Growth Metrics

Sonic Automotive (SAH) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Sonic Automotive filings provide 17 years of Tax Rate readings, the most recent being 28.55% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate rose 104.0% to 28.55% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 35.35%, a 5271.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 31.31%, down 4697.0% from a year prior.
  • Tax Rate hit 28.55% in Q1 2026 for Sonic Automotive, up from 111.89% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 34.27% in Q3 2025 to a low of 111.89% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 26.03% (2024), compared with a mean of 14.68%.
  • The widest YoY moves for Tax Rate: up 5631bps in 2025, down -14051bps in 2025.
  • Sonic Automotive's Tax Rate stood at 4.6% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 733bps to 29.12% in 2023, then dropped by -2bps to 28.62% in 2024, then tumbled by -491bps to 111.89% in 2025, then soared by 126bps to 28.55% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Rate were 28.55% (Q1 2026), 111.89% (Q4 2025), and 34.27% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.