Sonic Automotive, Inc.
General ticker "SAH" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Auto - Dealerships
- Capitalization: $2.4B (TTM average)
Sonic Automotive, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 30.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.7%: low 62.45$, high 64.60$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-12-15, amount 0.38$ (Y2.42%)
- Total employees count: 10800 as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Market competition, Manufacturing concentration, Interest rate fluctuations, Regulatory and compliance, Electric vehicle disruption
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [56.36$, 84.77$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [59.94$, 90.47$]
Financial Metrics affecting the SAH estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 11.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: -5.02 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.24
- Positive: 5.42 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 7.75
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 18.02 <= 19.35
- Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.53
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $14,001.10MM | $14,372.40MM | $14,224.30MM |
| Operating Expenses | $13,687.10MM | $13,948.80MM | $13,762.80MM |
| Operating Income | $314.00MM | $423.60MM | $461.50MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-124.00MM | $-181.70MM | $-205.40MM |
| Interest Expense | $124.20MM | $181.80MM | $204.90MM |
| Income(Loss) | $190.00MM | $241.90MM | $256.10MM |
| Taxes | $101.50MM | $63.70MM | $40.10MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $88.50MM | $178.20MM | $216.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $895.20MM | $891.90MM | $1,062.30MM |
| Inventory | $1,216.80MM | $1,578.30MM | $1,957.70MM |
| Assets | $4,978.30MM | $5,364.60MM | $5,895.70MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $406.10MM | $-15.70MM | $97.70MM |
| Capital expenditure | $227.10MM | $203.60MM | $187.30MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-299.70MM | $-218.70MM | $-178.30MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-176.60MM | $34.10MM | $95.80MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $2.29 | $5.09 | $6.33 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.