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Company · CIK 0001043509 · SIC 5500 — Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations · NYSE

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC · SAH

Insider activity reported against this company. All insider holders · On EDGAR ↗

1M3M6M1Y2YAll datashares as filed — not split-adjusted
Open-market buys & salesbuys $4.5M · 6sales $14.9M · 13net −$10.4M
$10k$10k$100k$100k$1M$1M$10M$10MbuyssalesMar 2015Jan 2017Dec 2018Oct 2020Sep 2022Jul 2024Jun 2026

Reported at this company — common stock

TradeReported (ET)InsiderSharesAvg priceTotalOwned afterΔ stakeFlags
Jun 9, 2026 SForm 4 →Jun 10, 4:48 pm EDTJeff DykePresident, Director50,000$85.19$4,259,743543,668−8.42%10b5-1
Jun 8, 2026 SForm 4 →Jun 8, 5:28 pm EDTJeff DykePresident, Director50,000$82.97$4,148,335111,622−30.9%10b5-1
Jun 2, 2026 SForm 4 →Jun 3, 4:03 pm EDTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO5,061$85.00$430,185133,952−3.64%10b5-1
Mar 8, 2019 AForm 4 →Mar 11, 4:11 pm EDTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO87,738——195,179— plan?
Mar 8, 2019 AForm 4 →Mar 11, 4:10 pm EDTJeff DykePresident112,572——1,319,204— plan?
Mar 8, 2019 AForm 4 →Mar 11, 4:09 pm EDTDavid Bruton SmithChief Executive Officer, Director, 10% Owner126,075——406,816— plan?
Mar 8, 2019 AForm 4 →Mar 11, 4:08 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner145,967——970,615— plan?
Feb 20, 2019 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 1:19 pm ESTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO31,755——107,441— plan?
Feb 20, 2019 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 1:19 pm ESTJeff DykePresident45,438——1,206,632— plan?
Feb 20, 2019 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 1:18 pm ESTDavid Bruton SmithChief Executive Officer, Director, 10% Owner50,889——280,741— plan?
Feb 20, 2019 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 1:17 pm ESTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner58,918——824,648— plan?
Feb 16, 2019 FForm 4 →Feb 20, 4:58 pm ESTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO10,176$15.87$161,493139,196— plan?
Feb 16, 2019 FForm 4 →Feb 20, 4:57 pm ESTJeff DykePresident14,561$15.87$231,0831,252,070— plan?
Feb 16, 2019 FForm 4 →Feb 20, 4:55 pm ESTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner18,880$15.87$299,626883,566— plan?
Feb 13, 2019 FForm 4 →Feb 15, 4:19 pm ESTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO4,163$15.63$65,068149,372— plan?
Feb 13, 2019 FForm 4 →Feb 15, 4:18 pm ESTJeff DykePresident5,774$15.63$90,2481,266,631— plan?
Feb 13, 2019 FForm 4 →Feb 15, 4:17 pm ESTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner7,245$15.63$113,239902,446— plan?
Jan 4, 2019 JForm 4 →Jan 17, 5:57 pm ESTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner82,000$14.27$1,170,140618,268— plan? late
Sep 25, 2018 FForm 4 →Oct 2, 4:27 pm EDTBryan Scott Smith10% Owner32,207$19.95$642,530408,831— plan? late
Jul 3, 2018 JForm 4 →Jul 9, 12:25 pm EDTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner12,570$20.65$259,5704,750,732— plan? late
Jun 20, 2018 SForm 4 →Jun 20, 7:36 pm EDTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO8,500$23.00$195,500153,535−5.25% plan?
Jun 5, 2018 JForm 4 →Jun 8, 11:11 am EDTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner3,700$20.82$77,031659,268— plan? late
May 25, 2018 PForm 4 →May 29, 4:03 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner15,000$21.41$321,164909,691+1.68% plan?
May 17, 2018 SForm 4 →May 22, 4:09 pm EDTVictor H DoolanDirector10,000$21.99$219,90023,840−29.6% plan? late
Apr 26, 2018 AForm 4 →Apr 27, 5:59 pm EDTH Robert HellerDirector6,733——74,847— plan?
