SAH Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 42.65%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $9,863,863.71

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: $60.28
Price Change: Price Increase of +0.16 (0.27%)
As of 04/25/2025 04:59 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
7/18/2024Heath ByrdCFOSell19,827$60.00$1,189,620.00173,618View SEC Filing Icon  
6/12/2024Heath ByrdCFOSell2,480$60.00$148,800.00193,445View SEC Filing Icon  
6/12/2024Jeff DykePresidentSell16,734$60.00$1,004,040.00817,753View SEC Filing Icon  
5/28/2024Jeff DykePresidentSell15,000$56.76$851,400.00161,622View SEC Filing Icon  
5/14/2024David Bruton SmithCEOSell41,770$59.27$2,475,707.90583,054View SEC Filing Icon  
5/9/2024David Bruton SmithCEOSell67,703$58.43$3,955,886.29583,054View SEC Filing Icon  
5/7/2024David Bruton SmithCEOSell21$58.49$1,228.29583,054View SEC Filing Icon  
4/29/2024David Bruton SmithCEOSell3,861$61.43$237,181.23583,054View SEC Filing Icon  
9/14/2023Heath ByrdCFOSell34,186$54.01$1,846,385.86168,622View SEC Filing Icon  
9/6/2023Heath ByrdCFOSell3,800$54.00$205,200.00168,622View SEC Filing Icon  
8/31/2023Heath ByrdCFOSell100$54.06$5,406.00168,622View SEC Filing Icon  
7/19/2023Heath ByrdCFOSell5,473$54.05$295,815.65168,622View SEC Filing Icon  
4/18/2023Heath ByrdCFOSell3,500$54.07$189,245.00168,622View SEC Filing Icon  
4/14/2023Heath ByrdCFOSell11,336$54.02$612,370.72168,622View SEC Filing Icon  
4/10/2023Jeff DykePresidentSell86,596$50.80$4,399,076.80814,199View SEC Filing Icon  
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  
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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH)

46.92% 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

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Sonic Automotive Institutional Trading History

