secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001043509-25-000013
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive reports record Q1 revenue $3.7B, EPS $2.04 (+70% YoY); declares $0.35 dividend
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- Record total revenue $3.7B (+8% YoY); reported net income $70.6M ($2.04 EPS), up 68% and 70% YoY.
- Adjusted net income $51.3M ($1.48 adj EPS), up 8% and 9% YoY; includes $30M cyber insurance gain.
- EchoPark segment: record quarterly gross profit $63.9M (+21%), segment income $10.3M vs loss $2.9M prior year; record adj EBITDA $15.8M (+116%).
- Quarterly dividend of $0.35/share approved, payable July 15, 2025 to record date June 13, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350925000013/0001043509-25-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350925000013/sah-20250424.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-25-000013

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