Apr 26, 2018 AForm 4 →Apr 27, 5:58 pm EDTWilliam I BelkDirector6,733——68,847— plan?
Apr 26, 2018 AForm 4 →Apr 26, 5:57 pm EDTR Eugene TaylorDirector6,733——25,605— plan?
Apr 26, 2018 AForm 4 →Apr 26, 5:56 pm EDTJohn W. Harris IIIDirector6,733——23,710— plan?
Apr 26, 2018 AForm 4 →Apr 26, 5:55 pm EDTVictor H DoolanDirector6,733——19,262— plan?
Apr 26, 2018 AForm 4 →Apr 26, 5:54 pm EDTWilliam R BrooksDirector6,733——79,212— plan?
Mar 31, 2018 FForm 4 →Apr 5, 6:25 pm EDTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director, 10% Owner5,227$18.95$99,052441,038— plan? late
Mar 31, 2018 FForm 4 →Apr 3, 6:54 pm EDTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO3,262$18.95$61,815162,035— plan?
Mar 31, 2018 FForm 4 →Apr 3, 5:50 pm EDTJeff DykeEVP of Operations4,668$18.95$88,4591,316,669— plan?
Mar 31, 2018 FForm 4 →Apr 3, 5:37 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner6,052$18.95$114,685894,691— plan?
Mar 15, 2018 MForm 4 →Mar 19, 4:09 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner183,333$1.81$331,833900,743— plan?
Mar 6, 2018 JForm 4 →Jun 7, 6:01 am EDTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner82,000$19.85$1,627,700657,468— plan? late
Feb 23, 2018 ADForm 4 →Feb 27, 5:42 pm ESTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO80,020——165,297— plan?
Feb 23, 2018 ADForm 4 →Feb 27, 5:41 pm ESTJeff DykeEVP of Operations114,500——1,321,337— plan?
Feb 23, 2018 ADForm 4 →Feb 27, 5:40 pm ESTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director, 10% Owner116,811——331,360— plan?
Feb 23, 2018 ADForm 4 →Feb 27, 5:39 pm ESTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director, 10% Owner128,234——446,265— plan?
Feb 23, 2018 ADForm 4 →Feb 27, 5:38 pm ESTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner148,466——717,410— plan?
Feb 16, 2018 FForm 4 →Feb 20, 4:06 pm ESTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO6,801$20.60$140,101129,843— plan?
Feb 16, 2018 FForm 4 →Feb 20, 4:05 pm ESTJeff DykeEVP of Operations9,731$20.60$200,4591,226,343— plan?
Feb 16, 2018 FForm 4 →Feb 20, 4:04 pm ESTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director, 10% Owner10,899$20.60$224,519389,449— plan?
Feb 16, 2018 FForm 4 →Feb 20, 4:03 pm ESTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner12,618$20.60$259,931651,630— plan?
Feb 12, 2018 FForm 4 →Feb 13, 7:03 pm ESTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO6,662$20.80$138,570136,644— plan?
Feb 12, 2018 FForm 4 →Feb 13, 7:03 pm ESTJeff DykeEVP of Operations9,533$20.80$198,2861,236,074— plan?
Feb 12, 2018 FForm 4 →Feb 13, 7:02 pm ESTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director, 10% Owner10,676$20.80$222,061400,348— plan?
Feb 12, 2018 FForm 4 →Feb 13, 7:02 pm ESTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner12,361$20.80$257,109664,248— plan?
Oct 31, 2017 SForm 4 →Nov 1, 4:02 pm EDTJeff DykeEVP of Operations25,000$20.09$502,2641,245,607−1.97% plan?
Oct 27, 2017 SForm 4 →Oct 31, 5:23 pm EDTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO11,000$20.43$224,727143,306−7.13% plan?
Oct 6, 2017 JForm 4 →Oct 10, 10:15 am EDTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner20,000$21.34$426,8004,695,262— plan?
May 11, 2017 JForm 4 →May 17, 3:25 pm EDTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner13,730$18.70$256,791698,468— plan? late
May 3, 2017 PForm 4 →May 5, 11:13 am EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner19,273$18.55$357,514676,609+2.93% plan?
Apr 19, 2017 AForm 4 →Apr 19, 3:57 pm EDTH Robert HellerDirector6,630——68,114— plan?
Apr 19, 2017 AForm 4 →Apr 19, 3:52 pm EDTR Eugene TaylorDirector6,630——18,872— plan?
Apr 19, 2017 AForm 4 →Apr 19, 3:49 pm EDTJohn W. