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. 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Sonic Automotive's Dividend History.

Sonic Automotive Inc (NYSE:SAH) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The company reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $2.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.60 billion. Sonic Automotive had a net margin of 1.16% and a return on equity of 12.20%. Sonic Automotive's revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.43 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.

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 stock. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% 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.

Press coverage about SAH stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sonic Automotive earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press 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 trading volume, of 336,100 shares, the days-to-cover 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 a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.19%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.17%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.17%), Strs Ohio (0.05%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.04%). 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 Arizona State Retirement System, Alpha Windward LLC, Strs Ohio 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.

SAH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and New York State Teachers Retirement System. 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 $31.18.

Sonic Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.34 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]