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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-045985
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive reports record Q3 revenues of $4.0B, up 14% YoY; adjusted EPS $1.41, up 12%
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- Record quarterly total revenues of $4.0B (+14% YoY); total gross profit $615.5M (+13% YoY).
- Reported net income $46.8M ($1.33 EPS), down 37% YoY; adjusted net income $49.5M ($1.41 adj. EPS), up 13% YoY.
- Powersports segment achieved record quarterly revenues and adjusted EBITDA; EchoPark segment revenues $522.5M (-4% YoY), unit sales -8% YoY.
- Board approved quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share, payable Jan 15, 2026 to holders of record Dec 15, 2025.
- Acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover Santa Monica expected to add ~$125M annualized revenues to Franchised Dealerships Segment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828025045985/0001628280-25-045985-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828025045985/sah-20251023.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-045985

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