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Sonic Automotive is one of the largest auto dealership groups in the United States. The company has 111 franchised stores in 18 states, primarily in metropolitan areas in California, Texas, and the Southeast, plus 18 EchoPark used-vehicle stores in 10 states, 16 collision centers, and 14 powersports locations. The franchise stores derive revenue from new and used vehicles plus parts and collision repair, finance, insurance, and wholesale auctions. Luxury and import dealerships make up about 86% of franchise new-vehicle revenue, while Honda, BMW, Mercedes, and Toyota constitute about 56% of new-vehicle revenue. BMW is the largest brand at about 23%. 2025's revenue was $15.2 billion, with Texas and California comprising 51% of the total. EchoPark's portion was $2.1 billion.
Sonic Automotive trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol SAH.
As of March 24, 2026, SAH stock price climbed to $64.20 with 180,995 million shares trading.
SAH has a beta of 0.81, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. SAH has a correlation of 0.13 to the broad based SPY ETF.
SAH has a market cap of $2.16 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
Last quarter Sonic Automotive reported $4 billion in Revenue and $1.52 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-55 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.01.
In the last 3 years, SAH traded as high as $89.62 and as low as $39.02.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that SAH belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VTI, IWM, VB, RWJ.
SAH has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +7.9%, while SPY returned +17.1%. This shows that you would have done better investing in the overall market (through SPY) over the last year than in SAH shares. However, SAH has outperformed the market in the last 3 month and 2 week periods, returning +0.6% and +5.5%, while SPY returned -4.8% and -3.4%, respectively. This indicates SAH has been having a stronger performance recently.
SAH support price is $61.21 and resistance is $64.45 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that SAH shares will trade within this expected range on the day.