---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001043509-24-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAH"
cik: "0001043509"
company_name: "SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:57:24.376676+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonic Automotive Q2 net income $41.2M (+76% YoY); CDK outage cut pre-tax income ~$30M

## Summary
- Total revenue $3.5B, down 5% YoY; gross profit $539.1M, down 5%.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.47, down 20% YoY; reported EPS $1.18, up 82%.
- CDK outage reduced GAAP pre-tax income by ~$30M, net income by $22.2M ($0.64/share).
- EchoPark segment adjusted EBITDA $7.2M (record Q2), up 123% YoY; gross profit up 91%.
- Quarterly cash dividend approved; amount not disclosed in filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001043509-24-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAH
- cik: 0001043509
- company_name: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000062/0001043509-24-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000062/sah-20240805.htm

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