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Sonic Automotive, Inc. NYSE

Consumer Cyclical ·Auto - Dealerships ·US · sonicautomotive.com

$75.59

Mkt Cap $2.6B

52w Low $54.11 60.5% of range 52w High $89.62

50d MA $65.75 200d MA $68.63

P/E (TTM) 21.9x

EV/EBITDA 11.9x

P/B 2.4x

Debt/Equity 4.0x

ROE 11.1%

P/FCF 5.0x

RSI (14) —

ATR (14) —

Beta 0.83

50d MA $65.75

200d MA $68.63

Avg Volume 310.5K

About

Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It operates in two segments, Franchised Dealerships and EchoPark. The Franchised Dealerships segment is involved in the sale of new and used cars and light trucks, and replacement parts; provision of vehicle maintenance, manufacturer warranty repair, and paint and collision repair services; and arrangement of extended …

Recent Earnings

Date	Time	Est	Rptd	Surp	Base	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%	1M%	Guide ▲★
Apr 30, 2026	BMO	1.40	1.62	+15.7%	73.31	+2.0%	+7.4%	+4.3%	—	—	—	—	—
Feb 18, 2026	BMO	1.53	1.52	-0.7%	58.28	-7.2%	+7.9%	+10.7%	+14.3%	+7.7%	+7.8%	+3.0%	—
Oct 23, 2025	BMO	1.82	1.41	-22.5%	77.84	-3.3%	-15.9%	-17.4%	-16.7%	-17.4%	-19.1%	-22.0%	—
Jul 24, 2025	BMO	1.63	2.19	+34.4%	79.95	+3.0%	-5.7%	-1.4%	-4.5%	-7.7%	-9.7%	+3.2%	—
Apr 24, 2025	BMO	1.46	1.48	+1.4%	59.03	-1.6%	+1.8%	+2.0%	+3.4%	+3.9%	+2.9%	+17.5%	—
Feb 12, 2025	BMO	1.46	1.51	+3.4%	74.76	+2.7%	-4.0%	-1.6%	-1.8%	-0.9%	-3.4%	-21.3%	—
Oct 24, 2024	BMO	1.42	1.26	-11.3%	55.47	+3.4%	+3.6%	+2.5%	+7.6%	+6.1%	+6.3%	+25.5%	—
Aug 5, 2024	BMO	1.38	1.47	+6.5%	55.89	-2.8%	+3.4%	+3.0%	+5.2%	+7.1%	+7.0%	+5.7%	—
Apr 25, 2024	BMO	1.30	1.36	+4.6%	51.12	+8.4%	+10.9%	+21.9%	+18.1%	+13.1%	+12.1%	+10.2%	—
Feb 14, 2024	BMO	1.80	1.63	-9.4%	57.45	-9.5%	-2.1%	-5.9%	-8.3%	-11.1%	-10.4%	-8.2%	—
Oct 26, 2023	BMO	1.79	2.02	+12.8%	43.33	+9.6%	+13.5%	+13.4%	+9.7%	+10.4%	+14.1%	+19.8%	—
Jul 27, 2023	BMO	1.63	1.83	+12.3%	51.07	+0.2%	-0.5%	-3.7%	-6.2%	-2.9%	-2.5%	+3.4%	—

