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

SAH POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where SAH ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 96.93% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SAH is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• SAH's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 41.64% of US stocks).

SAH Stock Summary

• SAH's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 0.37 -- higher than just 2.48% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• With a price/sales ratio of 0.15, Sonic Automotive Inc has a higher such ratio than merely 2.01% of stocks in our set.
• Over the past twelve months, SAH has reported earnings growth of 1,469.56%, putting it ahead of 98.49% of US stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SAH, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are VRTV, HIBB, KIRK, AN, and UNFI.
• 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

The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 68.93%.
• The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 7505.86%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 7505.86%.

Over the past 34 months, SAH's revenue has gone up $2,456,406,000.

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
2021-12-31	12,396.4	306.3	348.9
2021-09-30	12,010.41	274.467	309.891
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

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 67.86% of graded US stocks.
• SAH's asset turnover comes in at 3.29 -- ranking 8th of 165 Retail stocks.
• AN, SHW, and TGT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SAH.

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