SAH Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 36.07%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $5,339,927.75
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $8,110,352.10

Sonic Automotive Insider Trading History Chart

This chart shows the insider buying and selling history at Sonic Automotive by year and by quarter.

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Sonic Automotive Share Price & Price History

Current Price: $51.08
Price Change: Price Increase of +0.29 (0.57%)
As of 03/21/2023 05:00 PM ET

This chart shows the closing price history over time for SAH up to the past year.

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Sonic Automotive Insider Trading History

Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionShares Held After TransactionDetails
8/25/2022David Bruton SmithCEOSell54,670$55.60$3,039,652.00467,856View SEC Filing Icon  
8/1/2022Heath ByrdCFOSell93,714$41.27$3,867,576.78146,600View SEC Filing Icon  
8/1/2022Jeff DykePresidentSell28,196$42.67$1,203,123.32190,168View SEC Filing Icon  
4/6/2022Paul P. Rusnakmajor shareholderBuy127,475$41.89$5,339,927.755,000,000View SEC Filing Icon  
3/7/2022Jeff DykePresidentSell2,769$52.00$143,988.00View SEC Filing Icon  
3/4/2022Jeff DykePresidentSell6,395$52.37$334,906.15View SEC Filing Icon  
4/14/2021Jeff DykePresidentSell32,547$50.00$1,627,350.00858,153View SEC Filing Icon  
4/13/2021David Bruton SmithCEOSell13,029$49.16$640,505.64445,271View SEC Filing Icon  
4/13/2021Heath ByrdCFOSell9,281$49.17$456,346.77118,490View SEC Filing Icon  
4/12/2021Jeff DykePresidentSell54,048$50.08$2,706,723.84858,153View SEC Filing Icon  
8/20/2020David Bruton SmithCEOSell5,999$45.00$269,955.00387,865View SEC Filing Icon  
8/18/2020David Bruton SmithCEOSell10,946$45.07$493,336.22387,865View SEC Filing Icon  
8/5/2020Heath ByrdCFOSell20,000$40.83$816,600.00114,236View SEC Filing Icon  
7/15/2020Jeff DykePresidentSell25,000$40.00$1,000,000.001,065,153View SEC Filing Icon  
7/10/2020Heath ByrdCFOSell7,565$35.01$264,850.65141,801View SEC Filing Icon  
7/8/2020Heath ByrdCFOSell11,935$35.00$417,725.00141,801View SEC Filing Icon  
5/28/2020Victor H DoolanDirectorSell5,000$28.46$142,300.0032,088View SEC Filing Icon  
3/23/2020Marcus G SmithDirectorBuy1,000$9.97$9,970.0030,382View SEC Filing Icon  
3/19/2020Marcus G SmithDirectorBuy5,000$11.43$57,150.0030,382View SEC Filing Icon  
3/17/2020Marcus G SmithDirectorBuy6,500$14.65$95,225.0030,382View SEC Filing Icon  
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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH)

52.50% of Sonic Automotive stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

This chart shows the instiutional buying and selling at SAH by year and by quarter.

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Sonic Automotive Institutional Trading History