Recent Analyst Ratings

Date	Firm	Action	Grade	Target	Base	Open	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%
Apr 17	JP Morgan	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$67.37	$68.31	+1.4%	+4.9%	+6.5%	+4.0%	+5.4%	+5.7%
Mar 31	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$66.74	$67.87	+1.7%	+2.7%	-2.2%	-2.8%	-5.1%	-4.9%
Feb 19	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$62.89	$63.87	+1.6%	+2.6%	+5.9%	-0.2%	-0.1%	-0.5%
Feb 19	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$62.89	$63.87	+1.6%	+2.6%	+5.9%	-0.2%	-0.1%	-0.5%
Jan 21	Barclays	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$62.38	$62.62	+0.4%	+2.6%	+1.7%	-1.8%	-2.1%	-1.7%
Jan 16	JP Morgan	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$64.36	$63.93	-0.7%	-2.2%	-3.1%	-0.6%	-1.5%	-4.9%
Nov 7	Citigroup	Upgrade	Neutral → Buy	—	$59.68	$61.47	+3.0%	+3.5%	+4.0%	+4.1%	+7.0%	+7.9%
Nov 5	JP Morgan	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$61.40	$61.50	+0.2%	-0.6%	-2.8%	+0.6%	+1.1%	+1.2%
Oct 24	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$65.48	$65.48	+0.0%	-1.8%	-0.9%	-1.8%	-3.8%	-4.9%
Oct 14	JP Morgan	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$71.86	$71.18	-0.9%	+5.7%	+4.8%	+3.8%	+4.2%	+5.5%
Oct 2	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$77.49	$77.03	-0.6%	-1.3%	-1.7%	-5.0%	-6.5%	-7.1%
Sep 25	Citigroup	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$78.54	$75.71	-3.6%	-4.6%	-4.5%	-3.5%	-3.1%	-1.3%
Sep 18	Benchmark	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$78.01	$78.95	+1.2%	+2.4%	+0.8%	+0.8%	+1.1%	+0.7%
Aug 14	Morgan Stanley	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$81.14	$80.00	-1.4%	-2.2%	-2.7%	-3.5%	-1.5%	-3.7%
Aug 6	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$72.55	$72.91	+0.5%	+2.5%	+0.7%	+2.3%	+3.8%	+8.2%
Jul 25	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$75.43	$77.44	+2.7%	+4.5%	+1.2%	-2.2%	-4.3%	-4.1%
Jul 25	Benchmark	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$75.43	$77.44	+2.7%	+4.5%	+1.2%	-2.2%	-4.3%	-4.1%
Jul 17	Stephens & Co.	Downgrade	Overweight → Equal Weight	—	$85.17	$82.47	-3.2%	-10.4%	-9.7%	-9.4%	-8.6%	-6.1%
Jul 17	JP Morgan	Downgrade	Overweight → Underweight	—	$85.17	$82.47	-3.2%	-10.4%	-9.7%	-9.4%	-8.6%	-6.1%
Jun 16	BofA Securities	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$75.09	$76.35	+1.7%	+2.6%	+2.3%	+3.4%	+4.1%	+6.8%
Apr 24	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$59.03	$58.08	-1.6%	+1.8%	+2.0%	+3.4%	+3.9%	+2.9%
Apr 22	BofA Securities	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$58.17	$59.81	+2.8%	+2.7%	+1.5%	+3.4%	+3.6%	+5.0%
Mar 27	JP Morgan	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$61.83	$61.21	-1.0%	-8.2%	-10.9%	-7.9%	-6.4%	-3.1%
Mar 19	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$59.81	$59.98	+0.3%	+1.6%	+1.4%	+1.8%	+5.7%	+5.1%
Feb 19	JP Morgan	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$74.07	$73.58	-0.7%	-2.5%	-2.4%	-7.4%	-7.2%	-6.2%
Feb 13	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$71.79	$74.40	+3.6%	+2.5%	+2.3%	+3.2%	+0.6%	+0.7%
Feb 13	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$71.79	$74.40	+3.6%	+2.5%	+2.3%	+3.2%	+0.6%	+0.7%
Jan 17	JP Morgan	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$68.33	$68.79	+0.7%	-0.0%	+2.6%	-0.0%	+1.2%	+4.1%
Jan 16	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$68.49	$68.05	-0.6%	-0.2%	-0.3%	+2.3%	-0.3%	+0.9%
