profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Sonic Automotive
$59.48-1.16% today
-7.6% in 1 year
1-year low $58.281-year high $112.66
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $15.84 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Sonic Automotive sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $14.0 billion in 2022 to $15.2 billion in 2025, with $119 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Sonic Automotive handed back 31% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $82M$49M
Free cash flow 2025$418M
Bought back its own shares$82M
Paid as dividends$49M
Cash vs. debt$6M vs. $4.2B
Sonic Automotive vs. similar companies
Sonic Automotive grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Automotive | 15.8× · Fair price | ||
 Penske Automotive Group | 14.9× · Cheap | ||
 CarMax | 30.5× · Expensive | ||
 Lithia Motors | 7.8× · Cheap | ||
 Rush Enterprises | 19.9× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Sonic Automotive's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,001 | 14,372 | 14,224 | 15,154 | |
| 2,317 | 2,246 | 2,193 | 2,383 | |
| 634 | 503 | 465 | 541 | |
| 442 | 566 | 605 | 525 | |
| 89 | 178 | 216 | 119 | |
| 2.23 | 4.97 | 6.18 | 3.42 | |
| 16.5% | 15.6% | 15.4% | 15.7% | |
| 4.5% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.6% | |
| 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,978 | 5,365 | 5,896 | 5,971 |
| Cash | 229 | 29 | 44 | 6 |
| Total debt | 3,487 | 3,863 | 4,129 | 4,228 |
| Total liabilities | 4,083 | 4,473 | 4,833 | 4,903 |
| 895 | 892 | 1,062 | 1,068 | |
| 40 | 36 | 35 | 35 | |
| 5.7% | 7.0% | 6.9% | 5.4% | |
| 9.9% | 20.0% | 20.3% | 11.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | -16 | 109 | 567 | |
| 227 | 204 | 187 | 150 | |
| 179 | -219 | -78 | 418 | |
| Dividends paid | 35 | 40 | 41 | 49 |
| 262 | 178 | 34 | 82 | |
| 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
Valuation
- 15.8×
- 9.0×
- 1.03
- 2.8×
- 0.1×
- 4.5×
- 11.6×
- 22.2%
- 6.3%
- 1.8%
Profitability
- 15.7%
- 3.6%
- 0.8%
- 3.4%
- 6.5%
- 4.0%
- 10.5%
- 1.8%
- 16.3%
- –
Growth
- +2.7%
- +15.3%
- +566.0%
- +29.6%
- −4.8%
Financial health
- 8.6×
- 4.51
- 72.4%
- 2.7×
- 1.03
- 0.29
- 2.48
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 39%of 982
Bottom 20%of 996
Top 41%of 860
Bottom 27%of 996
Top 6%of 982
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $67.33
- Range
- $67.00 – $68.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 1.62 | 1.46 | +11.0% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 1.52 | 1.53 | −0.7% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 1.41 | 1.82 | −22.5% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 2.19 | 1.63 | +34.4% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 1.48 | 1.46 | +1.4% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 1.51 | 1.46 | +3.4% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 1.26 | 1.42 | −11.3% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 1.47 | 1.38 | +6.5% |
1.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$18a year at today's yield, before tax
+29.6%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.11 in 2015 → $1.46 in 2025
How safe it looks
41.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 11.7%
News
JAKKS outlines 2027 slate with Sonic the Hedgehog 4 in March as Toys 'R' Us opens 120 storesSeeking Alpha · Oct 22, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
35No pass
Benjamin Graham
41No pass
Philip Fisher
43No pass
Peter Lynch
47No pass
Joel Greenblatt
31No pass
Charlie Munger
30No pass
Terry Smith
27No pass
Questions about Sonic Automotive
Is Sonic Automotive a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Sonic Automotive AI analysis
What does Sonic Automotive do?
Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It operates in two segments, Franchised Dealerships and EchoPark. It is in Auto - Dealerships, based in Charlotte, NC, United States, with 11,000 employees.
Does Sonic Automotive pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.8% a year, about 41% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $48.8 million in dividends.
Is Sonic Automotive stock halal?
No. Sonic Automotive does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 225% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Sonic Automotive stock done over the past year?
Down 7.6% over the past twelve months, to $59.48. It traded between $58.28 and $112.66 and is 47.2% below its high.
Who are Sonic Automotive's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Penske Automotive Group, CarMax, Lithia Motors and Rush Enterprises. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Sonic Automotive's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.