Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH): Price and Financial Metrics

SAH POWR Grades

• SAH scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 98.45% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SAH is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 48 weeks.
• SAH's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 34.98% of US stocks).

SAH Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for SAH is 12.14 -- better than 97.48% of US stocks.
• SAH's price/sales ratio is 0.2; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 2.6% of US stocks.
• Over the past twelve months, SAH has reported earnings growth of -2,628.26%, putting it ahead of just 0.64% of US stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Sonic Automotive Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be IDT, RAVE, TLYS, URBN, and JW.A.
• SAH's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Sonic Automotive Inc's official web site, go to www.sonicautomotive.com.

SAH Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, SAH's price/sales ratio is 85.71% lower, now standing at 0.2.
• Over the past 243 months, SAH's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.1.
• SAH's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SAH.

SAH Growth Metrics

• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 3.94%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 13.89%.
• Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 7.79%.

SAH's revenue has moved up $1,440,834,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows SAH's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	11,486.14	18.673	285.224
2021-03-31	10,245.78	418.507	202.17
2020-12-31	9,767.042	281.079	-51.385
2020-09-30	9,716.891	469.556	-62.418
2020-06-30	9,871.066	455.521	-93.226
2020-03-31	10,373.26	218.045	-97.418

SAH's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SAH has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 67.41% of graded US stocks.
• SAH's asset turnover comes in at 3.147 -- ranking 9th of 164 Retail stocks.
• AN, TITN, and LE are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SAH.

The table below shows SAH's key quality metrics over time.