Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH)

NYSE: SAH · Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations · Charlotte, NC · filing with the SEC since 1997

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Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in December.

Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal year	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020	FY 2019	FY 2018	FY 2017	FY 2016
Period ending	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2018	Dec 31, 2017	Dec 31, 2016
Report filed	Feb 23, 2026	Feb 19, 2025	Feb 22, 2024	Feb 17, 2023	Feb 25, 2022	Feb 23, 2021	Feb 21, 2020	Feb 21, 2019	Feb 28, 2018	Feb 27, 2017
Revenue	15,153,600	14,224,300	14,372,400	14,001,100	12,396,400	9,767,000^r	10,454,300^r	9,951,630	9,867,208	9,731,779
Cost of revenue	12,770,700	12,031,500	12,126,700	11,684,100	10,482,100	8,343,400^r	8,933,300^r	8,505,505	8,409,532	8,302,505
Gross profit	2,382,900	2,192,800	2,245,700	2,317,000	1,914,300	1,423,600^r	1,521,000^r	1,446,125	1,457,676	1,429,274
Selling, general and administrative	1,678,200	1,577,000	1,600,500	1,555,100	1,274,700	1,028,700^r	1,099,400^r	1,145,325	1,147,773	1,110,856
Operating income	367,500	461,500	423,600	314,000	538,400	33,900^r	307,700^r	177,663	211,565	232,909
Interest expense	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	500	600	1,000
Other income (expense), net	100	-500	100	200	-15,500	100^r	-6,600^r	106	-14,522	125
Total non-operating income (expense)	-194,700	-205,400	-181,700	-124,000	-80,200	-68,700^r	-108,100^r	-102,351	-103,441	-77,697
Income before income taxes	172,800	256,100	241,900	190,000	458,200	-34,800^r	199,600^r	75,312	108,124	155,212
Income tax expense	-54,100	40,100	63,700	101,500	109,300	15,900	55,100^r	22,922	13,971	60,696
Income from continuing operations	·	·	·	88,500	348,900	-50,700^r	144,500^r	52,390	94,153	94,516
Income from discontinued operations	·	·	·	0	0	-700^r	-400	-740	-1,170	-1,323
Net income	118,700	216,000	178,200	88,500	348,900	-51,400^r	144,100^r	51,650	92,983	93,193
Earnings per share, basic	3.49	6.34	5.09	2.29	8.43	-1.21	3.35	1.21	2.11	2.04
Earnings per share, diluted	3.42	6.18	4.97	2.23	8.06	-1.21	3.30	1.20	2.09	2.03
Weighted average shares, basic	34,000	34,100	35,000	38,700	41,400^r	42,500^r	43,016	42,708	43,997	45,637
Weighted average shares, diluted	34,700	35,000	35,900	39,700	43,300^r	42,500^r	43,710	42,950	44,358	45,948

As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. ^r restated by the company in a later report; ^b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.

What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it

Revenue what customers paid for what it sold

us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
us-gaap:Revenues

Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold

Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit

Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense

Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss

Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense

Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense

Total non-operating income (expense) everything outside the business, togetherus-gaap:NonoperatingIncomeExpense

Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest

Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Income from continuing operations profit from the businesses it keepsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations

Income from discontinued operations profit or loss from businesses it sold or closedus-gaap:IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax

Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss

Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic

Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted

Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic

Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding

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