Nov 22	Seaport Global	Upgrade	Neutral → Buy	—	$63.20	$64.51	+2.1%	+5.3%	+10.2%	+9.9%	+10.6%	+9.4%
Oct 25	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$57.44	$57.45	+0.0%	-1.0%	+3.9%	+2.4%	+2.7%	-1.2%
Oct 14	BofA Securities	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$54.62	$54.33	-0.5%	+0.6%	+0.5%	+3.9%	+4.0%	+3.8%
Sep 25	Morgan Stanley	Upgrade	Underweight → Equal Weight	—	$57.44	$59.14	+3.0%	-0.6%	+1.1%	+2.8%	+1.8%	+1.0%
Sep 10	JP Morgan	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$57.36	$58.67	+2.3%	-5.7%	-6.7%	-5.2%	-2.4%	-3.2%
Aug 20	Needham	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$61.04	$62.06	+1.7%	+0.0%	-0.1%	-2.0%	+2.5%	+3.3%
Aug 6	JP Morgan	Upgrade	Neutral → Overweight	—	$57.78	$59.75	+3.4%	-0.4%	+1.8%	+3.6%	+3.5%	+0.0%
Jul 22	BofA Securities	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$57.10	$57.42	+0.6%	-0.2%	-3.2%	-1.2%	-0.1%	+2.1%
Jun 10	JP Morgan	Upgrade	Underweight → Neutral	—	$56.54	$57.18	+1.1%	+1.1%	+0.2%	+3.5%	+0.4%	-0.6%
May 2	JP Morgan	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$57.28	$57.85	+1.0%	-0.3%	-1.5%	+0.8%	+0.1%	+1.3%
Apr 26	BofA Securities	Upgrade	Underperform → Buy	—	$56.67	$59.50	+5.0%	+9.9%	+6.5%	+2.1%	+1.1%	+0.7%
Feb 29	BofA Securities	Maintains	Underperform → Underperform	—	$51.24	$51.83	+1.2%	+2.5%	+2.5%	+0.2%	+0.0%	+0.4%
Feb 29	Morgan Stanley	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$51.24	$51.83	+1.2%	+2.5%	+2.5%	+0.2%	+0.0%	+0.4%
Oct 31	Benchmark	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$47.53	$47.24	-0.6%	+0.7%	+4.0%	+7.3%	+11.4%	+10.1%
Oct 31	JP Morgan	Downgrade	Neutral → Underweight	—	$47.53	$47.24	-0.6%	+0.7%	+4.0%	+7.3%	+11.4%	+10.1%
Oct 12	JP Morgan	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$43.44	$43.39	-0.1%	-2.1%	-3.7%	+1.2%	+5.9%	+5.8%
Aug 1	Benchmark	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$47.89	$47.45	-0.9%	+3.6%	+4.0%	+3.4%	+3.2%	+4.7%
Jul 31	JP Morgan	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$49.17	$49.14	-0.1%	-2.6%	+0.9%	+1.3%	+0.7%	+0.5%
Jun 23	JP Morgan	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$46.54	$46.90	+0.8%	+0.8%	+0.9%	+3.4%	+5.8%	+5.3%
Jun 23	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$46.54	$46.90	+0.8%	+0.8%	+0.9%	+3.4%	+5.8%	+5.3%
May 1	Benchmark	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$44.52	$43.97	-1.2%	+3.5%	-2.5%	-6.2%	-10.2%	-8.8%

Recent Filings

8-K · 5.02 !!! Very High

Sonic Automotive, Inc. -- 8-K 5.02: Executive Change

May 1

8-K · 1.01 ! Medium

Unknown — 8-K 1.01: Financing / Debt Agreement

The company secured a flexible bridge facility with manageable interest rates and no prepayment penalties, suggesting management confidence in refinancing or generating cash flow to reduce debt costs quickly.

Apr 2

8-K · 7.01 ! Medium

Sonic Automotive, Inc. -- 8-K 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure

Sonic Automotive approved a quarterly cash dividend, signaling management confidence in its financial position and providing regular shareholder returns.

Feb 18

8-K · 5.02 !!! Very High

Sonic Automotive, Inc. -- 8-K 5.02: Executive Change

Sonic Automotive established 2026 performance-based bonus metrics for CEO David Bruton Smith and other executives, signaling management's compensation structure ties to upcoming year operational goals.

Feb 13

Data updated apr 27, 2026 12:02am · Source: massive.com