Reporting DateHedge FundShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
2/28/2023Voya Investment Management LLC12,744$0.63M0.0%-4.7%0.035%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/22/2023Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky5,690$0.28M0.0%-31.4%0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/21/2023Macquarie Group Ltd.565,582$27.87M0.0%-1.6%1.440%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2023Truist Financial Corp11,928$0.59M0.0%N/A0.030%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2023Alliancebernstein L.P.33,448$1.65M0.0%-0.8%0.085%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2023Point72 Middle East FZE3,353$0.17M0.0%N/A0.009%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2023State of Wyoming1,200$59K0.0%-34.3%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio1,113$55K0.0%-71.0%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY1,116$55K0.0%-15.1%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023MetLife Investment Management LLC9,548$0.47M0.0%-9.2%0.024%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023State of Wisconsin Investment Board197,045$9.71M0.0%-0.7%0.502%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC18,384$0.91M0.0%-49.6%0.047%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC301,829$14.87M0.1%+293.0%0.769%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Squarepoint Ops LLC128,013$6.31M0.0%-2.6%0.326%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Legal & General Group Plc45,492$2.24M0.0%-6.1%0.116%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Mackenzie Financial Corp4,096$0.20M0.0%N/A0.010%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Millennium Management LLC325,082$16.02M0.0%+385.7%0.828%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Morgan Stanley295,901$14.58M0.0%-18.7%0.754%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Man Group plc8,989$0.44M0.0%N/A0.023%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023EHP Funds Inc.6,400$0.32M0.1%N/A0.016%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Algert Global LLC4,230$0.21M0.0%N/A0.011%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023AQR Capital Management LLC54,945$2.71M0.0%+105.4%0.140%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/15/2023Centiva Capital LP5,087$0.25M0.0%N/A0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2023Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD11,728$0.58M0.0%-20.6%0.030%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2023Knightsbridge Asset Management LLC227,333$11.20M2.1%-3.4%0.579%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2023Marshall Wace LLP65,784$3.24M0.0%+90.2%0.168%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2023Two Sigma Investments LP35,891$1.77M0.0%N/A0.091%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2023Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership409,629$20.18M0.0%+48.6%1.043%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2023Engineers Gate Manager LP8,299$0.41M0.0%+7.9%0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.374,388$18.45M0.0%-6.6%0.953%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Deutsche Bank AG50,896$2.51M0.0%-55.7%0.130%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Kingsview Wealth Management LLC13,270$0.65M0.0%N/A0.034%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023EVR Research LP348,000$17.15M5.2%+16.0%0.886%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Wells Fargo & Company MN12,922$0.64M0.0%-63.2%0.033%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Barclays PLC24,827$1.22M0.0%-18.1%0.063%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 7,091$0.35M0.0%-14.3%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023ExodusPoint Capital Management LP11,459$0.57M0.0%N/A0.029%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Credit Suisse AG22,213$1.09M0.0%-8.6%0.057%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Geode Capital Management LLC324,215$15.97M0.0%-5.5%0.826%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023American Century Companies Inc.210,369$10.37M0.0%+24.8%0.536%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS17,865$0.88M0.0%+5.9%0.045%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023GSA Capital Partners LLP5,188$0.26M0.0%N/A0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023EMC Capital Management4,618$0.23M0.2%+14.2%0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023JPMorgan Chase & Co.164,379$8.10M0.0%-2.0%0.419%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2023Teacher Retirement System of Texas8,100$0.40M0.0%-82.2%0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023Bank of America Corp DE62,452$3.08M0.0%-34.3%0.159%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023American International Group Inc.9,677$0.48M0.0%-10.5%0.025%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023Amalgamated Bank8,039$0.40M0.0%-6.8%0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023Sei Investments Co.8,700$0.43M0.0%-11.5%0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023AXQ Capital LP6,623$0.33M0.2%N/A0.017%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023Victory Capital Management Inc.47,215$2.33M0.0%+80.1%0.131%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023HRT Financial LP81,686$4.02M0.1%N/A0.208%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC83,850$4.13M0.0%-2.0%0.214%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2023Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp5,294$0.26M0.0%-6.2%0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2023Victory Capital Management Inc.46,435$2.47M0.0%+77.2%0.118%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2023Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2,060,645$101.53M0.0%+5.5%5.247%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2023Principal Financial Group Inc.102,169$5.03M0.0%-15.3%0.260%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2023First Eagle Investment Management LLC11,967$0.59M0.0%-41.0%0.030%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2023Citigroup Inc.12,086$0.60M0.0%+8.3%0.031%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2023HighTower Advisors LLC4,881$0.24M0.0%N/A0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/8/2023UBS Group AG28,531$1.41M0.0%+860.6%0.073%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/8/2023LSV Asset Management643,470$31.70M0.1%-9.8%1.639%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/8/2023Thrivent Financial for Lutherans17,122$0.84M0.0%-10.6%0.044%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/8/2023Russell Investments Group Ltd.13,595$0.67M0.0%-10.3%0.035%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/7/2023Texas Permanent School Fund11,222$0.55M0.0%-15.8%0.029%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2023Pacer Advisors Inc.415,408$20.47M0.1%+21.4%1.058%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/2/2023SG Americas Securities LLC5,741$0.28M0.0%-21.3%0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/2/2023Nisa Investment Advisors LLC10,063$0.50M0.0%+3,115.0%0.026%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/1/2023NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC18,200$0.90M0.1%+1.1%0.046%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/30/2023New York State Common Retirement Fund24,720$1.22M0.0%+52.2%0.063%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/27/2023New York State Teachers Retirement System39,398$1.94M0.0%-2.9%0.100%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/26/2023Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund5,552$0.27M0.0%-9.7%0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/26/2023Comerica Bank9,869$0.48M0.0%-30.4%0.025%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/24/2023Louisiana State Employees Retirement System7,900$0.39M0.0%-10.2%0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/18/2023Maryland State Retirement & Pension System6,871$0.34M0.0%N/A0.017%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/18/2023Exchange Traded Concepts LLC17,389$0.86M0.0%+3.4%0.044%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/12/2023Valley National Advisers Inc.4,047$0.20M0.0%-10.2%0.010%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/12/2023State of Alaska Department of Revenue11,624$0.57M0.0%-9.4%0.030%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/9/2023Yousif Capital Management LLC10,673$0.53M0.0%-29.5%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
12/8/2022Bank of New York Mellon Corp283,870$12.29M0.0%-0.5%0.723%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/22/2022Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky8,298$0.36M0.0%N/A0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/22/2022Capital Impact Advisors LLC11,134$0.57M0.6%-34.2%0.028%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/21/2022California State Teachers Retirement System25,640$1.11M0.0%-3.6%0.065%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/18/2022EVR Research LP300,000$12.99M3.9%-25.0%0.764%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/16/2022Glenmede Trust Co. NA28,367$1.23M0.0%+1.4%0.072%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/16/2022Captrust Financial Advisors6,618$0.29M0.0%+15.7%0.017%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/16/2022Balyasny Asset Management LLC633,755$27.44M0.1%+411.5%1.614%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/16/2022Verity Asset Management Inc.5,409$0.23M0.2%N/A0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/16/2022BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC20,427$0.88M0.0%+20.6%0.052%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022State Street Corp808,399$35.21M0.0%-6.9%2.059%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Twinbeech Capital LP23,536$1.02M0.0%N/A0.060%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Two Sigma Advisers LP12,400$0.54M0.0%-67.1%0.032%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.24,190$1.05M0.0%+22.4%0.062%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Vanguard Group Inc.2,137,391$92.55M0.0%-3.5%5.443%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD14,773$0.64M0.0%+24.7%0.038%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Quadrature Capital Ltd51,465$2.23M0.1%N/A0.131%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Knightsbridge Asset Management LLC235,215$10.19M2.1%-6.0%0.599%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Marshall Wace LLP34,595$1.50M0.0%-37.4%0.088%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Martingale Asset Management L P9,608$0.42M0.0%+43.3%0.024%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/15/2022Engineers Gate Manager LP7,689$0.33M0.0%N/A0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
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Sonic Automotive logo
Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as a automotive retailer. Its services include sales of both new and used cars and light trucks, sales of replacement parts and performance of vehicle maintenance, warranty, paint and repair services and arrangement of extended service contracts, financing, insurance, vehicle protection products and other aftermarket products for automotive customers. The firm operates through the following segments: Franchised Dealerships and EchoPark. The Franchised Dealerships segment provides comprehensive services, which include sales of both new and used cars and light trucks, sales of replacement parts and performance of vehicle maintenance, manufacturer warranty repairs, and paint and collision repair services. The EchoPark segment sales used cars and light trucks. The company was founded by Ollen Bruton Smith and Bryan Scott Smith in January 1997 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
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Today's Range

