What is Sonic Automotive's compensation and benefits?

Sonic Automotive (SAH) reported compensation and benefits of $5.1M in Q1 2026.

How has Sonic Automotive's compensation and benefits changed year-over-year?

Sonic Automotive's compensation and benefits decreased by 13.6% year-over-year, from $5.9M to $5.1M.

What does compensation and benefits mean?

Total employee-related costs including salaries, wages, bonuses, commissions, stock-based compensation, health insurance, retirement contributions, and payroll taxes.

Sonic Automotive SAH Compensation and benefits

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Segments

By segment

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Powersports Segment-$7.3M-17.7%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.7B+1.0%

Gross profit$598.8M+5.7%

Operating income$132.7M-8.5%

Net income$60.8M-13.9%

EPS (diluted)$1.79-12.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$5.7M-91.2%

Total debt$2.4B+12.2%

Total equity$981.3M-10.0%

Total assets$6.1B+4.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$35.5M-81.9%

CapEx$37.0M-17.8%

Free cash flow-$1.5M-101%

Valuation

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Market cap$2.57B+19.3%

Enterprise value$5B+17.2%

P/E23.6×+14.8×

P/S0.2×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin15.9%+0.6pp

Operating margin2.3%-1.1pp

Net margin0.7%-1.0pp

FCF margin1.7%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.5%-14.0pp

Debt / equity2.5×+0.5×

Current ratio1×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Sonic Automotive in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ShareBasedCompensation.

The official record: Sonic Automotive’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Sonic Automotive's compensation and benefits?: Sonic Automotive (SAH) reported compensation and benefits of $5.1M in Q1 2026.
How has Sonic Automotive's compensation and benefits changed year-over-year?: Sonic Automotive's compensation and benefits decreased by 13.6% year-over-year, from $5.9M to $5.1M.
What does compensation and benefits mean?: Total employee-related costs including salaries, wages, bonuses, commissions, stock-based compensation, health insurance, retirement contributions, and payroll taxes.