Sonic Automotive Stock Today
| SAH Stock | USD 69.93 0.50 0.72% |
Performance6 of 100
| Odds Of DistressLess than 1
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Sonic Automotive is trading at 69.93 as of the 28th of November 2024. This is a 0.72 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's open price was 69.43. Sonic Automotive has a very small chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years but had a somewhat modest performance during the last 90 days. Equity ratings for Sonic Automotive are calculated daily based on our scoring framework. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 9th of December 2022 and ending today, the 28th of November 2024. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail | IPO Date 12th of November 1997 | Category Consumer Cyclical | Classification Consumer Discretionary |
Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. Sonic Automotive, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sonic Automotive operates under Auto Truck Dealerships classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The company has 22.16 M outstanding shares of which 1.39 M shares are at this time shorted by investors with about 7.15 days to cover. More on Sonic Automotive
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| CEO | Scott Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Business Concentration | Automotive Retail, Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail, Consumer Discretionary, NYSE Composite, SP Small-Cap 600, Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail, Auto & Truck Dealerships, Consumer Cyclical (View all Sectors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debt LevelsSonic Automotive can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Sonic Automotive's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Sonic Automotive's total assets is financed by creditors.
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Sonic Automotive (SAH) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 4401 Colwick Road, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28211 and employs 10,500 people. Sonic Automotive is listed under Automotive Retail category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 2.37 B. Sonic Automotive runs under Specialty Retail sector within Consumer Discretionary industry. The entity has 22.16 M outstanding shares of which 1.39 M shares are at this time shorted by investors with about 7.15 days to cover.
Sonic Automotive has about 229.2 M in cash with (15.7 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 4.68.
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Ownership AllocationSonic Automotive shows a total of 22.16 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Sonic Automotive outstanding shares are owned by institutional holders. These institutional investors are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to take positions in Sonic Automotive to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutions are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Sonic Automotive. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Sonic Automotive as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Also note that roughly one million one hundred twenty-three thousand five hundred fourty-seven invesors are currently shorting Sonic Automotive expressing very little confidence in its future performance.
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Sonic Stock Institutional Holders
| Instituion | Recorded On | Shares | |
| Towle & Co | 2024-09-30 | 372.8 K | |
| Geode Capital Management, Llc | 2024-09-30 | 333.6 K | |
| Northern Trust Corp | 2024-09-30 | 272.9 K | |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. | 2024-09-30 | 261.6 K | |
| Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 2024-06-30 | 253.4 K | |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2024-06-30 | 227.2 K | |
| Bank Of America Corp | 2024-06-30 | 182.4 K | |
| Nuveen Asset Management, Llc | 2024-06-30 | 158.6 K | |
| J. Goldman & Co Lp | 2024-09-30 | 130.1 K | |
| Blackrock Inc | 2024-06-30 | 2.4 M | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. | 2024-09-30 | 1.7 M |
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Sonic Automotive Corporate Directors
| Keri Kaiser | Independent Director | Profile | |
| William Brooks | Director | Profile | |
| Victor Doolan | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Robert Heller | Independent Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.109 | Dividend Share 1.2 | Earnings Share 5.64 | Revenue Per Share 409.817 | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.04) |
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