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How Sonic Automotive, Inc. stacks up
SAH · against 361 other Consumer Cyclical companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
53/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #197 of 362 · scores higher than 45% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score26 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including SAH · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 53?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.A mix: stronger return on invested capital, but weaker operating margin than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 3.3% vs peer median 6.4%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.3% vs peer median 3.3%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 76% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.6% vs peer median 7.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SAH, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SAH | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 14.6% | 9.5% | 65% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 362 reported | 3.3% | 7.1% | 32% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 358 reported | 3.3% | 4.1% | 43% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 315 reported | 20.6% | 11.8% | 70% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 363 reported | 15.7% | 36.0% | 14% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SAH| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 1 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 1 | 11.5B USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 1 | 10.7B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 1 | 6.5B USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 191 | 2.5B USD | 54 | 43 | |
| 191 | 4.4B USD | 54 | 45 | |
| 197 | 1.1B USD | 53 | 52 | |
| 197 | 1.2B USD | 53 | 46 | |
| 197 | 1.9B USD | 53 | 55 | |
| 197 | 1.0B USD | 53 | 60 | |
| 201 | 79.4B USD | 52 | 46 | |
| 201 | 4.9B USD | 52 | 51 | |
| 201 | 2.5B USD | 52 | 55 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score