SAH — SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC

US Consumer Discretionary Auto retail equity mkt cap 1.7B
77.45 -0.42% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 58.28 · high 112.66

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Performance

1 day-0.42%
1 week-4.18%
1 month-21.85%
3 months+2.04%
6 months+16.24%
Year to date+25.65%
1 year-0.91%
3 years+53.82%
5 years+51.80%

Technicals

RSI 1425.7
vs 50-day avg-12.19%
vs 200-day avg+7.33%
Volatility 1y43.0%
Max drawdown 1y-31.38%
Avg volume 30d294.3K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)2.53%
Paid last 12m1.9600
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-11

Measured signals that fired on SAH

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-20Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-31Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-10Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-09Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-06Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-06-10DYKE JEFF
President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan35.1K85.223.0M
2026-06-09DYKE JEFF
President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan14.9K85.131.3M
2026-06-08DYKE JEFF
President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan50.0K82.974.1M
2026-06-02Byrd Heath
EVP and CFO
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan5.1K85.00430.2K
2026-05-28Byrd Heath
EVP and CFO
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan9.5K85.00809.7K
2026-04-30BELK WILLIAM I
Director
Grant or award2.8K0.000
2026-04-30Kaiser Keri A
Director
Grant or award3.1K0.000
2026-04-30Hodge Michael Edward
Director
Grant or award3.6K0.000
2026-04-30BROOKS WILLIAM R
Director
Grant or award2.9K0.000
2026-04-30SMITH BRYAN SCOTT
Director
Grant or award4.4K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.172.0M2.5M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP90.1M1.3M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC56.8M828.9K
STATE STREET CORP46.6M675.9K
NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.43.5M634.9K
WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC41.7M607.9K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC39.6M577.9K
Invesco Ltd.30.9M450.2K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC24.8M360.9K
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC22.4M326.7K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
10-Q2026-07-302026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-302026-07-30on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13D/A2026-06-17on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-102026-06-09on EDGAR ↗
1442026-06-10on EDGAR ↗
1442026-06-09on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-082026-06-08on EDGAR ↗
1442026-06-08on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d74.5% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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