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

Sonic Automotive filings provide 17 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 16.23% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 72.0% to 16.23% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 15.9%, a 56.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 15.72%, up 31.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 16.23% in Q1 2026 for Sonic Automotive, up from 15.47% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 16.84% in Q3 2022 to a low of 14.73% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 15.85% (2024), compared with a mean of 15.86%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: skyrocketed 214bps in 2022 and later plummeted -122bps in 2023.
  • Sonic Automotive's Gross Margin stood at 16.04% in 2022, then fell by -6bps to 15.09% in 2023, then fell by -2bps to 14.73% in 2024, then grew by 5bps to 15.47% in 2025, then increased by 5bps to 16.23% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 16.23% (Q1 2026), 15.47% (Q4 2025), and 15.49% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.