17 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.14
P/B 1.45 1.03 0.71 1.41 2.01 1.90 2.04 2.20 2.03 1.97
EV/Sales 0.20 0.19 0.15 0.20 0.23 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.27
EV/FCF 168.62 (25.83) (3,915.11) 36.50 11.79 162.48 17.14 (18.28) (179.92) 8.16
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 216 163 144 171 281 306 406 (16) 109 567
Capex (205) (234) (144) (115) (90) (285) (197) (196) (132) (68)
Free cash flow 11 (71) 0 56 191 21 209 (211) (22) 499
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 94 65 48 (49) 51 192 361 228 248 235
Total debt 883 1,025 945 743 782 1,697 1,980 1,931 1,932 1,974
Net debt 880 1,018 939 714 612 1,397 1,751 1,902 1,888 1,968
Shareholders’ equity 725 787 823 945 815 1,076 895 892 1,062 1,068
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.59 2.49 1.36 3.66 (1.32) 8.00 1.78 3.45 3.84 2.00
ROIC 9.07 7.33 6.30 11.59 1.48 13.60 7.42 9.48 9.78 7.56
ROE 12.81 12.30 6.42 16.30 (5.84) 36.90 8.98 19.94 22.11 11.15
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Sonic Automotive, Inc. vs peers in Auto & Truck Dealerships (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
VVV Valvoline $4.0B 39.3× 33.8× +24.05% (above 0%: growing) +15.91% (above 0%: growing) +110.31% (above 0%: growing) 39.46% 20.60% Compare
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. $3.9B 25.3× 18.1× −1.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% −56.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.04% 5.12% Compare
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. $3.1B 6.3× 6.7× +0.26% (above 0%: growing) −19.43% (below 0%: shrinking) −83.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.18% 5.01% Compare
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. $2.9B 10.1× 7.1× −5.58% (below 0%: shrinking) −20.37% (below 0%: shrinking) −45.18% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.98% 3.77% Compare
CARG CarGurus, Inc. $2.7B 16.2× 14.1× +13.05% (above 0%: growing) +139.13% (above 0%: growing) +34.33% (above 0%: growing) 92.08% 25.10% Compare
BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. $2.3B 122× — +28.05% (above 0%: growing) n/m +102.28% (above 0%: growing) 46.52% 2.03% Compare
SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. $2.0B 10.0× 11.4× +7.57% (above 0%: growing) n/m −296.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.66% 3.35%
DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. $2.0B 11.5× 13.1× +6.78% (above 0%: growing) −27.59% (below 0%: shrinking) −82.95% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.32% 14.40% Compare
ACVA ACV Auctions Inc. $1.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +10.45% (above 0%: growing) n/m −2,967.19% (below 0%: shrinking) 49.88% (2.83%) Compare
Median of peers $2.8B 16.2× 13.6× +8.62% −9.71% −50.66% 41.89% 5.07%

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Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH) key facts

  • Strength: Sonic Automotive, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $15.2 billion, up 6.53% from fiscal 2024.
  • Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH) is an Auto & Truck Dealerships company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SAH traded at $63.61, a market capitalization of $2.0 billion.
  • Sonic Automotive, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share, a yield of 2.48%, with a payout ratio of 25.2%.
  • Return on equity was 11.2% and debt-to-equity 2.07.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.39 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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