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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001043509-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAH"
cik: "0001043509"
company_name: "SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:14:41.342735+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonic Automotive Q2 2022: record revenue $3.7B, EPS $2.34, adjusted $2.45, buyback authorization increased by $500M

## Summary
- Record quarterly revenue $3.7B (+9% YoY) and gross profit $588.8M (+15% YoY).
- Reported EPS $2.34; adjusted EPS $2.45; record F&I per retail unit $2,503 (+13% YoY).
- EchoPark segment revenue record $665.6M (+12% YoY).
- Repurchased 1.4M shares for $59.4M; Board added $500M to authorization, total $633M.
- Board approved a quarterly cash dividend (amount not specified in excerpt).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001043509-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAH
- cik: 0001043509
- company_name: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350922000010/0001043509-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350922000010/sah-20220728.htm

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