Ratings Sonic Automotive, Inc.

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US83545G1022

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51.12 ^USD	+0.45%		+5.14%	-9.06%

Mar. 27	Sonic Automotive, Inc. Enters into the Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement with PNC Bank, National Association	CI
Mar. 19	Sonic Automotive, Inc. Enters into the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A	CI

Summary

The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 0.23 for the 2024 fiscal year.
Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.

Weaknesses

With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
The company has insufficient levels of profitability.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
Revenue estimates are regularly revised downwards for the current and coming years.
For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
Most analysts recommend that the stock should be sold or reduced.
The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.
The company's earnings releases usually do not meet expectations.

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Sector: Auto Vehicles, Parts & Service Retailers

	1st Jan change	Capi.	Investor Rating	ESG Refinitiv
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.	-9.06%	1.74B		C
HOTAI MOTOR CO.,LTD.	-13.68%	10.44B	-	B
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.	-4.57%	10.27B		C+
AUTONATION, INC.	+6.22%	6.65B		B-
ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.	-1.52%	4.47B		C+
ZHONGSHENG GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED	-27.09%	4.17B		B-
RUSH ENTERPRISES, INC.	-7.67%	3.6B		C
EAGERS AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED	-12.50%	2.13B		C+
DOGUS OTOMOTIV SERVIS VE TICARET	+22.37%	2.02B		A
TUHU CAR INC.	-29.04%	2.04B	-	-

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