SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)

$84.22 -0.58%

EARNINGS ANALYTICS

event_note Approx. Next Earnings: ~2026-07-20 APPROXIMATE

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH) has reported earnings 86 times since Oct 26, 2004. The stock moves an average of ±4.99% the day after reporting, closing higher 55.8% of the time. Its largest post-earnings gain was +36.14% (Oct 28, 2008) and its largest decline was -16.96% (Oct 27, 2009). The next earnings report is predicted for 2026-07-20 (approximate).

Earnings Price Reaction

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Beat Miss

Earnings Impact

Total Earnings

Avg Abs. Movement

±4.99%

Positive %

55.8%

Negative %

44.2%

Historical Earnings Statistics

Date	Timing	Open	High	Close	Volume	Movement %	SEC Filing
Apr 30, 2026	☀ PRE	$74.75	$81.47	$78.75	345,379	+7.42%	open_in_new
Feb 18, 2026	☀ PRE	$53.77	$62.75	$62.50	486,100	+7.91%	open_in_new
Oct 23, 2025	☀ PRE	$74.34	$74.34	$64.69	463,300	-15.88%	open_in_new
Jul 24, 2025	☀ PRE	$80.97	$80.97	$74.17	437,700	-5.65%	open_in_new
Apr 24, 2025	☀ PRE	$56.85	$59.94	$58.84	338,100	+1.85%	open_in_new
Feb 12, 2025	☀ PRE	$74.71	$74.71	$69.85	492,500	-3.97%	open_in_new
Oct 24, 2024	☀ PRE	$55.51	$58.61	$55.60	389,900	+3.55%	open_in_new
Aug 05, 2024	☀ PRE	$52.29	$59.30	$55.62	562,700	+3.38%	open_in_new
Apr 25, 2024	☀ PRE	$53.08	$55.30	$54.27	600,000	+10.86%	open_in_new
Feb 14, 2024	☀ PRE	$49.51	$53.67	$53.55	656,500	-2.11%	open_in_new
Oct 26, 2023	☀ PRE	$44.97	$48.43	$46.54	911,400	+13.45%	open_in_new
Jul 27, 2023	☀ PRE	$48.17	$50.60	$47.83	467,300	-0.51%	open_in_new
Apr 27, 2023	☀ PRE	$45.01	$45.37	$43.10	1,046,500	-11.69%	open_in_new
Feb 15, 2023	☀ PRE	$56.30	$57.94	$56.43	439,100	-1.06%	open_in_new
Oct 27, 2022	☀ PRE	$41.02	$45.18	$43.49	495,700	+5.12%	open_in_new
Jul 28, 2022	☀ PRE	$37.29	$38.61	$37.89	641,100	+3.16%	open_in_new
Apr 28, 2022	☀ PRE	$38.52	$40.33	$39.12	558,700	-0.47%	open_in_new
Feb 16, 2022	☀ PRE	$49.34	$49.34	$48.71	622,200	+6.06%	open_in_new
Oct 28, 2021	☀ PRE	$44.45	$46.12	$44.46	743,700	-1.23%	open_in_new
Jul 29, 2021	☀ PRE	$47.98	$49.33	$48.39	815,200	+6.16%	open_in_new
Apr 29, 2021	☀ PRE	$47.59	$47.59	$46.11	355,600	-0.06%	open_in_new
Feb 17, 2021	☀ PRE	$38.55	$39.02	$37.18	715,500	-6.5%	open_in_new
Oct 29, 2020	☀ PRE	$33.17	$33.96	$33.03	617,500	-0.81%	open_in_new
Jul 30, 2020	☀ PRE	$37.91	$39.01	$36.23	590,200	-5.98%	open_in_new
Apr 29, 2020	☀ PRE	$17.59	$22.34	$20.12	963,200	+20.18%	open_in_new
Feb 19, 2020	☀ PRE	$27.22	$27.73	$25.75	1,825,000	-6.31%	open_in_new
Oct 24, 2019	☀ PRE	$28.91	$29.90	$29.18	695,200	+7.16%	open_in_new
Jul 25, 2019	☀ PRE	$24.15	$25.31	$23.92	561,300	+4%	open_in_new
Apr 25, 2019	☀ PRE	$14.52	$15.72	$15.64	389,000	+12.11%	open_in_new
Feb 20, 2019	☀ PRE	$12.71	$14.01	$13.93	344,800	+5.42%	open_in_new
Oct 25, 2018	☀ PRE	$15.01	$16.77	$16.42	312,100	+5.89%	open_in_new
Jul 27, 2018	☀ PRE	$16.79	$16.97	$16.01	243,000	+2.79%	open_in_new
Apr 26, 2018	☀ PRE	$17.83	$17.96	$17.35	246,300	-2.91%	open_in_new
Feb 27, 2018	☀ PRE	$18.29	$18.86	$17.30	398,300	-1.23%	open_in_new
Oct 24, 2017	☀ PRE	$16.10	$17.55	$17.18	447,900	+4.45%	open_in_new
Jul 28, 2017	☀ PRE	$15.33	$16.61	$16.61	354,200	+2.11%	open_in_new
Apr 26, 2017	☀ PRE	$17.94	$18.07	$17.73	339,300	+0.24%	open_in_new
