Sonic Automotive Ownership | Who Owns Sonic Automotive?

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Sonic Automotive Ownership Summary

Sonic Automotive is owned by 6.66% institutional investors, 31.74% insiders, and 61.60% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.17% of SAH shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.69% of its assets in Sonic Automotive shares.

SAH Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Sonic Automotive	6.66%	31.74%	61.60%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.14%	14.17%	52.68%
Industry	Car Dealership Stocks	35.62%	7.34%	57.04%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	2.45M	7.17%	$151.77M
Blackrock	2.37M	6.98%	$129.19M
Vanguard group	1.63M	4.77%	$100.87M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	1.27M	3.70%	$78.27M
State street	638.71K	1.87%	$48.84M
Westwood group	501.18K	1.47%	$38.13M
Millennium management	476.11K	1.40%	$30.16M
Invesco	456.51K	1.34%	$34.74M
Charles schwab investment management	376.44K	1.10%	$28.64M
Geode capital management	375.03K	1.10%	$23.20M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Towle	141.09K	2.31%	$8.73M
Formula growth	35.80K	0.97%	$2.72M
Phocas financial	112.25K	0.90%	$6.94M
Jackson creek investment advisors	23.11K	0.42%	$1.43M
Pacific global investment management	4.55K	0.37%	$288.50K
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
Edgestream partners	76.84K	0.17%	$5.85M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Qube research	97.91K	0.01%	97.91K
American century companies	110.41K	0.00%	78.91K
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	181.19K	0.01%	75.13K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	86.37K	0.00%	73.00K
Edgestream partners	76.84K	0.17%	64.82K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Macquarie group	-	-	-788.79K
Goldman sachs group	190.83K	0.00%	-323.58K
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	327.06K	0.08%	-239.06K
J. goldman & co lp	-	-	-127.11K
Hite hedge asset management	-	-	-123.72K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Susquehanna portfolio strategies	23.18K	0.03%	23.18K	$1.76M
Toroso investments	5.18K	0.00%	5.18K	$393.92K
Foster & motley	5.13K	0.02%	5.13K	$317.00K
Kingdom financial group llc.	4.27K	0.08%	4.27K	$263.93K
Axa investment managers	4.21K	0.00%	4.21K	$320.57K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Caitong asset management	-1.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-1.00
Mendota financial group	-1.00
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 %
Dec 31, 2025	70	-69.30%	2,277,660	-85.36%	6	0.32%	31	-76.15%	26	-58.06%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	901.76K	2.69%	-96.71K
Macquarie Small Cap Core I	654.70K	1.92%	-49.18K
Delaware Small Cap Core I	621.65K	1.82%	-
Nomura Small Cap Core I	585.00K	1.74%	-20.83K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	442.05K	1.32%	1.23K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	410.24K	1.21%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	363.44K	1.08%	-74.13K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	326.63K	0.97%	-505.00
Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Revenue ETF	258.87K	0.77%	-
American Beacon Small Cp Val R5	233.31K	0.69%	300.00

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 11, 2026	Rusnak Paul P.	-	Buy	$115.82K
Feb 12, 2026	Rusnak Paul P.	-	Buy	$688.64K
Feb 13, 2026	Rusnak Paul P.	-	Buy	$2.91M
Feb 17, 2026	Rusnak Paul P.	-	Buy	$688.29K
Feb 10, 2026	Rusnak Paul P.	-	Buy	$469.31K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	6	-
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q2	-	4
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	-

SAH Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Sonic Automotive?

Sonic Automotive shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 6.66%, followed by 31.74% insiders and 61.60% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Sonic Automotive's industry, Car Dealership Stocks, is 35.62%, which Sonic Automotive falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Sonic Automotive?

Sonic Automotive’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (2.45M shares, 7.17%), Blackrock (2.37M shares, 6.98%), and Vanguard group (1.63M shares, 4.77%). Together, they hold 18.92% 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 2.31% of its assets in 141.09K Sonic Automotive shares, valued at 8.73M$.

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 2.69% of its total shares outstanding invested in 901.76K Sonic Automotive shares.

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