secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-30T12:52:41+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-050837
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive Q2 2026 revenue $3.9B (+8% YoY); net income $57.4M (+226%); EchoPark units +17%
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- Q2 total revenues $3.9B (+8% YoY); total gross profit $616.2M (+2% YoY) - record.
- Reported net income $57.4M (+226% YoY); diluted EPS $1.79 (+234% YoY).
- Adjusted net income $58.3M (-23% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.82 (-17% YoY).
- EchoPark segment revenues $582.9M (+15% YoY); retail used units 19,601 (+17% YoY); segment gross profit $64.3M (+4% YoY).
- Board approved $0.41/share quarterly dividend, payable Oct 15, record Sep 15; acquisition of five Harley-Davidson dealerships expected to add ~$100M annualized revenue.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828026050837/0001628280-26-050837-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828026050837/sah-20260730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-050837

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