Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Dealerships
Price
$84.51
Market Cap
$2.9B
Employees
10,800
Beta
0.90
Avg Volume
267,095
CEO
David Bruton Smith
Business Description
Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as a significant automotive retailer across the United States, structuring its diverse business activities into two primary divisions: Franchised Dealerships and EchoPark. The Franchised Dealerships segment is responsible for selling both new and pre-owned cars and light trucks, in addition to supplying replacement parts. This division also provides a full range of services, including routine vehicle maintenance, authorized manufacturer warranty repairs, and specialized paint and collision repair. Moreover, it assists customers in securing supplementary products such as extended warranties, service contracts, financing options, insurance, and other aftermarket offerings. The EchoPark segment specializes in the retail of used cars and light trucks. Operating from its dedicated pre-owned vehicle specialty stores, this division also helps clients with the purchase of finance and insurance products. As of December 31, 2021, Sonic Automotive's extensive network included 140 new vehicle franchises representing 28 distinct automotive brands. The company also managed 17 collision repair centers spread across 17 states, alongside 46 EchoPark stores located in 16 states, which comprised 11 Northwest Motorsport pre-owned vehicle outlets. Founded in 1997, Sonic Automotive, Inc. is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Business History
Price Overview
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 10:04am (just now)$84.51
+1.80 (+2.18%)
Day Range
$82.71 – $84.65
52-Week Range
$54.11 – $89.62
50-Day MA
$78.60
200-Day MA
$69.06
Volume
219,693.00
Analyst Price Targets
Low
$67.00
Consensus
$76.50
High
$90.00
(13 analysts)
Share Structure
Outstanding
33,924,999.00
Float
19,884,425.00
Free Float
58.6%
Normal free float
— 58.6% of shares trade freely, ~41.4% held by insiders/institutions
Healthy float typical of established companies. Good liquidity for entering and exiting positions without major price impact.
Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
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Revenue
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Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
API Direct from provider
CALC Derived from statements
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
APIStock Price / EPS (Diluted)
26.07
Stock Price: $84.51
EPS (Diluted): 3.49
EPS (Diluted): 3.49
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
APIStock Price / Book Value Per Share
1.97
Stock Price: $84.51
Total Equity: $1.07B
Shares: 34,700,000
Total Equity: $1.07B
Shares: 34,700,000
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
APIEnterprise Value / EBITDA
14.24
Market Cap: $2.87B
Total Debt: $3.60B
Cash: $6.30M
EBITDA: $525.30M
Total Debt: $3.60B
Cash: $6.30M
EBITDA: $525.30M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
APIMarket Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$6.3B
Market Cap: $2.87B
Total Debt: $3.60B
Cash: $6.30M
Total Debt: $3.60B
Cash: $6.30M
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
APIGross Profit / Revenue
15.7%
Gross Profit: $2.38B
Revenue: $15.15B
Revenue: $15.15B
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
APIOperating Income / Revenue
3.6%
Operating Income: $541.30M
Revenue: $15.15B
Revenue: $15.15B
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
APINet Income / Revenue
0.8%
Net Income: $118.70M
Revenue: $15.15B
Revenue: $15.15B
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
APINet Income / Total Equity
10.5%
Net Income: $118.70M
Total Equity: $1.07B
Total Equity: $1.07B
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
APINOPAT / Invested Capital
6.5%
Operating Income: $541.30M
Tax Rate: 31.3%
Equity: $1.07B
Total Debt: $3.60B
Cash: $6.30M
Tax Rate: 31.3%
Equity: $1.07B
Total Debt: $3.60B
Cash: $6.30M
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
APICurrent Assets / Current Liabilities
1.09
Current Assets: $2.83B
Current Liabilities: $2.60B
Current Liabilities: $2.60B
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALCTotal Debt / Total Equity
3.37
Short-Term Debt: $2.04B
Long-Term Debt: $1.56B
Total Debt: $3.60B
Total Equity: $1.07B
Long-Term Debt: $1.56B
Total Debt: $3.60B
Total Equity: $1.07B
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALCRevenue / Shares Outstanding
$436.70
Revenue: $15.15B
Shares: 34,700,000
Shares: 34,700,000
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$30.78
Total Equity: $1.07B
Shares: 34,700,000
Shares: 34,700,000
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$12.03
Operating CF: $567.40M
CapEx: -$149.90M
Shares: 34,700,000
CapEx: -$149.90M
Shares: 34,700,000
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
APILast Annual Dividend / Stock Price
2.3%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $84.51
Stock Price: $84.51
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
—
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: $118.70M
Net Income: $118.70M
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Industry Benchmarks
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Deep Analysis
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0
Company Classification
— What type of company is this?
1
Industry Landscape
— Where is the industry headed?
2
Company Momentum
— Where is this company trending?
