Sonic Automotive (SAH) Institutional Ownership

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Current Institutional Ownership Percentage: 46.92%
Number of Institutional Buyers (last 12 months): 101
Total Institutional Inflows (last 12 months): $249.85M

Number of Institutional Sellers (last 12 months): 71
Total Institutional Outflows (last 12 months): $135.84M

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Sonic Automotive Major Shareholders & Ownership History

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Reporting Date	Major Shareholder Name	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
9/9/2026	Engineers Gate Manager LP	30,439	$2.58M	0.0%	-70.4%	0.096%
9/9/2026	Squarepoint Ops LLC	53,885	$4.57M	0.0%	-65.1%	0.170%
8/27/2026	Corient Private Wealth LP	4,752	$403K	0.0%	-24.2%	0.015%
8/25/2026	VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al	4,400	$373K	0.0%	N/A	0.014%
8/24/2026	California State Teachers Retirement System	1,318,145	$111.77M	0.0%	+9,481.6%	4.170%
8/23/2026	Ameritas Advisory Services LLC	1,033	$88K	0.0%	N/A	0.003%
8/21/2026	iSAM Funds UK Ltd	2,700	$229K	0.2%	-41.9%	0.009%
8/20/2026	Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.	4,594	$390K	0.0%	+14.5%	0.015%
8/20/2026	Denali Advisors LLC	56,600	$4.80M	0.5%	N/A	0.179%
8/19/2026	UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC	36,040	$3.06M	0.0%	-2.5%	0.114%
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8/19/2026	Hsbc Holdings PLC	27,871	$2.33M	0.0%	+106.2%	0.088%
8/18/2026	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	34,804	$2.95M	0.0%	N/A	0.110%
8/8/2026	Foster & Motley Inc.	4,931	$418K	0.0%	N/A	0.016%
7/23/2026	Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC	3,042	$258K	0.0%	-19.6%	0.010%
7/10/2026	Handelsbanken Fonder AB	8,500	$721K	0.0%	-6.6%	0.027%
7/10/2026	A&I Financial Services LLC	11,755	$997K	0.4%	+0.9%	0.037%
7/9/2026	Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.	2,458	$208K	0.0%	N/A	0.008%
6/16/2026	Empowered Funds LLC	131,302	$9.00M	0.1%	+64.4%	0.416%
5/19/2026	Bank of America Corp DE	130,291	$8.93M	0.0%	-12.1%	0.412%
5/18/2026	Royal Bank of Canada	29,558	$2.03M	0.0%	-8.7%	0.094%
5/18/2026	Empowered Funds LLC	131,302	$9.00M	0.1%	+64.4%	0.416%
5/16/2026	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	6,941	$476K	0.0%	-2.3%	0.022%
5/16/2026	Quantinno Capital Management LP	10,043	$689K	0.0%	+13.3%	0.032%
5/14/2026	Renaissance Technologies LLC	88,126	$6.04M	0.0%	+11.5%	0.279%
5/14/2026	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	46,179	$3.17M	0.0%	+7.7%	0.146%
5/14/2026	Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership	6,808	$467K	0.0%	-89.4%	0.022%
5/14/2026	Caxton Associates LLP	3,129	$215K	0.0%	-34.9%	0.010%
5/14/2026	Sei Investments Co.	20,579	$1.41M	0.0%	-43.7%	0.065%
5/14/2026	State of Wyoming	1,154	$79K	0.0%	N/A	0.004%
5/13/2026	Cetera Investment Advisers	7,446	$511K	0.0%	+29.8%	0.024%
5/13/2026	First Trust Advisors LP	37,576	$2.58M	0.0%	+80.5%	0.119%
5/7/2026	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,313,857	$90.09M	0.0%	+3.8%	3.913%
5/7/2026	Heartland Advisors Inc.	123,225	$8.45M	0.4%	N/A	0.367%
5/5/2026	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	200,532	$13.75M	0.0%	-2.4%	0.597%
5/4/2026	Principal Financial Group Inc.	86,597	$5.94M	0.0%	-5.9%	0.258%
5/1/2026	Fifth Third Bancorp	4,067	$279K	0.0%	+2,981.1%	0.012%
4/30/2026	Hsbc Holdings PLC	13,519	$922K	0.0%	+66.7%	0.040%
4/27/2026	New York State Teachers Retirement System	25,254	$1.73M	0.0%	-5.1%	0.075%
4/21/2026	Louisiana State Employees Retirement System	6,600	$453K	0.0%	N/A	0.020%
4/16/2026	SG Americas Securities LLC	1,974	$135K	0.0%	-75.8%	0.006%
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3/20/2026	Hsbc Holdings PLC	8,108	$502K	0.0%	+65.9%	0.024%
2/19/2026	Invesco Ltd.	510,963	$31.61M	0.0%	+11.9%	1.495%
2/18/2026	Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV	3,510	$217K	0.0%	N/A	0.010%
2/18/2026	State of Tennessee Department of Treasury	3,409	$204K	0.0%	-36.9%	0.010%
2/18/2026	Empowered Funds LLC	79,882	$4.94M	0.0%	+145.5%	0.234%