Reporting DateHedge FundShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
4/25/2025New York State Teachers Retirement System24,604$1.40M0.0%-5.1%0.073%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/15/2025Assenagon Asset Management S.A.16,820$0.96M0.0%-19.4%0.050%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/15/2025Handelsbanken Fonder AB6,500$0.37M0.0%+44.4%0.019%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/15/2025SG Americas Securities LLC14,096$0.80M0.0%+266.1%0.042%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/14/2025Harbor Capital Advisors Inc.62,994$3.59M0.2%+11.8%0.187%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/8/2025Rhumbline Advisers45,410$2.59M0.0%-1.3%0.135%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/7/2025GAMMA Investing LLC11,734$0.67M0.0%+6,802.4%0.035%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
3/5/2025Phocas Financial Corp.116,343$7.37M1.0%+86.6%0.345%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC33,412$2.12M0.0%+6.1%0.098%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Voloridge Investment Management LLC69,766$4.42M0.0%+110.9%0.204%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Westwood Holdings Group Inc.508,193$32.19M0.2%-12.2%1.486%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Squarepoint Ops LLC20,010$1.27M0.0%+93.1%0.059%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Wexford Capital LP7,340$0.47M0.1%N/A0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Towle & Co.313,309$19.85M3.4%-16.0%0.916%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Two Sigma Advisers LP33,400$2.12M0.0%-38.3%0.098%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Two Sigma Investments LP27,055$1.71M0.0%-43.3%0.079%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025State of Wyoming5,282$0.34M0.0%+96.5%0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Rafferty Asset Management LLC6,176$0.39M0.0%-19.4%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd.520$33K0.0%-56.5%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Point72 Asset Management L.P.8,954$0.57M0.0%-21.5%0.026%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025ProShare Advisors LLC4,447$0.28M0.0%N/A0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Nuveen Asset Management LLC128,835$8.16M0.0%+1.1%0.377%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Millennium Management LLC476,107$30.16M0.0%+3.9%1.393%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.8,370$0.53M0.0%+4.8%0.024%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025J. Goldman & Co LP127,113$8.05M0.2%-2.3%0.372%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.258,110$16.35M0.1%-1.3%0.755%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Janus Henderson Group PLC7,288$0.46M0.0%-20.7%0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Gotham Asset Management LLC4,546$0.29M0.0%N/A0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc.25,751$1.63M0.0%-36.3%0.075%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Deutsche Bank AG24,139$1.53M0.0%+55.7%0.071%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC20,680$1.31M0.0%-41.3%0.060%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Brevan Howard Capital Management LP7,523$0.48M0.0%N/A0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Caxton Associates LP4,358$0.28M0.0%-54.0%0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Balyasny Asset Management L.P.21,161$1.34M0.0%N/A0.062%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Bank of America Corp DE94,133$5.96M0.0%-64.3%0.275%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025BNP Paribas Financial Markets83,563$5.29M0.0%+7.4%0.244%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.111,738$7.08M0.0%+5.0%0.327%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Jane Street Group LLC17,312$1.10M0.0%-32.2%0.051%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC8,250$0.52M0.0%-24.7%0.024%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Northern Trust Corp291,133$18.44M0.0%+6.7%0.852%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 7,722$0.49M0.0%-2.4%0.023%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Tudor Investment Corp ET AL30,244$1.92M0.0%-64.4%0.088%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC4,120$0.26M0.0%N/A0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Nebula Research & Development LLC12,399$0.79M0.1%-22.2%0.036%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Voya Investment Management LLC7,315$0.46M0.0%-5.3%0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD14,349$0.91M0.0%+7.3%0.042%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025State of Tennessee Department of Treasury3,678$0.23M0.0%-4.2%0.011%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Tower Research Capital LLC TRC 6,034$0.38M0.0%-40.6%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025MetLife Investment Management LLC9,104$0.58M0.0%+8.7%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,651,903$104.65M0.0%-3.1%4.832%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025First Trust Advisors LP57,525$3.64M0.0%-0.4%0.168%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/14/2025HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC58,526$3.71M0.3%+105.2%0.171%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co17,905$1.13M0.0%-6.2%0.052%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Canada Pension Plan Investment Board800$51K0.0%N/A0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025XTX Topco Ltd3,826$0.24M0.0%N/A0.011%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Mariner LLC3,555$0.23M0.0%N/A0.010%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Barclays PLC36,807$2.33M0.0%+50.8%0.108%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025LSV Asset Management5,700$0.36M0.0%-44.7%0.017%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Renaissance Technologies LLC73,400$4.65M0.0%-15.1%0.215%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Legal & General Group Plc42,401$2.69M0.0%+7.5%0.124%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Invesco Ltd.600,359$38.03M0.0%-4.0%1.756%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd1,545$98K0.0%+1,429.7%0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Russell Investments Group Ltd.22,139$1.40M0.0%-13.6%0.065%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2025Wells Fargo & Company MN21,870$1.39M0.0%+15.7%0.064%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2025Trexquant Investment LP12,795$0.81M0.0%-39.1%0.037%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2025Geode Capital Management LLC332,376$21.06M0.0%-0.4%0.972%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2025Alliancebernstein L.P.19,084$1.21M0.0%-1.0%0.056%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2025Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC75,418$4.78M0.0%-1.8%0.221%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2025New Age Alpha Advisors LLC20,691$1.31M0.1%N/A0.061%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2025JPMorgan Chase & Co.80,957$5.13M0.0%+52.1%0.237%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2025Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp9,279$0.59M0.0%-6.4%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2025Prudential Financial Inc.14,827$0.94M0.0%-1.3%0.043%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2025Corebridge Financial Inc.7,856$0.50M0.0%-6.0%0.023%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2025Vanguard Group Inc.1,557,344$98.66M0.0%+1.3%4.555%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2025KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS2,900$0.19M0.0%N/A0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2025Sei Investments Co.9,248$0.59M0.0%+47.7%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2025American Century Companies Inc.20,596$1.31M0.0%+1.9%0.060%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2025Quantbot Technologies LP6,278$0.40M0.0%-48.2%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2025Teacher Retirement System of Texas10,334$0.66M0.0%+34.4%0.030%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2025Thrivent Financial for Lutherans11,305$0.72M0.0%-1.3%0.033%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2025First Eagle Investment Management LLC132,106$8.37M0.0%+12.4%0.386%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2025Commonwealth Equity Services LLC3,974$0.25M0.0%N/A0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2025Swiss National Bank30,500$1.93M0.0%+2.0%0.089%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/7/2025AlphaQuest LLC1,906$0.12M0.0%-77.6%0.006%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2025Inceptionr LLC4,242$0.27M0.1%-54.4%0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2025Victory Capital Management Inc.82,620$5.23M0.0%-13.5%0.242%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2025Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.380,667$24.12M0.0%-0.6%1.113%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2025Pacific Global Investment Management Co.4,554$0.29M0.4%+4.1%0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/5/2025Smartleaf Asset Management LLC480$30K0.0%+515.4%0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/5/2025Phocas Financial Corp.17,665$1.12M0.8%-71.7%0.052%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/4/2025Denali Advisors LLC87,100$5.52M0.6%+111.2%0.255%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/4/2025Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund8,022$0.51M0.0%-10.7%0.023%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/4/2025Bank of New York Mellon Corp223,757$14.18M0.0%-6.5%0.654%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/3/2025Wolverine Asset Management LLC23,775$1.51M0.0%-13.2%0.070%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/31/2025New York State Common Retirement Fund45,000$2.85M0.0%+54.4%0.132%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/31/2025Principal Financial Group Inc.71,051$4.50M0.0%+3.2%0.208%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/30/2025Rhumbline Advisers46,031$2.92M0.0%-4.4%0.135%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/30/2025New York State Teachers Retirement System25,935$1.64M0.0%+0.8%0.076%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/24/2025Valley National Advisers Inc.454$28K0.0%-55.4%0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/23/2025R Squared Ltd1,130$72K0.1%N/A0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
Data available starting January 2016

