Growth Metrics

Sonic Automotive (SAH) Debt to Equity (2016 - 2026)

Sonic Automotive filings provide 17 years of Debt to Equity readings, the most recent being $1.76 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt to Equity rose 22.28% to $1.76 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $1.76, a 22.28% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.51, up 1.17% from a year prior.
  • Debt to Equity hit $1.76 in Q1 2026 for Sonic Automotive, up from $1.51 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $2.03 in Q1 2023 to a low of $1.31 in Q2 2022.
  • Median Debt to Equity over the past 5 years was $1.67 (2024), compared with a mean of $1.66.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt to Equity: surged 100.15% in 2022 and later fell 21.15% in 2025.
  • Sonic Automotive's Debt to Equity stood at $1.96 in 2022, then fell by 3.93% to $1.88 in 2023, then decreased by 20.48% to $1.49 in 2024, then grew by 1.17% to $1.51 in 2025, then grew by 16.41% to $1.76 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Debt to Equity were $1.76 (Q1 2026), $1.51 (Q4 2025), and $1.39 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.