3
Forward Projection
— 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a
DCF Valuation
— Present value of future cash flows
4b
Earnings Power Value
— Floor value — worth with zero growth
4c
Anchored PE
— Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
4d
Reverse DCF
— What growth is the market pricing in?
4e
Revenue-Based DCF
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4f
Anchored P/S
— Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g
Scenario Analysis
— Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h
Dividend Discount Model
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4i
Book Value Analysis
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4j
Insider Activity
— Are insiders buying or selling?
4f
Cash Flow Quality
— How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g
Debt Maturity Risk
— Can it handle its debt?
4h
Macro Environment
— Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i
Sector Intelligence
— How does this company compare within its sector?
4j
Revenue Confidence
— How reliable is the growth projection?
4k
Sensitivity Analysis
— How fragile is the fair value estimate?
4l
Sector Demand Cycle
— Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5
AI Investigation
— Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b
Thesis Evaluation
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6
Valuation Synthesis
— Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 12:31pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.4B | $14.0B | $14.4B | $14.2B | $15.2B |
| Cost of Revenue | $10.5B | $11.7B | $12.1B | $12.0B | $12.8B |
| Gross Profit | $1.9B | $2.3B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $2.4B |
| Operating Expenses | $1.4B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.8B |
| Operating Income | $538.4M | $634.4M | $502.9M | $465.4M | $541.3M |
| Net Income | $348.9M | $88.5M | $178.2M | $216.0M | $118.7M |
| EBITDA | $619.2M | $441.7M | $566.0M | $605.1M | $525.3M |
| EPS | $8.43 | $2.29 | $5.09 | $6.33 | $3.49 |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 12:31pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $299.4M | $229.2M | $28.9M | $44.0M | $6.3M |
| Total Current Assets | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.5B | $2.9B | $2.8B |
| Total Assets | $5.0B | $5.0B | $5.4B | $5.9B | $6.0B |
| Current Liabilities | $1.9B | $1.8B | $2.3B | $2.6B | $2.6B |
| Long-Term Debt | $1.5B | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.6B |
| Total Liabilities | $3.9B | $4.1B | $4.5B | $4.8B | $4.9B |
| Total Equity | $1.1B | $895.2M | $891.9M | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Retained Earnings | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.5B |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 12:31pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $801.7M | $381.0M | -$52.9M | $97.7M | $567.4M |
| Capital Expenditure | -$298.2M | -$227.1M | -$203.6M | -$187.3M | -$149.9M |
| Free Cash Flow | $503.5M | $153.9M | -$256.5M | -$89.6M | $417.5M |
| Acquisitions (net) | -$999.2M | -$72.6M | -$15.1M | $9.0M | -$349.1M |
| Debt Repayment | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | -$93.3M | -$261.9M | -$177.6M | -$34.4M | -$82.4M |
| Net Change in Cash | $129.1M | -$70.2M | -$200.3M | $15.1M | -$37.7M |
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 10:04am (just now)| Metric | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
$15.2B $15.1B – $15.3B
|
$15.6B $15.4B – $15.8B
|
$16.2B $15.9B – $16.6B
|
$16.9B $16.8B – $17.0B
|
| EBITDA |
$602.4M $599.2M – $605.6M
|
$616.9M $611.7M – $627.2M
|
$642.9M $631.3M – $656.4M
|
$670.9M $666.7M – $675.1M
|
| Net Income |
$228.1M $225.4M – $230.9M
|
$240.1M $234.6M – $245.7M
|
$264.7M $256.5M – $272.9M
|
$289.8M $255.4M – $312.5M
|
| EPS | — | — | — | — |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 12:31pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | +12.9% | +2.7% | -1.0% | +6.5% |
| Gross Profit Growth | +21.0% | -3.1% | -2.4% | +8.7% |
| Operating Income Growth | +17.8% | -20.7% | -7.5% | +16.3% |
| Net Income Growth | -74.6% | +101.4% | +21.2% | -45.0% |
| EBITDA Growth | -28.7% | +28.1% | +6.9% | -13.2% |
Insider Trading (Recent)
Type codes
PPurchase
SSale
AAward / grant
MOption exercise
FIn-kind (tax)
CConversion
GGift
DReturn to issuer
All SEC Form 4 codes
Open market
- P Purchase
- Open-market or private purchase of shares.
- S Sale
- Open-market or private sale of shares.
Compensation (Rule 16b-3)
- A Award / grant
- Grant or award of securities (RSUs, options, etc.) under Rule 16b-3.
- D Return to issuer
- Securities disposed back to the company under Rule 16b-3.
- F In-kind (tax)
- Shares withheld or delivered to pay the option-exercise price or tax — not an open-market sale.
- I Discretionary
- Discretionary transaction under an employee plan — Rule 16b-3(f).
- M Option exercise
- Exercise or conversion of a derivative (option/RSU) into shares — exempt.
