Security Snapshot

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC - Common Stock (SAH) Institutional Ownership

CUSIP: 83545G102

13F Institutional Holders and Ownership History from Q1 2014 to Q1 2026

Latest Period

Q1 2026

Institutions Reporting

222

Shares (Excl. Options)

14,260,584

Price

$68.57

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Latest holder snapshot 5 signals
Portfolio coverage rank
0%
Share change
-394,126
Value change
-$20,180,550
Number of holders
222
Issuer context Names, identifiers, and filing context for this profile. 3 identity fields
Shares outstanding
21,894,803
SEC-reported price per share
$83.58
Insider filing price
$83.58
13F Shares, Excluding Options vs Price
13F Value, Excluding Options
Total Investors

Key facts

  • SAH - SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC - Common Stock is tracked under CUSIP 83545G102.
  • 222 institutions reported positions in Q1 2026.
  • 2 significant owners is listed from Schedule 13D/13G reporting.

Change

  • Holder count moved from 227 to 222 between Q4 2025 and Q1 2026.
  • SEC-reported value moved from $926,995,413 to $977,773,517.

Research use

  • You can quickly see who holds this security, then open quarter and manager detail pages for full evidence.
  • 13F and Schedule 13D/13G sections are kept together so you can cross-check institutional and beneficial ownership context.

Evidence

Source: SEC Form 13F

Latest holder context comes from 222 institutions filings for Q1 2026.

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Security key

83545G102

Latest holder period

Q1 2026

13F holders

222

13D/G owners

2

CIK / CUSIP context first

13D/G owners

Significant owners

Large-stake holder rows connected to Schedule 13D/G evidence.

Rows
2
Security
SAH
Filer Ownership Change % Holdings Value Net Change Nb Shares Change % Reporting Name Report Period
BlackRock, Inc. 10% $133,612,492 2,222,430 BlackRock, Inc. 31 Mar 2025
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 6.1% -18% $106,753,416 -$25,283,521 1,335,583 -19% Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 30 Jun 2025

As of 31 Mar 2026, 222 institutional investors reported holding 14,260,584 shares of SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC - Common Stock (SAH). This represents 65% of the company’s total 21,894,803 outstanding shares.

13F concentration

Top 25 institutional shareholders

Largest 13F positions for this security by reported shares and value.

Top holder share
51%
Institution Ownership % Shares Held Share Change % Portfolio % Holdings Value
BlackRock, Inc. 11% 2,508,010 +2.2% 0% $171,974,250
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 6% 1,313,857 +3.8% 0.02% $90,088,447
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 3.8% 828,874 0% 0% $56,835,890
STATE STREET CORP 3.1% 675,852 -3.6% 0% $46,598,960
NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 2.9% 634,926 -10% 0.07% $43,537,000
WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 2.8% 607,882 +2% 0.3% $41,682,469
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.6% 577,893 0% 0% $39,626,123
Invesco Ltd. 2.1% 450,179 -12% 0% $30,868,775
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.6% 360,941 -3.8% 0% $24,754,830
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 1.5% 326,677 -12% 0% $22,400,242
Nuveen, LLC 1.4% 315,497 +7.7% 0.01% $21,633,630
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 1.1% 251,423 +1.1% 0% $17,240,075
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 1.1% 237,333 +51% 0.01% $16,273,924
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 1% 224,102 +13% 0.01% $15,366,732
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.99% 217,386 -24% 0.05% $14,906,158
JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.99% 216,580 +4.5% 0.06% $14,850,891
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.92% 200,532 -2.4% 0% $13,750,461
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.9% 197,974 +66% 0.27% $13,575,077
MORGAN STANLEY 0.84% 182,941 -16% 0% $12,544,326
Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.7% 154,248 +118% 0.02% $10,576,785
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.69% 150,377 -21% 0% $10,311,353
Empowered Funds, LLC 0.6% 131,302 +64% 0.06% $9,003,378
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.6% 130,291 -12% 0% $8,934,053
Trexquant Investment LP 0.57% 124,923 +35% 0.06% $8,565,970
HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.56% 123,225 0.43% $8,449,538

Quarter history

Institutional holders across reporting periods

Holder count, reported shares/value, and median price by quarter.

Periods
49
Latest
Q1 2026
Rows shown
1-25 of 49
Period 13F Shares, Excl. Options Value, Excl. Options Value Change Price (Median) Investors
2026 Q1 14,260,584 $977,773,517 -$20,180,550 $68.57 222
2025 Q4 14,979,669 $926,995,413 -$94,812,567 $61.86 227
2025 Q3 15,541,909 $1,182,525,553 +$10,816,954 $76.09 225
2025 Q2 15,361,160 $1,228,186,905 +$17,294,773 $79.93 212
2025 Q1 15,227,094 $867,756,056 +$11,695,007 $56.96 203
2024 Q4 15,046,727 $953,586,042 -$28,189,980 $63.35 185
2024 Q3 15,496,153 $906,096,159 +$3,037,424 $58.48 186
2024 Q2 15,503,538 $844,745,135 -$16,821,999 $54.47 191
2024 Q1 15,765,450 $897,831,887 -$7,077,857 $56.94 183
2023 Q4 15,911,397 $894,582,981 +$29,464,570 $56.21 195
2023 Q3 15,393,496 $735,426,880 -$80,277,448 $47.76 181
2023 Q2 17,152,741 $818,098,206 -$63,748,047 $47.67 182
2023 Q1 18,288,677 $994,086,579 -$94,066,088 $54.34 181
2022 Q4 20,168,255 $993,914,847 -$20,019,824 $49.27 198
2022 Q3 20,626,734 $893,329,819 -$65,979,142 $43.30 187
2022 Q2 22,290,179 $816,779,836 -$20,774,915 $36.63 194
2022 Q1 22,953,526 $977,161,314 -$39,303,004 $42.51 196
2021 Q4 23,757,287 $1,174,492,551 -$12,995,109 $49.45 213
2021 Q3 23,937,583 $1,258,111,241 +$24,466,385 $52.54 200
2021 Q2 23,524,151 $1,052,641,374 +$4,563,603 $44.74 178
2021 Q1 23,360,018 $1,158,082,823 -$39,201,590 $49.57 176
2020 Q4 24,339,489 $938,903,284 -$43,298,953 $38.57 180
2020 Q3 25,046,631 $1,006,148,877 -$38,501,723 $40.16 175
2020 Q2 26,164,889 $835,023,342 +$43,391,186 $31.91 147
2020 Q1 25,286,350 $335,884,381 -$34,105,595 $13.28 136
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