NYSE:SAH - Sonic Automotive Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sonic Automotive trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SAH."

Sonic Automotive declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Sonic Automotive's Dividend History.

Sonic Automotive Inc (NYSE:SAH) released its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.09. The company earned $2.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.74 billion. Sonic Automotive had a return on equity of 12.20% and a net margin of 1.16%. Sonic Automotive's quarterly revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.76 earnings per share. View Sonic Automotive's Earnings History.

Sonic Automotive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Sonic Automotive.

4 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Sonic Automotive's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Sonic Automotive's share price to reach $31.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sonic Automotive.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sonic Automotive in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Sonic Automotive.

News stories about SAH stock have been trending neutral on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sonic Automotive earned a coverage optimism score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Sonic Automotive.

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Sonic Automotive's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (3.95%), Prudential Financial Inc. (3.07%), LSV Asset Management (2.99%), State Street Corp (2.36%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (1.49%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.34%). Company insiders that own Sonic Automotive stock include Heath Byrd, Jeff Dyke and O Bruton Smith. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sonic Automotive.

SAH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Stifel Financial Corp, EAM Investors LLC and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Sonic Automotive company stock in the last year include Heath Byrd and Jeff Dyke. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sonic Automotive.

SAH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Maverick Capital Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Public Sector Pension Investment Board, SG Americas Securities LLC, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sonic Automotive.

Shares of SAH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SAH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.95.

Sonic Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.25 billion and generates $9.95 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $51.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.77 on an earnings per share basis. Sonic Automotive employs 9,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Sonic Automotive.

The official website for Sonic Automotive is http://www.sonicautomotive.com/.

Sonic Automotive's mailing address is 4401 COLWICK ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC, 28211. The company can be reached via phone at 704-566-2400 or via email at [email protected]