Sonic Automotive, Inc.
General ticker "SAH" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Auto - Dealerships
- Capitalization: $2.4B (TTM average)
Sonic Automotive, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 23.3%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.0%: low 61.65$, high 64.17$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-12-15, amount 0.38$ (Y2.43%)
- 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
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [54.90$, 81.84$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [59.70$, 88.28$]
Financial Metrics affecting the SAH estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 9.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 26.19 > 12.96
- Positive: -4.75 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.57
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 17.89 <= 19.40
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.37 <= 0
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -23.03 <= -14.22
- Positive: -9.07 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 2.80
- Positive: 0.23 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 1.05
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 8.90
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $14,372.40MM | $14,224.30MM | $15,153.60MM |
| Operating Expenses | $13,948.80MM | $13,762.80MM | $14,612.30MM |
| Operating Income | $423.60MM | $461.50MM | $541.30MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-181.70MM | $-205.40MM | $-368.50MM |
| Interest Expense | $181.80MM | $204.90MM | $194.80MM |
| Income(Loss) | $241.90MM | $256.10MM | $172.80MM |
| Taxes | $63.70MM | $40.10MM | $54.10MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $178.20MM | $216.00MM | $118.70MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $891.90MM | $1,062.30MM | $1,068.10MM |
| Inventory | $1,578.30MM | $1,957.70MM | $2,012.90MM |
| Assets | $5,364.60MM | $5,895.70MM | $5,970.70MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-15.70MM | $97.70MM | $567.40MM |
| Capital expenditure | $203.60MM | $187.30MM | $149.90MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-218.70MM | $-178.30MM | $-499.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $34.10MM | $95.80MM | $-106.10MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $5.09 | $6.33 | $3.49 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.