Derivatives
- C Conversion
- Conversion of a derivative security into the underlying shares.
- E Short expiration
- Expiration of a short derivative position.
- H Long expiration
- Expiration or cancellation of a long derivative position with value received.
- O OTM exercise
- Exercise of an out-of-the-money derivative.
- X ITM exercise
- Exercise of an in-the-money or at-the-money derivative.
Other exempt
- G Gift
- Bona fide gift of securities.
- L Small acquisition
- Small acquisition under Rule 16a-6.
- W Inheritance
- Acquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent.
- Z Voting trust
- Deposit into or withdrawal from a voting trust.
Other
- J Other
- Other acquisition or disposition (explained in a Form 4 footnote).
- K Equity swap
- Transaction in an equity swap or similar instrument.
- U Tender / buyout
- Disposition via tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.
Compensation-plan codes (A, D, F, M) are routine and rarely directional. Open-market P (buy) and S (sale) carry the most signal.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | DYKE JEFF | S-Sale | 14,886.00 | $85.13 | $1.3M |
| 2026-06-10 | DYKE JEFF | S-Sale | 35,114.00 | $85.22 | $3.0M |
| 2026-06-08 | DYKE JEFF | S-Sale | 50,000.00 | $82.97 | $4.1M |
| 2026-05-28 | Byrd Heath | S-Sale | 9,526.00 | $85.00 | $809,710 |
| 2026-05-06 | Byrd Heath | A-Award | 26,183.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-05-06 | DYKE JEFF | A-Award | 38,175.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-05-06 | SMITH DAVID BRUTON | A-Award | 69,872.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-30 | SMITH BRYAN SCOTT | A-Award | 4,373.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-30 | BELK WILLIAM I | A-Award | 2,843.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-30 | Kaiser Keri A | A-Award | 3,061.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-30 | BROOKS WILLIAM R | A-Award | 2,916.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-30 | TAYLOR R EUGENE | A-Award | 2,843.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-30 | SMITH MARCUS G | A-Award | 4,373.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-30 | Hodge Michael Edward | A-Award | 3,608.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-03-31 | Byrd Heath | M-Exempt | 5,872.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-03-31 | Byrd Heath | D-Return | 5,872.00 | $68.57 | $402,643 |
| 2026-03-31 | Byrd Heath | M-Exempt | 5,872.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-03-31 | DYKE JEFF | M-Exempt | 7,534.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-03-31 | DYKE JEFF | D-Return | 7,534.00 | $68.57 | $516,606 |
| 2026-03-31 | DYKE JEFF | M-Exempt | 7,534.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
Dividend History (Last 20)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:03pm (5d ago)| Date | Dividend | Declaration | Record | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-15 | $0.41 | 2026-04-30 | 2026-06-15 | 2026-07-15 |
| 2026-03-13 | $0.38 | 2026-02-18 | 2026-03-13 | 2026-04-15 |
| 2025-12-15 | $0.38 | 2025-10-23 | 2025-12-15 | 2026-01-15 |
| 2025-09-15 | $0.38 | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-15 | 2025-10-15 |
| 2025-06-13 | $0.35 | 2025-04-24 | 2025-06-13 | 2025-07-15 |
| 2025-03-14 | $0.35 | 2025-02-12 | 2025-03-14 | 2025-04-15 |
| 2024-12-13 | $0.35 | 2024-10-24 | 2024-12-13 | 2025-01-15 |
| 2024-09-13 | $0.30 | 2024-08-05 | 2024-09-13 | 2024-10-15 |
| 2024-06-14 | $0.30 | 2024-04-25 | 2024-06-14 | 2024-07-15 |
| 2024-03-14 | $0.30 | 2024-02-14 | 2024-03-15 | 2024-04-15 |
| 2023-12-14 | $0.30 | 2023-10-26 | 2023-12-15 | 2024-01-12 |
| 2023-09-14 | $0.29 | 2023-07-27 | 2023-09-15 | 2023-10-13 |
| 2023-06-14 | $0.29 | 2023-04-27 | 2023-06-15 | 2023-07-14 |
| 2023-03-14 | $0.28 | 2023-02-15 | 2023-03-15 | 2023-04-14 |
| 2022-12-14 | $0.28 | 2022-10-27 | 2022-12-15 | 2023-01-13 |
| 2022-09-14 | $0.25 | 2022-07-28 | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-14 |
| 2022-06-14 | $0.25 | 2022-04-28 | 2022-06-15 | 2022-07-15 |
| 2022-03-14 | $0.25 | 2022-02-16 | 2022-03-15 | 2022-04-14 |
| 2021-12-14 | $0.12 | 2021-10-28 | 2021-12-15 | 2022-01-14 |
| 2021-09-14 | $0.12 | 2021-07-29 | 2021-09-15 | 2021-10-15 |
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