Growth Metrics

Sonic Automotive (SAH) Long-Term Debt Repayments (2016 - 2026)

Sonic Automotive filings provide 16 years of Long-Term Debt Repayments readings, the most recent being $38.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Long-Term Debt Repayments rose 275.49% to $38.3 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$98.7 million, a 44.11% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$126.8 million, up 23.06% from a year prior.
  • Long-Term Debt Repayments hit $38.3 million in Q1 2026 for Sonic Automotive, up from -$219.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Long-Term Debt Repayments ranged from a high of $82.9 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$222.7 million in Q4 2024.
  • Median Long-Term Debt Repayments over the past 5 years was $13.3 million (2024), compared with a mean of -$31.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Long-Term Debt Repayments: tumbled 73.35% in 2022 and later surged 608.99% in 2023.
  • Sonic Automotive's Long-Term Debt Repayments stood at -$175.6 million in 2022, then grew by 13.78% to -$151.4 million in 2023, then tumbled by 47.09% to -$222.7 million in 2024, then increased by 1.26% to -$219.9 million in 2025, then surged by 117.42% to $38.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Long-Term Debt Repayments were $38.3 million (Q1 2026), -$219.9 million (Q4 2025), and $82.9 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.