secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-008808
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive reports record annual revenue of $15.2B; Q4 net income down 20%
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- Full-year revenue $15.2B (+7% YoY); Q4 revenue $3.9B (-1% YoY) with record quarterly gross profit $598.7M.
- Q4 reported EPS $1.36 (-19% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.52 (+1% YoY); net income $46.9M (-20% YoY).
- Franchised Dealerships segment Q4 gross profit $535.8M (+4%); EchoPark segment income $3.6M vs -$2.6M prior year.
- Board declared $0.38/share quarterly dividend, payable April 15, 2026 to holders of record March 13, 2026.
- Repurchased ~0.6M shares for $38.3M during Q4.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828026008808/0001628280-26-008808-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828026008808/sah-20260218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-008808

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