Now: $51.08
Low: $51.08
High: $53.36

50 Day Range

MA: $54.76
Low: $48.11
High: $61.29

52 Week Range

Now: $51.08
Low: $34.17
High: $62.26

Volume

592,276 shs

Average Volume

392,161 shs

Market Capitalization

$1.84 billion

P/E Ratio

30.40

Dividend Yield

2.26%

Beta

1.84

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Sonic Automotive?

Sonic Automotive's top insider investors include:
  1. Paul P Rusnak (Major Shareholder)
  2. Jeff Dyke (President)
  3. David Bruton Smith (CEO)
  4. Heath Byrd (CFO)
Learn More about top insider investors at Sonic Automotive.

Who are the major institutional investors of Sonic Automotive?

Sonic Automotive's top institutional investors include:
  1. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP — 5.25%
  2. LSV Asset Management — 1.64%
  3. Macquarie Group Ltd. — 1.44%
  4. Pacer Advisors Inc. — 1.06%
  5. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership — 1.04%
  6. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. — 0.95%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Sonic Automotive stock.

Which institutional investors are selling Sonic Automotive stock?

Within the previous quarter, SAH stock was sold by these institutional investors:
  1. LSV Asset Management
  2. Morgan Stanley
  3. Deutsche Bank AG
  4. Teacher Retirement System of Texas
  5. Bank of America Corp DE
  6. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.
  7. Wells Fargo & Company MN
  8. Geode Capital Management LLC
During the last year, company insiders that have sold Sonic Automotive company stock include:
  1. Paul P Rusnak (Major Shareholder)
  2. Jeff Dyke (President)
  3. David Bruton Smith (CEO)
Learn More investors selling Sonic Automotive stock.

Which institutional investors are buying Sonic Automotive stock?

In the last quarter, SAH stock was bought by institutional investors including:
  1. Millennium Management LLC
  2. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC
  3. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership
  4. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
  5. HRT Financial LP
  6. Pacer Advisors Inc.
  7. EVR Research LP
  8. American Century Companies Inc.