secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-028612
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive Q1 record revenue $3.7B; net income down 14%; dividend raised 8%
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- Revenue $3.7B (+1% YoY); gross profit $598.8M (+6% YoY); reported EPS $1.79 vs $2.04 prior year.
- Adjusted net income $54.9M (+7% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.62 (+9% YoY).
- EchoPark segment record pretax income $16.2M (+57% YoY) and record adjusted EBITDA $18.6M.
- Dividend raised 8% to $0.41/share, payable July 15 to holders of record June 15.
- Board approved $500M share repurchase authorization; $528M total remaining; 2.1M shares repurchased in Q1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828026028612/0001628280-26-028612-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828026028612/sah-20260430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-028612

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