Sonic Automotive Financial Ratios
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Sonic Automotive ratio analysis
Sonic Automotive earned a net margin of 0.8% in FY 2025, down from 1.5% a year earlier. Gross margin was 15.7% compared with a median of 14.8% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 11.1%, meaning Sonic Automotive generated 0.11 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.51 versus 1.49 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.09. At the end of FY 2025, SAH traded at 18.0 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 6.1 to 22.1, with a median of 11.3. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Sonic Automotive financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 18.02 | 10.21 | 11.31 | 22.09 | 6.14 | — | 9.31 | 12.27 | 8.83 | 11.28 |
| Price / sales | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| Price / book | 1.96 | 2.03 | 2.21 | 2.13 | 1.90 | 2.01 | 1.40 | 0.76 | 1.03 | 1.44 |
| Gross margin | 15.7% | 15.4% | 15.6% | 16.5% | 15.4% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 14.7% |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.8% | -0.5% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.7% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 1.6% | 0.4% | -0.2% | -0.7% | 0.1% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 11.1% | 20.3% | 20.0% | 9.9% | 32.4% | -6.3% | 15.3% | 6.3% | 11.8% | 12.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.0% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 7.0% | -1.4% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.51 | 1.49 | 1.88 | 1.96 | 1.45 | 0.88 | 0.75 | 1.15 | 1.30 | 1.22 |
| Current ratio | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.05 |
| Revenue growth | 6.5% | -1.0% | 2.7% | 12.9% | 26.9% | -6.6% | 5.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| EPS growth | -44.7% | 24.3% | 122.9% | -72.3% | — | -136.7% | 175.0% | -42.6% | 3.0% | 19.4% |