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Sonic Automotive, Inc.

$99.82 +$0.71 (+0.72%) 1D After hours
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Key Metrics

$3.13B
Market cap
26.39×
P/E · TTM
$15.15B
Revenue · TTM
$118.70M
Net income
EPS · TTM $3.43
Dividend yield -1.6%
Free cash flow $717.30M
Beta · 1Y 1.04
EBITDA · TTM —
Gross margin 15.7%

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 27
    Money has been moving out of its sector (Consumer Discretionary).

    Consumer Discretionary has run -5.7 points vs SPY over four weeks, ranking 3→5→10→11 of 11 sectors — this stock trades inside that current.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION MAP, LIVE ↗
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jul 9
    The stock moved +8.3% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Jul 9

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$3.13B
Enterprise value$4.70B
Shares outstanding31.6M
52-wk range$54.11 – $104.30
Avg volume · 20D283.9K
Net cash −$1.57B
Book value / share$30.70
IndustryRetail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations
ExchangeNYSE
About Sonic Automotive, Inc.
IPO dateNov 11, 1997
Employees11000

Sonic Automotive is one of the largest auto dealership groups in the United States.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

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The wolf is in training. Composite grades vs sector — profitability, health, value, momentum — arrive with the percentile engine. Methodology will be public.

Valuation

P/E26.39
P/S0.21
P/FCF4.37
EV/EBITDA—
EV/Sales0.31
Graham №$48.68

Profitability

Gross 15.7%
Operating 1.1%
Net 0.8%
FCF 4.7%
ROE / ROIC 11.2% · 8.6%

Financial Health

Current ratio1.09
Quick ratio0.32
Debt / equity1.52
Debt / EBITDA —
Net cash −$1.57B
Working capital$234.60M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $567.40M
Capex $149.90M
Free cash flow $717.30M
Buybacks −$82.40M
Dividends paid −$48.80M
Shareholder yield -4.2%

Piotroski F-Score

5 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 5 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

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Insufficient balance-sheet inputs

Graham Number vs Price

$48.68 vs $99.82
Trades 2.1× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-04-30 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings