SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $2.01B
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.0
- Dividend yield
- –
About Sonic Automotive
Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations, SIC 5500
Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States, providing vehicles and related services to consumers. The company conducts business through three reportable segments: Franchised Dealerships, EchoPark, and Powersports. Through its Franchised Dealerships segment, it retails new and used vehicles, provides maintenance, collision repair, and replacement parts, and arranges third-party financing and insurance products. The EchoPark segment retails pre-owned cars and light trucks and offers third-party financing and protection policies. The Powersports segment sells new and used powersports vehicles, including motorcycles, personal watercraft, and all-terrain vehicles, alongside maintenance services and financing.
The company operates across twenty states in the United States and employs approximately 11,000 associates. Its retail store network comprises 111 franchised dealership stores and 16 collision repair centers across 18 states, 18 EchoPark specialty stores across 10 states, and 14 powersports locations across three states. Sonic Automotive's headquarters location is not stated in the text.
Summary of the business section of Sonic Automotive's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
- Founded
- 1997
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, NC
- Address
- 4401 Colwick Road 28211
- Phone
- (704) 566-2400
- Website
- sonicautomotive.com
- Employees
- 11,000, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- SAH
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Nov 13, 1997
- Shares outstanding
- 32M, Oct 21, 2025
- Public float
- $1.60B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 2-for-1, Jan 26, 1999
- SEC CIK
- 1043509
- CUSIP
- 83545G102
- ISIN
- US83545G1022
- LEI
- 549300NTLRGJ2JCBZU03
- EIN
- 56-2010790
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Dyke | President, Director | 655,290 |
| David Bruton Smith | Chairman and CEO, Director | 13,411,168 |
| Heath Byrd | EVP and CFO | 146,081 |
| Bryan Scott Smith | Director | 13,267,739 |
| R. Eugene Taylor | Director | 63,926 |
| William R. Brooks | Director | 117,898 |
| Michael Edward Hodge | Director | 21,415 |
| William I. Belk | Director | 113,168 |
| Marcus G. Smith | Director | 12,970,403 |
| Keri A. Kaiser | Director | 25,470 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 David Bruton Smith | $11.83M | $14.78M | $7.95M | $177 | $194 |
| FY2024 David Bruton Smith | $9.92M | $10.88M | $7.05M | $177 | $137 |
| FY2023 David Bruton Smith | $7.51M | $8.22M | $4.91M | $154 | $87 |
| FY2022 David Bruton Smith | $7.64M | $7.23M | $5.51M | $132 | $53 |
| FY2021 David Bruton Smith | $6.51M | $10.03M | $3.91M | $129 | $119 |
| FY2020 David Bruton Smith | $5.06M | $9.48M | $3.40M | $126 | $169 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 11,000 employees, which we refer to as associates or teammates, and with whom we strive to maintain good relationships, which benefit both our Company and our teammates.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings