Sonic Automotive is a auto & truck dealership company located in North Carolina, United States, which is part of the Consumer Cyclical sector, and is traded under the ticker SAH on the NYSE exchange.
Sonic Automotive stock last closed at $87.46, up 0.37% from the previous day, and has increased 68.06% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry by 0.23 percentage points. Sonic Automotive stock is currently +68.19% from its 52-week low of $52.00, and -2.41% from its 52-week high of $89.62.
As of Jul 10, 2025, there are 33.96M SAH shares outstanding. The market cap of SAH is $2.97B. In the last 24 hours, 231,000 SAH shares were traded.
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Out of 6 Wall Street analysts who give ratings on SAH, the consensus analyst rating on SAH is a Strong Buy
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Jeff Lick, a top 18% analyst from Stephens & Co. maintains SAH with a strong buy rating and raises their SAH price target from $83.00 to $92.00, on Feb 13, 2025.
Stephens & Co.'s Jeff Lick raised their price target on Sonic Automotive (NYSE: SAH) by 10.8% from $83 to $92 on 2025/02/13. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Sonic Automotive reported its Q4 and FY 2024 earnings.
Lick advised "investors looking to play a recovering U.S. new vehicle environment" to "look closely" at Sonic Automotive in spite of the company's lower liquidity and market valuation.
Sonic Automotive reported:
For Q4 2024:
For FY 2024:
Management did not provide financial guidance in its earnings call.
Chairman & CEO David Smith commented: “I'm very proud of our team's performance in the fourth quarter, building positive momentum heading into 2025.
"Our franchised dealerships segment achieved all-time record quarterly revenues, outperforming the industry in both new and used retail unit sales volume growth and generating all-time quarterly record parts and service revenues.
"In the fourth quarter, we accelerated our technician hiring and retention initiative, exceeding our goal of increasing technician headcount by 300 in 2024, with a final net increase of 335 technicians.
"This strong finish to 2024 positions us well for continued growth in 2025, and our entire team remains focused on executing our strategy and continuing to grow our business, creating long-term value for our stakeholders.”
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Last year, SAH earnings were $244.60M. Over the last 4 year, SAH's earnings have grown by 10.75% per year. This was faster than the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry average of -12.48%.
Last year, SAH revenue was $14.49B. Over the past five year, SAH's revenue has increased by 6.92% per year. This was slower than the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry average of 19.51%.
You can analyze SAH's earnings and revenue performance here.
In the past 12 months, executives and large shareholders at SAH have sold more shares than they have bought.
Jeff Dyke, President of SAH, was the latest SAH insider to sell. They sold $40,333.82 worth of SAH shares on Jun 2, 2025.
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Sonic Automotive pays a dividend of 1.54%, compared to the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry's average dividend yield of 1.52%. If you owned $1,000 worth of SAH stock, you would have been paid $15.44 last year.
Sonic Automotive dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
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