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Sonic Automotive logo
Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It operates in three segments, Franchised Dealerships, EchoPark, and Powersports. The Franchised Dealerships segment is involved in the sale of new and used cars and light trucks, and replacement parts; provision of vehicle maintenance, manufacturer warranty repair, and paint and collision repair services; and arrangement of extended warranties, service contracts, financing, insurance, and other aftermarket products for its guests. The EchoPark segment sells used cars and light trucks; and arranges finance and insurance product sales for its guests in pre-owned vehicle specialty retail locations. The Powersports Segment sells new and used powersports vehicles, such as motorcycles, and personal watercraft and all-terrain vehicles; and offers finance and insurance services. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Today's Range

Now: $60.28
Low: $58.49
High: $60.31

50 Day Range

MA: $62.24
Low: $54.93
High: $74.13

52 Week Range

Now: $60.28
Low: $51.27
High: $76.78

Volume

254,523 shs

Average Volume

197,790 shs

Market Capitalization

$2.03 billion

P/E Ratio

9.75

Dividend Yield

2.41%

Beta

1.43

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

Sonic Automotive's top insider investors include:
  1. Jeff Dyke (President)
  2. David Bruton Smith (CEO)
  3. 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. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. — 0.19%
  2. Rhumbline Advisers — 0.13%
  3. New York State Teachers Retirement System — 0.07%
  4. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. — 0.05%
  5. SG Americas Securities LLC — 0.04%
  6. GAMMA Investing LLC — 0.03%
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. Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
  2. New York State Teachers Retirement System
  3. Rhumbline Advisers
During the last year, company insiders that have sold Sonic Automotive company stock include:
  1. Jeff Dyke (President)
  2. David Bruton Smith (CEO)
  3. Heath Byrd (CFO)
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. GAMMA Investing LLC
  2. SG Americas Securities LLC
  3. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc.
  4. Handelsbanken Fonder AB