---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001043509-24-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAH"
cik: "0001043509"
company_name: "SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T01:57:29.425715+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonic Automotive reports Q4 adj EPS $1.63, record FY revenue $14.4B; EchoPark targets breakeven in Q1 2024

## Summary
- Q4 revenues $3.6B flat YoY; reported EPS $1.11 (incl $16.7M impairment); adj EPS $1.63.
- FY 2023 record revenue $14.4B (+3% YoY); adj EPS $6.81 vs reported $4.97.
- EchoPark segment Q4 adj EBITDA loss $9.1M (improved 64% YoY); expects breakeven adj EBITDA in Q1 2024.
- Repurchased 3.3M shares in 2023 for $177.6M (~9% of shares outstanding).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001043509-24-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAH
- cik: 0001043509
- company_name: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000016/0001043509-24-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000016/sah-20240214.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-24-000016
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-24-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC reported financial results for fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 14, 2024, Sonic Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Earnings Press Release”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000016/0001043509-24-000016-index.htm

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