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Sonic Automotive is one of the largest auto dealership groups in the United States. The company has 107 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 20 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 revenue was $15.2 billion, with Texas and California constituting 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 August 3, 2026, SAH stock price declined to $87.23 with 439,246 million shares trading.
SAH has a beta of 0.74, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. SAH has a correlation of 0.05 to the broad based SPY ETF.
SAH has a market cap of $2.76 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
Last quarter Sonic Automotive reported $4 billion in Revenue and $1.82 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $152 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.07.
In the last 3 years, SAH traded as high as $113.67 and as low as $41.19.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that SAH belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VTI, AVUV, IWM, VB.
SAH has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +22.7%, while the SPY ETF gained +21.1%. In the last 3 month period, SAH beat the market returning +11.3%, while SPY returned +5.7%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks SAH has underperformed the stock market by returning -13.1%, while SPY returned +1.9%.
SAH support price is $88.69 and resistance is $94.47 (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.