Growth Metrics

Sonic Automotive (SAH) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Sonic Automotive filings provide 17 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 0.04% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 417.0% to 0.04% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 3.72%, a 81.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 4.73%, up 265.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 0.04% in Q1 2026 for Sonic Automotive, down from 8.51% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 10.8% in Q4 2024 to a low of 5.36% in Q2 2024.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 2.81% (2025), compared with a mean of 2.9%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: crashed -1115bps in 2022 and later surged 817bps in 2025.
  • Sonic Automotive's FCF Margin stood at 5.16% in 2022, then increased by 28bps to 6.62% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 63bps to 10.8% in 2024, then dropped by -21bps to 8.51% in 2025, then tumbled by -100bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 0.04% (Q1 2026), 8.51% (Q4 2025), and 3.38% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.