Revenue
$15.15B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Operating income
$367.50M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Free cash flow
Unavailable
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH) reported revenue of $15.15B and net income of $118.70M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations.
Income
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.15B | $14.22B | $14.37B | $14.00B | $12.40B | $9.77B | $10.45B | $9.95B | $9.87B | $9.73B |
| Cost of revenue | $12.77B | $12.03B | $12.13B | $11.68B | $10.48B | $8.34B | $8.93B | $8.51B | $8.41B | $8.30B |
| Gross profit | $2.38B | $2.19B | $2.25B | $2.32B | $1.91B | $1.42B | $1.52B | $1.45B | $1.46B | $1.43B |
| Operating income | $367.50M | $461.50M | $423.60M | $314.00M | $538.40M | $33.90M | $307.70M | $177.66M | $211.56M | $232.91M |
| Net income | $118.70M | $216.00M | $178.20M | $88.50M | $348.90M | -$51.40M | $144.10M | $51.65M | $92.98M | $93.19M |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 34.70M | shares 35.00M | shares 35.90M | shares 39.70M | shares 43.30M | shares 42.50M | shares 43.71M | shares 42.95M | shares 44.36M | shares 45.95M |
| Pretax income | $172.80M | $256.10M | $241.90M | $190.00M | $458.20M | -$34.80M | $199.60M | $75.31M | $108.12M | $155.21M |
| Income tax expense | -$54.10M | $40.10M | $63.70M | $101.50M | $109.30M | $15.90M | $55.10M | $22.92M | $13.97M | $60.70M |
| Diluted EPS | $3.42 | $6.18 | $4.97 | $2.23 | $8.06 | $-1.21 | $3.30 | $1.20 | $2.09 | $2.03 |
| Selling, general & administrative | $1.68B | $1.58B | $1.60B | $1.56B | $1.27B | $1.03B | $1.10B | $1.15B | $1.15B | $1.11B |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $6.30M | $44.00M | $28.90M | $229.20M | $299.40M | $170.30M | $29.10M | $5.90M | $6.35M | $3.11M |
| Total assets | $5.97B | $5.90B | $5.36B | $4.98B | $4.98B | $3.75B | $4.07B | $3.80B | $3.82B | $3.64B |
| Current assets | $2.83B | $2.89B | $2.52B | $2.21B | $2.08B | $1.88B | $2.02B | $1.99B | $2.02B | $2.03B |
| Total liabilities | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Current liabilities | $2.60B | $2.64B | $2.29B | $1.85B | $1.89B | $1.83B | $2.07B | $1.95B | $1.95B | $1.94B |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $1.07B | $1.06B | $891.90M | $895.20M | $1.08B | $814.80M | $944.80M | $823.10M | $786.76M | $725.16M |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | $2.01B | $1.96B | $1.58B | $1.22B | $1.26B | $1.25B | $1.52B | $1.53B | $1.51B | $1.57B |
| Accounts receivable | $469.00M | $495.90M | $528.10M | $462.40M | $401.10M | $371.70M | $432.74M | $438.19M | $482.13M | $430.24M |
| Goodwill | $421.80M | $358.50M | $253.80M | $231.00M | $416.40M | $214.00M | $475.80M | $509.59M | $525.78M | $472.44M |
| Long-term debt | $1.56B | $1.51B | $1.62B | $1.67B | $1.51B | $651.80M | $636.98M | $918.78M | $963.39M | $839.68M |
| Accounts payable | $151.00M | $172.00M | $149.80M | $138.40M | $133.30M | $105.10M | $135.22M | $114.26M | $129.90M | $117.74M |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $567.40M | $109.20M | -$15.70M | $406.10M | $306.30M | $281.10M | $170.80M | $143.68M | $162.88M | $216.37M |
| Capital expenditures | -$149.90M | -$187.30M | -$203.60M | -$227.10M | -$298.20M | $127.20M | $125.60M | $163.62M | $234.24M | $206.23M |
| Investing cash flow | -$499.00M | -$178.30M | -$218.70M | -$299.70M | -$1.30B | -$100.20M | $136.80M | -$15.33M | -$272.11M | -$220.77M |
| Financing cash flow | -$106.10M | $84.30M | $34.10M | -$176.60M | $1.12B | -$39.70M | -$284.40M | -$128.84M | $112.47M | $3.89M |
| Net change in cash | -$37.70M | $15.10M | -$200.30M | -$70.20M | $129.10M | $141.20M | $23.20M | -$498.00K | $3.24M | -$517.00K |
| Stock-based compensation | $23.10M | $23.50M | $23.30M | $20.50M | $15.00M | $11.70M | $10.80M | $11.85M | $11.12M | $11.16M |
| Common dividends paid | -$48.80M | -$40.80M | -$40.00M | -$34.50M | -$18.30M | $17.10M | $15.50M | $9.83M | $8.85M | $8.70M |
| Common share repurchases | -$82.40M | -$34.40M | -$177.60M | -$261.90M | -$93.30M | $71.70M | $2.40M | $24.11M | $37.35M | $99.97M |
| Depreciation & amortization | $163.40M | $150.40M | $142.30M | $127.50M | $101.10M | $91.00M | $93.10M | $93.62M | $88.94M | $77.45M |
Derived
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | $153.90M | $45.20M | -$19.94M | -$71.36M | $10.14M |
| Gross margin | 15.7% | 15.4% | 15.6% | 16.5% | 15.4% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 14.7% |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| FCF margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 1.6% | 0.4% | -0.2% | -0.7% | 0.1% |
| SBC / revenue | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.09x | 1.10x | 1.20x | 1.10x | 1.03x | 0.98x | 1.02x | 1.03x | 1.05x |
| Revenue YoY growth | 6.5% | -1.0% | 2.7% | 12.9% | 26.9% | -6.6% | 5.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.8% | -0.5% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | -1.0% | -1.3% | -1.4% | -1.6% | -2.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Long-term debt / equity | 1.46x | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | -31.3% | 15.7% | 26.3% | 53.4% | 23.9% | Unavailable | 27.6% | 30.4% | 12.9% | 39.1% |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open SAH in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-30View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-30View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-24View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-04-24View SEC filing
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