Sonic Automotive Ownership | Who Owns Sonic Automotive?

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Sonic Automotive Ownership Summary

Sonic Automotive is owned by 9.76% institutional investors, 31.93% insiders, and 58.30% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.08% of SAH shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.52% of its assets in Sonic Automotive shares.

SAH Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Sonic Automotive	9.76%	31.93%	58.30%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	42.53%	14.10%	43.38%
Industry	Car Dealership Stocks	46.87%	7.74%	45.39%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	2.41M	7.08%	$183.72M
Blackrock	2.37M	6.98%	$129.19M
Vanguard group	1.65M	4.83%	$125.28M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	1.28M	3.75%	$97.30M
Macquarie group	788.79K	2.31%	$60.02M
State street	638.71K	1.87%	$48.84M
Goldman sachs group	514.41K	1.51%	$39.14M
Westwood group	501.18K	1.47%	$38.13M
Millennium management	476.11K	1.40%	$30.16M
Invesco	456.51K	1.34%	$34.74M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Towle	148.91K	2.86%	$11.33M
Phocas financial	112.52K	1.11%	$8.56M
Formula growth	35.80K	0.97%	$2.72M
Jackson creek investment advisors	23.57K	0.52%	$1.79M
Pacific global investment management	4.55K	0.37%	$288.50K
Oliver luxxe assets	23.96K	0.29%	$1.82M
Pdt partners	57.70K	0.28%	$4.39M
Westwood group	501.18K	0.27%	$38.13M
Teewinot capital advisers	39.26K	0.23%	$2.99M
Am squared	1.50K	0.21%	$81.70K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Qube research	97.91K	0.01%	97.91K
Vanguard group	1.65M	0.00%	96.84K
American century companies	110.41K	0.00%	78.91K
Goldman sachs group	514.41K	0.00%	75.48K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	86.37K	0.00%	73.00K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	327.06K	0.08%	-239.06K
J. goldman & co lp	-	-	-127.11K
Hite hedge asset management	-	-	-123.72K
Guggenheim capital	-	-	-95.92K
Macquarie group	788.79K	0.07%	-76.61K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Empowered funds	32.54K	0.03%	32.54K	$2.48M
Cwa asset management group	26.36K	0.07%	26.36K	$2.01M
Susquehanna portfolio strategies	23.18K	0.03%	23.18K	$1.76M
Segall bryant & hamill	16.08K	0.02%	16.08K	$1.22M
Picton mahoney asset management	10.23K	0.01%	10.23K	$779.00K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-1.00
Larson financial group	-2.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-3.00
Global financial private client	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	87	-57.97%	3,329,783	-77.19%	9	0.53%	49	-52.43%	20	-75.00%
Jun 30, 2025	212	4.43%	15,336,057	1.64%	44	2.27%	105	-	81	26.56%
Mar 31, 2025	203	7.41%	15,216,012	1.12%	44	2.29%	107	35.44%	64	-16.88%
Dec 31, 2024	179	-5.29%	14,155,551	-8.65%	41	2.00%	75	-	73	-10.98%
Sep 30, 2024	189	-3.08%	15,496,154	-0.05%	45	2.19%	75	-21.88%	82	18.84%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	860.76K	2.52%	-
Macquarie Small Cap Core I	654.70K	1.92%	-49.18K
Delaware Small Cap Core I	621.65K	1.82%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	410.24K	1.21%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	409.10K	1.20%	-9.07K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	363.11K	1.06%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Index	319.16K	0.93%	-2.23K
American Beacon Small Cp Val R5	290.61K	0.85%	-18.06K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	205.61K	0.60%	445.00
Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Revenue ETF	200.64K	0.59%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 02, 2025	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	$40.33K
May 29, 2025	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	$128.66K
May 28, 2025	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	$1.15M
May 30, 2025	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	$2.18M
Jul 18, 2024	Byrd Heath	EVP and CFO	Sell	$1.19M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	4
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	-	1
2024 Q2	-	10

SAH Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Sonic Automotive?

Sonic Automotive shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 9.76%, followed by 31.93% insiders and 58.31% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Sonic Automotive's industry, Car Dealership Stocks, is 46.87%, which Sonic Automotive falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Sonic Automotive?

Sonic Automotive’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (2.41M shares, 7.08%), Blackrock (2.37M shares, 6.98%), and Vanguard group (1.65M shares, 4.83%). Together, they hold 18.88% of Sonic Automotive’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Sonic Automotive?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.98% of Sonic Automotive, totaling 2.37M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 129.19M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -39.374K shares, a -1.63% change.

Who is Sonic Automotive’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Towle is Sonic Automotive’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.86% of its assets in 148.9K Sonic Automotive shares, valued at 11.33M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Sonic Automotive shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Sonic Automotive shares, with 2.52% of its total shares outstanding invested in 860.76K Sonic Automotive shares.

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