Sonic Automotive (SAH) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Sonic Automotive's (SAH) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 3.35% in Q2 2026, up 398.0% YoY from 0.67% in Q2 2025, and down 7.02% on a QoQ basis from 3.6% in Q1 2026.
Sonic Automotive (SAH) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sonic Automotive (SAH) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 3.35% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin rose 398.0% year-over-year to 3.35% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 3.3% (up 79.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.43%, down 82.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin fell to 3.35% in Q2 2026, from 3.6% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 4.47% in Q1 2022 to a low of 4.01% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 2.8% and a median of 3.22% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin sank 903 bps — and 2023, when it jumped 684 bps.
- Tracing SAH's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 4.01% in 2022, then jumped by 171 bps to 2.83% in 2023, then increased by 21 bps to 3.43% in 2024, then fell by 7 bps to 3.18% in 2025, then climbed by 5 bps to 3.35% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 3.35% (Q2 2026), 3.6% (Q1 2026), and 3.18% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.35% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.60% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.18% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.09% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.64% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.43% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.25% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.12% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.15% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.83% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.77% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.14% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.05% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -4.01% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.32% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.42% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.47% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.01% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.08% |