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SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (NYSE)
SAH 15.12 0.11 (0.73%) Vol.  294,516 16:01 ET

Zacks Rank: 2 - Buy

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
# 1Strong Buy26.04%
# 2Buy18.27%
# 3Hold9.49%
# 4Sell3.94%
# 5Strong Sell1.6%
S&P5009.23%
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Day Low - High 14.94 - 15.23
52wk Low - High 10.11 - 19.05
Avg Volume 677,644
Industry RET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK
Market Cap 797.69 M
Div - Yield 0.10 - 0.67
PE (forward) 8.97
PEG Ratio .43
Current Year Est. 1.67
EPS Last Year 1.46
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# 2Buy18.27%
# 3Hold9.49%
# 4Sell3.94%
# 5Strong Sell1.6%
S&P5009.23%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC SAH 2
ASBURY AUTO GRP ABG 1
PENSKE AUTO GRP PAG 1
AUTOCANADA INC T.ACQ 1
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.83
ABR (Last Week) 1.83
# of Recs in ABR 6
Average Target Price 22.80
Rank in Industry 8 out of 10
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May 22, 2012
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Apr 26, 2012
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NEWS
TravelCenters of America is Among the Companies in the Automotive Retail Industry With the Highest Earnings Yield (TA, SAH, LAD) - Story Title - Comtex
May 24, 2012
Short-term Underperformance Detected in Shares of AutoZone in the Automotive Retail Industry (AZO, AAP, PBY, ORLY, SAH) - Story Title - Comtex
May 23, 2012
Highest Forward Earnings Yield in the Automotive Retail Industry Detected for TravelCenters of America (TA, SAH, LAD) - Story Title - Comtex
May 21, 2012
Bottom 5 Companies in the Automotive Retail Industry with the Lowest Relative Performance (ABG, KMX, PAG, AAP, SAH) - Story Title - Comtex
May 14, 2012
Sonic Automotive Earnings Hindsight: Down 8.9% in Last 19 Days (SAH) - Story Title - Comtex
May 12, 2012
Buyers Accumulate Shares of Sonic Automotive, Up 1.8% - Story Title - Comtex
May 10, 2012
Group 1 Automotive has the Best Relative Performance in the Automotive Retail Industry (GPI, AN, ABG, SAH, MNRO) - Story Title - Comtex
May 10, 2012
Lithia Motors is Among the Companies in the Automotive Retail Industry With the Lowest PEG Ratio (LAD, SAH, ABG) - Story Title - Comtex
May 10, 2012
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
06/2012
Next Quarter
09/2012
This Year
12/2012
Next Year
12/2013
Average Estimate 0.43 0.43 1.67 1.86
Number of Estimates 7 6 7 7
Low Estimates 0.40 0.40 1.60 1.75
High Estimate 0.46 0.48 1.75 2.05
Year Ago EPS 0.37 0.33 1.39 1.67
EPS Growth 16.99% 31.31% 20.35% 11.36%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Sonic Automotive Inc. is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States. The company owns and operates franchises for different brands of cars and light trucks providing comprehensive services including sales of both new and used cars and light trucks, replacement parts and vehicle maintenance, warranty, paint and repair services. The company also arranges extended warranty contracts and financing and insurance for the automotive customers.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.46
Sales 7871.27
Net Income 81.79
Price/Earnings 10.28
Price/Book 1.45
Price/Cash Flow 5.72
Price/Sales .1


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