2/18/2026	Voloridge Investment Management LLC	101,224	$6.26M	0.0%	+48.6%	0.296%
2/18/2026	Tudor Investment Corp ET AL	66,199	$4.10M	0.0%	-63.9%	0.194%
2/18/2026	Numerai GP LLC	5,542	$343K	0.0%	N/A	0.016%
2/18/2026	Millennium Management LLC	230,153	$14.24M	0.0%	-39.9%	0.674%
2/18/2026	Man Group plc	4,803	$297K	0.0%	-47.1%	0.014%
2/18/2026	Inspire Investing LLC	7,577	$469K	0.0%	+27.2%	0.022%
2/18/2026	Janus Henderson Group PLC	7,288	$451K	0.0%	-86.1%	0.021%
2/18/2026	Gotham Asset Management LLC	36,327	$2.25M	0.0%	+62.8%	0.106%
2/18/2026	Engineers Gate Manager LP	53,332	$3.30M	0.0%	-6.5%	0.156%
2/18/2026	Bridgeway Capital Management LLC	119,371	$7.38M	0.2%	N/A	0.349%
2/17/2026	Guggenheim Capital LLC	6,568	$406K	0.0%	N/A	0.019%
2/17/2026	Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC	14,827	$917K	0.0%	N/A	0.043%
2/17/2026	PDT Partners LLC	58,385	$3.61M	0.2%	+1.2%	0.171%
2/17/2026	J. Goldman & Co LP	41,353	$2.56M	0.1%	N/A	0.121%
2/17/2026	AQR Capital Management LLC	37,831	$2.34M	0.0%	+70.0%	0.111%
2/17/2026	Cetera Investment Advisers	5,737	$355K	0.0%	+37.2%	0.017%
2/17/2026	Trexquant Investment LP	92,430	$5.72M	0.1%	+39.2%	0.270%
2/17/2026	Jump Financial LLC	12,300	$761K	0.0%	+196.5%	0.036%
2/17/2026	Laurion Capital Management LP	11,119	$688K	0.0%	N/A	0.033%
2/17/2026	Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD	14,624	$905K	0.0%	+3.4%	0.043%
2/17/2026	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	42,886	$2.65M	0.0%	+7.6%	0.126%
2/17/2026	California State Teachers Retirement System	13,869	$858K	0.0%	+8.0%	0.041%
2/17/2026	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	29,176	$1.81M	0.0%	+7.1%	0.085%
2/17/2026	State of Wisconsin Investment Board	33,586	$2.08M	0.0%	N/A	0.098%
2/17/2026	ExodusPoint Capital Management LP	23,775	$1.47M	0.0%	N/A	0.070%
2/17/2026	Royal Bank of Canada	32,362	$2.00M	0.0%	+14.3%	0.095%
2/17/2026	Graham Capital Management L.P.	3,569	$221K	0.0%	+26.3%	0.010%
2/16/2026	Squarepoint Ops LLC	70,903	$4.39M	0.0%	-42.2%	0.208%
2/16/2026	Verition Fund Management LLC	33,317	$2.06M	0.0%	-16.1%	0.098%
2/16/2026	Mariner LLC	5,006	$311K	0.0%	N/A	0.015%
2/16/2026	Barclays PLC	33,913	$2.10M	0.0%	+55.9%	0.099%
2/13/2026	Marshall Wace LLP	28,264	$1.75M	0.0%	-23.6%	0.083%
2/13/2026	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	7,105	$440K	0.0%	-4.9%	0.021%
2/13/2026	Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.	207,264	$12.82M	0.0%	-7.2%	0.607%
2/13/2026	Public Sector Pension Investment Board	65,819	$4.07M	0.0%	-4.4%	0.193%
2/13/2026	Rafferty Asset Management LLC	5,484	$339K	0.0%	+29.8%	0.016%
2/13/2026	First Trust Advisors LP	20,823	$1.29M	0.0%	-20.3%	0.061%
2/13/2026	Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.	370,771	$22.94M	0.0%	-1.5%	1.085%
2/13/2026	State Street Corp	701,133	$43.62M	0.0%	+9.8%	2.052%
2/13/2026	Martingale Asset Management L P	37,585	$2.33M	0.1%	+11.5%	0.110%
2/13/2026	UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC	31,411	$1.94M	0.0%	-8.8%	0.092%
2/13/2026	Wells Fargo & Company MN	32,265	$2.00M	0.0%	+24.1%	0.094%
2/12/2026	DRW Securities LLC	3,768	$233K	0.0%	N/A	0.011%
2/12/2026	Renaissance Technologies LLC	79,026	$4.89M	0.0%	-16.2%	0.231%
2/12/2026	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,265,258	$78.27M	0.0%	-1.1%	3.703%
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2/12/2026	Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC	4,883	$302K	0.0%	N/A	0.014%
2/12/2026	Towle & Co.	141,087	$8.73M	2.3%	-5.3%	0.413%
2/12/2026	Swiss National Bank	28,300	$1.75M	0.0%	+2.5%	0.083%
2/12/2026	Nuveen LLC	292,891	$18.12M	0.0%	-0.9%	0.857%
2/11/2026	Empowered Funds LLC	79,882	$4.94M	0.0%	+145.5%	0.234%
2/11/2026	Deutsche Bank AG	61,992	$3.84M	0.0%	-24.8%	0.181%
2/11/2026	Franklin Resources Inc.	11,927	$738K	0.0%	+3.9%	0.035%
2/11/2026	Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC	87,846	$5.43M	0.0%	-3.5%	0.257%
2/11/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	63,161	$3.91M	0.0%	-46.0%	0.185%
2/11/2026	Vestcor Inc	3,226	$200K	0.0%	-27.0%	0.009%

