Growth Metrics

Sonic Automotive (SAH) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Sonic Automotive filings provide 17 years of Debt Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.28 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio rose 5.65% to 0.28 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.28, a 5.65% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.27, changed 0.45% from a year prior.
  • Debt Ratio hit 0.28 in Q1 2026 for Sonic Automotive, up from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.35 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.25 in Q3 2025.
  • Median Debt Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.31 (2024), compared with a mean of 0.3.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: skyrocketed 63.14% in 2022 and later dropped 15.9% in 2025.
  • Sonic Automotive's Debt Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2022, then dropped by 11.18% to 0.31 in 2023, then decreased by 13.82% to 0.27 in 2024, then increased by 0.45% to 0.27 in 2025, then grew by 4.38% to 0.28 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Debt Ratio were 0.28 (Q1 2026), 0.27 (Q4 2025), and 0.25 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.