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Sonic Automotive Inc. SAH

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$15.2B
▲ 6.5% YoY
$118.7M
▼ 45.0% YoY
$717.3M
▲ 141.9% YoY
In brief

What this company does

As of December 31, 2025, it operated 111 stores in the Franchised Dealerships Segment, 18 stores in the EchoPark Segment, and 14 stores in the Powersports Segment. It had three reportable segments as of December 31, 2025: the Franchised Dealerships Segment, the EchoPark Segment, and the Powersports Segment. The Franchised Dealerships Segment sells new and used cars and light trucks, performs vehicle maintenance, manufacturer warranty repairs, and paint and collision repair services, and arranges third-party financing, extended warranties, service contracts, insurance and other aftermarket products for customers. The Franchised Dealerships Segment consists of 134 new vehicle franchises, representing 24 different brands of cars and light trucks, and 16 collision repair centers in 18 states. The EchoPark Segment sells used cars and light trucks and arranges third-party financing and insurance product sales in pre-owned vehicle specialty retail locations, and does not offer customer-facing fixed operations services. The Powersports Segment sells new and used powersports vehicles such as motorcycles, personal watercraft and all-terrain vehicles, performs fixed operations activities, and provides third-party financing and insurance services. Sonic Automotive, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 1997.

Written from the business description in SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 23 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 15.2B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 15.2 · Net income 0.1
8B200920112013201520172019202120232025
Compound annual growth
+2.7%
+9.2%
+4.6%
+5.7%
+10.3%
+3.2%
+1.9%
+15.3%
+7.2%
+5.7%
+29.7%
+19.1%
−23.8%
+8.1%
+12.7%
+37.4%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +9.2% a year over five years.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
1 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 2.4% · Net 0.8%
2.0%4.0%-0.2%-0.4%200920112013201520172019202120232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 11.1%
10%20%30%-2%-4%200920112013201520172019202120232025

Each USD of equity produced 11 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 131.2M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 717.3
250.0M500.0M-80.0M-160.0M200920112013201520172019202120232025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 48.8 · Net buybacks 82.4
100M200M-40M-80MDividendsNet buybacks200920112013201520172019202120232025

USD 48.8M in dividends and USD 82.4M in buybacks — 111% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Total assetsUSD 6.0B
EquityUSD 1.1B
CashUSD 6.3M
Gross debtUSD 1.6B
Net debtUSD 1.6B
Current ratio1.09×

Net debt stands at 151% of equity.

The 17-year record
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B15.214.214.414.012.49.810.510.09.99.79.69.28.88.47.56.66.1
Operating income $B0.40.50.40.30.50.00.30.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.1
EBITDA $B············0.30.30.30.20.2
Income tax $B−0.10.00.10.10.10.00.10.00.00.10.10.10.00.00.1−0.0−0.0
Net income $B0.10.20.20.10.3−0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.0
Free cash flow $B0.70.30.20.60.60.20.0−0.0−0.10.0−0.10.0−0.0−0.2−0.00.20.4
EPS, diluted $3.426.184.972.238.06−1.213.301.202.092.031.701.841.531.531.291.490.62
Dividend / sh $·······0.240.200.200.110.100.100.100.100.03·
Payout %411922395−33111910965587·15
ROE %11.122.119.99.036.9−5.816.36.412.312.812.415.214.317.015.421.68.6
Shares out B·0.020.020.020.030.030.03··········

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 83 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 12 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityRetail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2009

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