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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View Sonic Automotive's Dividend History.

Sonic Automotive Inc (NYSE:SAH) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The company reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.09. The firm earned $2.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.60 billion. Sonic Automotive had a net margin of 1.16% and a return on equity of 12.20%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.43 EPS. 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.

Sonic Automotive will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 Wall Street analysts 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 stock price to reach $31.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% 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.

Media headlines about SAH stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Sonic Automotive earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Sonic Automotive.

Sonic Automotive saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,020,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the December 15th total of 3,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 336,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 12.0 days. Currently, 18.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Sonic Automotive's Current Options Chain.

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Sonic Automotive's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alpha Windward LLC (0.03%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%). 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 Alpha Windward LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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.

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 $31.23.

Sonic Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.35 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]