Feb 21, 2017	☀ PRE	$20.50	$23.45	$22.17	904,800	+9.26%	open_in_new
Nov 01, 2016	☀ PRE	$14.36	$15.05	$14.45	416,700	-5.31%	open_in_new
Jul 26, 2016	☀ PRE	$16.25	$16.25	$16.05	325,500	-1.62%	open_in_new
Apr 26, 2016	☀ PRE	$14.12	$16.24	$16.14	968,500	+15.25%	open_in_new
Feb 23, 2016	☀ PRE	$14.41	$15.42	$15.14	1,037,000	+8.41%	open_in_new
Oct 28, 2015	☀ PRE	$16.67	$21.01	$20.29	1,194,000	+9.67%	open_in_new
Jul 20, 2015	☀ PRE	$20.77	$20.77	$20.39	270,300	-2.38%	open_in_new
Apr 21, 2015	☀ PRE	$19.79	$20.64	$20.40	578,100	-0.37%	open_in_new
Feb 24, 2015	☀ PRE	$21.53	$22.06	$21.02	700,300	-3.74%	open_in_new
Oct 21, 2014	☀ PRE	$19.35	$19.61	$18.99	882,000	-1.35%	open_in_new
Jul 22, 2014	☀ PRE	$20.04	$21.78	$20.85	1,165,600	-5.15%	open_in_new
Apr 22, 2014	☀ PRE	$19.38	$20.25	$20.20	572,000	+4.06%	open_in_new
Feb 19, 2014	☀ PRE	$18.81	$19.67	$19.40	1,337,900	+4.61%	open_in_new
Nov 08, 2013	☀ PRE	$18.53	$18.76	$18.27	698,100	-1.58%	open_in_new
Jul 23, 2013	☀ PRE	$18.41	$18.91	$18.88	473,600	-0.66%	open_in_new
Apr 23, 2013	☀ PRE	$17.85	$18.01	$17.74	574,900	+0.52%	open_in_new
Feb 20, 2013	☀ PRE	$19.93	$20.22	$19.27	863,300	-3.02%	open_in_new
Oct 23, 2012	☀ PRE	$15.21	$15.92	$15.52	853,600	+2.53%	open_in_new
Jul 23, 2012	☀ PRE	$13.62	$13.93	$13.70	1,314,500	+0.06%	open_in_new
Jun 25, 2012	☀ PRE	$11.41	$11.53	$10.12	3,979,700	-12.96%	open_in_new
Feb 28, 2012	☀ PRE	$14.11	$14.88	$14.61	1,367,500	+5.39%	open_in_new
Oct 25, 2011	☀ PRE	$12.12	$12.77	$12.15	1,573,400	+0.62%	open_in_new
Jul 26, 2011	☀ PRE	$12.97	$13.43	$13.40	1,031,300	+2.72%	open_in_new
Apr 26, 2011	☀ PRE	$11.34	$11.46	$10.90	761,100	-2.65%	open_in_new
Feb 22, 2011	☀ PRE	$12.23	$12.33	$12.24	947,800	+0.41%	open_in_new
Oct 26, 2010	☀ PRE	$8.74	$9.00	$8.80	1,767,900	+0.85%	open_in_new
Jul 29, 2010	☀ PRE	$8.89	$8.89	$8.27	1,068,900	+3.18%	open_in_new
Apr 27, 2010	☀ PRE	$9.87	$10.41	$9.04	4,677,500	-15.97%	open_in_new
Feb 23, 2010	☀ PRE	$8.20	$8.63	$8.05	1,439,200	+1.24%	open_in_new
Oct 27, 2009	☀ PRE	$9.88	$9.88	$8.53	5,588,200	-16.96%	open_in_new
Aug 21, 2009	☀ PRE	$11.34	$11.62	$11.23	287,100	+0.15%	open_in_new
May 28, 2009	☽ POST	$7.07	$7.87	$7.74	988,900	+0.96%	open_in_new
Oct 28, 2008	☀ PRE	$1.71	$2.50	$2.19	2,931,000	+36.14%	open_in_new
Jul 29, 2008	☀ PRE	$7.70	$9.15	$8.44	1,150,000	+12.41%	open_in_new
Apr 29, 2008	☀ PRE	$16.30	$16.84	$16.27	573,700	-2.26%	open_in_new
Feb 26, 2008	☀ PRE	$15.15	$16.03	$15.62	1,136,100	+3.78%	open_in_new
Oct 30, 2007	☀ PRE	$17.92	$18.81	$18.55	874,300	+4.9%	open_in_new
Jul 31, 2007	☀ PRE	$20.92	$22.01	$21.11	1,001,300	+4.5%	open_in_new
May 01, 2007	☀ PRE	$21.93	$21.93	$21.76	682,000	-0.8%	open_in_new
Feb 27, 2007	☀ PRE	$23.45	$23.45	$22.62	461,200	-3.52%	open_in_new
Oct 31, 2006	☀ PRE	$19.28	$20.17	$20.02	710,700	+3.83%	open_in_new
Aug 02, 2006	☀ PRE	$17.05	$17.05	$16.94	615,300	-0.58%	open_in_new
Apr 25, 2006	☀ PRE	$19.62	$20.05	$19.43	1,216,500	-3.59%	open_in_new
Feb 24, 2006	☽ POST	$19.85	$19.98	$19.93	970,100	+0.45%	open_in_new
Nov 03, 2005	☽ POST	$17.04	$17.25	$16.78	272,500	-0.4%	open_in_new
Jul 26, 2005	☀ PRE	$17.62	$17.71	$17.44	160,800	-1.05%	open_in_new
Apr 26, 2005	☀ PRE	$14.97	$15.72	$15.18	349,500	+0.69%	open_in_new
Feb 22, 2005	☀ PRE	$17.37	$17.37	$16.90	233,900	-2.7%	open_in_new
Oct 26, 2004	☀ PRE	$13.79	$14.66	$14.35	581,000	+4.08%	open_in_new

