SAH

Sonic Automotive, Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY Consumer Cyclical DELAYED
Last price
62.62
▼ 0.01 (0.01%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
61.69
Prev close
62.63
Day high
61.84
Day low
59.93
Volume
308.78K
Market cap
$1.93B
P/E (TTM)
9.73
52W range
54.11 – 113.67

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
-1.50%
Prior close 62.63
VWAP
60.92
+2.80% from price
Relative volume
2.26×
Unusually busy
Session range
4.55%
59.90 – 62.62
Position in range
100%
Near session high
ATR (14D)
3.55
5.67% of price
Prior day high
62.83
PDH
Prior day low
59.28
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
693.02K
Avg 307.16K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+1.92% -0.0%
1M
-24.69% -25.8%
3M
-30.69% -35.2%
6M
-3.94% -22.1%
YTD
-1.39% -15.6%
1Y
-19.88% -36.3%
3Y
+27.72% -54.5%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

5 more panels on SAH open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-90.57K
Net selling
Buy transactions
7
24.02K shares
Sell transactions
4
114.59K shares
Net transactions
+11
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
4.8 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
12.31M
Total on file
Bought 24.02KSold 114.59K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Jun 10, 26
DYKE FRANK JEFF III
President
SELL 50.00K $4.26M Direct
Jun 8, 26
DYKE FRANK JEFF III
President
SELL 50.00K $4.15M Indirect
Jun 2, 26
BYRD HEATH R
Chief Financial Officer
SELL 5.06K $430.19K Direct
May 28, 26
BYRD HEATH R
Chief Financial Officer
SELL 9.53K $809.71K Direct
Apr 30, 26
BROOKS WILLIAM R
Director
STOCK 2.92K $0 Direct
Apr 30, 26
BELK WILLIAM IRWIN
Director
STOCK 2.84K $0 Direct
Apr 30, 26
SMITH BRYAN SCOTT
Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
STOCK 4.37K $0 Direct
Apr 30, 26
TAYLOR R EUGENE
Director
STOCK 2.84K $0 Direct
Apr 30, 26
SMITH MARCUS G
Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
STOCK 4.37K $0 Direct
Apr 30, 26
KAISER KERI A
Director
STOCK 3.06K $0 Direct
Apr 30, 26
HODGE MICHAEL EDWARD
Director
STOCK 3.61K $0 Direct
Mar 31, 26
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
Chief Executive Officer
— 13.26K — Direct
Mar 31, 26
DYKE FRANK JEFF III
President
— 7.53K — Direct
Mar 31, 26
BYRD HEATH R
Chief Financial Officer
— 5.87K — Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$1.93B
Enterprise value$6.31B
Revenue (TTM)$15.47B
Gross profit$2.43B
EBITDA$656.30M
Net income$212.00M
EPS (TTM)$6.27
Free cash flow$-116.08M
Total cash$294.40M
Total debt$4.67B
Book value / share$32.45
Shares outstanding19.59M
Float12.07M
Short % of float22.72%
Dividend yield2.69%
Beta (5Y)0.93

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E9.73
Forward P/E8.15
PEG ratio0.60
Price / sales—
Price / book1.88
EV / revenue0.41
EV / EBITDA9.61
Gross margin15.70%
Operating margin3.38%
Profit margin1.37%
Return on equity20.63%
Return on assets5.25%
Debt / equity455.52
Current ratio1.01
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $15.15B$14.22B$14.37B$14.00B +6.5%
Operating revenue $15.15B$14.22B$14.37B$14.00B +6.5%
Cost of revenue $12.77B$12.03B$12.13B$11.68B +6.1%
Gross profit $2.38B$2.19B$2.25B$2.32B +8.7%
Selling, general & admin $1.68B$1.58B$1.60B$1.56B +6.4%
Total operating expense $1.84B$1.73B$1.74B$1.68B +6.6%
Operating income $541.30M$465.40M$502.90M$634.40M +16.3%
Net interest income -$194.70M-$204.30M-$181.80M-$124.20M +4.7%
Pre-tax income $172.80M$256.10M$241.90M$190.00M -32.5%
Tax provision $54.10M$40.10M$63.70M$101.50M +34.9%
Net income $118.70M$216.00M$178.20M$88.50M -45.0%
Net income to common $118.70M$216.00M$178.20M$88.50M -45.0%
Basic EPS 3.496.345.092.29 -45.0%
Diluted EPS 3.426.184.972.23 -44.7%
EBIT $361.90M$454.70M$423.70M$314.20M -20.4%
EBITDA $525.30M$605.10M$566.00M$441.70M -13.2%
Basic shares 34.00M34.10M35.00M38.70M -0.3%
Diluted shares 34.70M35.00M35.90M39.70M -0.9%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.25
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
60.00
-1.6% from spot
ATM implied vol
12.5%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-9.4%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
4
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
1
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
65.00
0 contracts
Heaviest put OI
60.00
0 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 1.751.82 +4.1%
Mar 2026 1.401.62 +15.5%
Dec 2025 1.501.52 +1.7%
Sep 2025 1.741.41 -18.7%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 1.78 10 $4.06B +2.1%
Next quarter 1.64 10 $4.06B +4.9%
Current year 6.84 11 $15.72B +3.7%
Next year 7.49 11 $16.43B +4.5%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$95.36
High target$139.00
Low target$57.00
Implied upside52.28%
Analyst count11
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy2 / 4
Hold4
Sell / Strong sell1 / 1
Held by insiders38.94%
Held by institutions76.28%
Institutions holding342
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
62.27
+0.57% from price
SMA 20
66.80
-8.68% from price
SMA 50
76.57
-20.33% from price
SMA 100
81.31
-22.98% from price
SMA 200
73.35
-16.83% from price
EMA 12
63.80
-1.84% from price
EMA 26
68.30
-8.31% from price
EMA 50
73.49
-14.78% from price
RSI (14)
33.4
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-4.50
Hist 0.15
ATR (14)
3.55
5.82% of price
Realised vol 30D
49.3%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
78.59
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
55.01
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
76.57 vs 73.35
Trend bias
Below 200
-16.83%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 62.62
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.71
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.21
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
49.3%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-46.9%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-46.9%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
3.55
5.82% of price
Beta (reported)
0.93
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
2.20M
Prior 2.09M
Change vs prior
+4.9%
Shorts adding
% of float
22.72%
Heavily shorted
% of shares out
6.95%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
10.0
Crowded exit
Float
12.07M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

134 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Oct 6, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Underweight Underweight
Oct 6, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Oct 5, 26 Morgan Stanley MAINTAINED Underweight Underweight
Aug 19, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Aug 4, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Underweight Underweight
Aug 3, 26 Citigroup MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 31, 26 Needham MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 17, 26 Seaport Global DOWNGRADE Buy Neutral
Jul 15, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Jul 13, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Underweight Underweight
Jul 10, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 9, 26 B of A Securities MAINTAINED Buy Buy

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$1.64 / yr
Forward yield2.69%
5-year avg yield1.78%
Payout ratio24.72%
Ex-dividend dateSep 15, 2026
Next pay dateOct 15, 2026
Last split2:1
Split dateJan 26, 1999

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