SAH Institutional Ownership - Frequently Asked Questions

During the previous two years, 210 institutional investors and hedge funds held shares of Sonic Automotive. The most heavily invested institutionals were California State Teachers Retirement System ($111.77M), Vanguard Group Inc. ($100.87M), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($90.09M), State Street Corp ($43.62M), Westwood Holdings Group Inc. ($39.42M), Invesco Ltd. ($31.61M), and Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC ($24.89M).Learn more on Sonic Automotive's institutional investors.

46.92% of Sonic Automotive's stock is owned by institutional investors. Learn more on SAH's institutional investor holdings.

Of the 171 institutional investors that purchased Sonic Automotive's stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have bought the highest volume of shares: California State Teachers Retirement System ($1.31M), Empowered Funds LLC ($197.52K), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ($197.34K), BNP Paribas Financial Markets ($165.03K), Westwood Holdings Group Inc. ($133.04K), Nuveen LLC ($128.45K), and Heartland Advisors Inc. ($123.23K).

Institutional investors have bought a total of 3,290,060 shares in the last 24 months. This purchase volume represents approximately $249.85M in transactions.

Of the 71 institutional investors that sold Sonic Automotive's stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have sold the highest volume of shares: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ($323.58K), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC ($239.07K), Squarepoint Ops LLC ($156.20K), Millennium Management LLC ($152.96K), Tudor Investment Corp ET AL ($117.32K), JPMorgan Chase & Co. ($111.26K), and Engineers Gate Manager LP ($76.09K).

Institutional investors have sold a total of 1,951,821 shares in the last 24 months. This volume of shares sold represents approximately $135.84M in transactions.

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Institutional ownership data for NYSE:SAH is compiled from quarterly 13F filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the most recent received on 9/9/2026. New 13F filings are added each quarter as they're published.

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