Consumer Discretionary / Auto & Truck DealershipsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

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Market cap

2.7B

NYSE

Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E11.8

P25 11.5P50 15.8P75 23.1

Trailing P/E25.7

P25 13.1P50 20.6P75 33.1

ROEn/a

P25 -21.1P50 4.5P75 16.1

ROIC7

P25 -4.5P50 5.2P75 12.8

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Indicator catalog

All SAH market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

230

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 230 of 230 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001043509
Company name	Sonic Automotive, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	83545G102
Employees	11,000
Employees Change	200%
Employees Change Percent	1.85
Enterprise value	$6.6B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Auto & Truck Dealerships
IPO Date	1997-11-12
Isin	US83545G1022
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$2.7B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$81.2
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	1,380,981.82x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sic	5500
Symbol	SAH
Website	https://www.sonicautomotive.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4%
EV Earnings	61.03x
EV Sales Forward	0.83x
EV/EBIT	12.83x
EV/EBITDA	10.07x
EV/Sales	0.44x
Forward P/E	11.77x
P/B ratio	2.55x
P/E ratio	25.75x
P/S ratio	0.18x
PE Ratio10 Y	11.74x
PE Ratio3 Y	13.58x
PE Ratio5 Y	13.27x
PEG ratio	1.7x
PS Forward	0.34x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	3.41%
EBITDA Margin	4.35%
Gross margin	15.9%
Gross Profit	$2.4B
Gross Profit Growth	8.65%
Gross Profit Growth Q	5.72%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	1.66%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	10.38%
Net Income	$108.9M
Net Income Growth	-55.48%
Net Income Growth Q	-13.88%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	40.94%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-11.64%
Pretax Margin	1.06%
Profit Margin	0.72%
Profit Per Employee	$9,900
Profitable Years	5
Roa5y	6.5
Roe5y	19.81
ROIC	7.04
Roic5y	8.83

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	18.43%
Cagr15y	14.12%
Cagr1y	31.46%
Cagr20y	7.27%
Cagr3y	28.8%
Cagr5y	11.76%
Div CAGR10	25.3%
Div CAGR3	12.11%
Div CAGR5	29.84%
EPS Growth	-55.05
EPS Growth Q	-12.26
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	46.31
EPS Growth5 Y	-7.79
Revenue Growth	4.83x
Revenue Growth Q	1.02x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	2.67x
Revenue Growth5 Y	8.2x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Cash	$306.4M
Debt	$4.2B
Debt EBITDA	$6.4
Debt Equity	$3.96
Equity	$1.1B
Interest Coverage	2.66
Net Cash	$-3.9B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-144
Net Debt EBITDA	$5.94
Net Debt Equity	$3.67
Tangible Book Value	$192.2M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$5.72
WACC	5.5

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.07%
Dividend Growth	14.81%
Dividend Growth Years	5%
Dividend per share	$1.64
Dividend Years	17
Dividend Yield	2.02%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-15
Last Dividend	$0.41
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	49.15%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	442.56%
1Y total return	31.43%
200-day SMA	68.66
3Y total return	113.73%
50-day SMA	67.28
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	74.35%
All Time High	89.62
All Time High Change	-9.4%
All Time High Date	2025-07-10
All Time Low	0.72
All Time Low Change	11,177.78%
All Time Low Date	2009-04-01
ATR	3.13
Beta	0.9
Beta1y	1.02
Beta2y	0.91
Ch YTD	31.26
High	81.46
High52	89.62
High52 Date	2025-07-10
High52ch	-9.4%
Low	79.98
Low52	54.11
Low52 Date	2026-02-18
Low52ch	50.07%
Ma50ch	20.7%
Price vs 200-day SMA	18.26%
RSI	73.73
RSI Monthly	60.91
RSI Weekly	68.43
Sharpe ratio	0.8x
Sortino ratio	1.23
Total Return	3.09%
Tr YTD	32.09
Tr15y	624.93%
Tr1m	27.87%
Tr1w	6.24%
Tr3m	30.82%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	8
Analyst Count Top	3
Analyst Price Target Top	$75.33
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.41
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-4.73
Earnings Revenue Estimate	3,731,532,648x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	2.21x
Operating Income	$518M
Operating Income Growth	8.21
Operating Income Growth Q	6.05
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-4.16
Operating Income Growth5 Y	8.43
Operating margin	3.41
Price target	$80.5
Price Target Change	$-0.86
Price Target Change Top	$-7.23

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	13,785,015%
Float Percent	41.09%
Shares Insiders	20.55%
Shares Institutions	44.14%
Shares Out	33,546,952
Shares Qo Q	-1.16%
Shares Yo Y	-1.07%
Short Float	18.99%
Short Ratio	7.73
Short Shares	7.8

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	232,457.3x
Bv Per Share	31.81
Ch10y	359.8
Ch15y	497.9
Ch1m	27.87
Ch1w	6.24
Ch1y	28.64
Ch20y	206.6
Ch3m	30
Ch3y	99.95
Ch5y	57.43
Ch6m	31.5
Change	1.34%
Change From Open	0.5
Close	80.13
Days Gap	0.84
Depreciation Amortization	142,225,000
Dollar Volume	22,028,585.6
Earnings Date	2026-04-30
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$518M
EBITDA	$660.2M
EPS	$3.15
F Score	2
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,997
Graham Number	47.5086
Graham Upside	-41.49
Income Tax	$51.6M
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-30
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	1999-01-26
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-23
Lynch Fair Value	$15.77
Lynch Upside	-80.58
Ma150	65.42
Ma150ch	24.12%
Ma20	73.17
Ma20ch	10.98%
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-23
Open	80.8
Optionable	Yes
Payment Date	2026-07-15
Position In Range	82.43
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$4.13
Ptbv Ratio	14.17
Relative Volume	1.17x
Revenue	15,190,800,000x
Tax By Revenue	0.34x
Tax Rate	32.15%
Tr20y	307.19%
Tr6m	33.1%
Us State	North Carolina
Volume	271,288

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Risk gate

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Named kill scenarios are reviewed before any bullish rating can stand.

Moat score

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Business quality stays separate from stock attractiveness.

Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

SAH dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.0%

$1.64 annual per share

Payout ratio

+49.2%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+29.8%

5 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+3.1%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-15

Performance

SAH stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns SAH?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+44.1%

Float: +41.1% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+20.5%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

SAH momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

73.7

Above 70: short-term overbought

Price vs 200-day MA

+18.3%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.90

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.80

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

SAH vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ABNB	Airbnb Inc.	84B	34.7x	6.6x	15.9%	+29.9%	+14.9%	Manter
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	2.9T	32.6x	3.9x	13.5%	+12.1%	+44.5%	Reduzir
BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	128.6B	21.8x	4.6x	57.9%	+37.4%	-19.6%	Comprar

Questions

About SAH

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