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Earnings Count

Total earnings in dataset

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Avg Abs. Movement

±4.99%

Avg % price change on earnings

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Recent SEC Filings

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Form	Date Filed	View on EDGAR
144	20260610	open_in_new SEC.gov
4	20260610	open_in_new SEC.gov
144	20260609	open_in_new SEC.gov
144	20260608	open_in_new SEC.gov
4	20260608	open_in_new SEC.gov
4	20260603	open_in_new SEC.gov
4	20260601	open_in_new SEC.gov
144	20260528	open_in_new SEC.gov
8-K	20260508	open_in_new SEC.gov
4	20260506	open_in_new SEC.gov

Frequently asked about SAH earnings

When does SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC report earnings next? expand_more

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)'s next earnings date is approximate for 2026-07-20. This is a prediction based on its historical quarterly reporting pattern, not a company-confirmed date.

How much does SAH stock move after earnings? expand_more

Over 86 reports, SAH has moved an average of ±4.99% the session after earnings, closing higher 55.8% of the time.

What was SAH's biggest post-earnings move? expand_more

SAH's largest post-earnings gain on record was +36.14% on Oct 28, 2008, and its largest decline was -16.96% on Oct 27, 2009.

Where can I find SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC's SEC filings? expand_more

All of SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC's SEC filings — 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and more — are listed in the SEC filings section on this page, each linking to the original document on SEC.gov.