Sonic Automotive price to free cash flow SAH

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2014.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 7.9×
10-year median: 6.2×
Against its 10-year history: 54th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 2.5× to 255×
Peer median: 17.6×

Sonic Automotive's price to free cash flow is 7.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 6.2×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.5× in Jan 2026 to 255× in Mar 2022.

The median for 10 car dealers of a similar size is 17.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 6.2×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	7.9×	2.5×	11.8×
2025	2.7×	2.6×	7.1×
2024	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2023	10.8×	4.8×	12.2×
2022	4.9×	4.5×	255×
2021	35.3×	5.3×	36.8×
2020	5.0×	4.6×	26.3×
2019	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2018	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2017	88.6×	83.5×	96.3×
2016	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2015	67.1×	62.9×	90.9×
2014	36.7×	36.7×	40.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Auto - Dealerships nearest Sonic Automotive's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
SAHSonic Automotive	7.9×
DRVNDriven Brands	14.5×
GPIGroup 1 Automotive	17.6×
ABGAsbury Automotive	n/m
RUSHARush Enterprises	15.1×
ANAutonation	440×
LADLithia Motors	n/m
KMXCarmax	n/m
MNROMonro	40.5×
MUSAMurphy USA	18.1×
RRyder System	15.1×
Peer median	17.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.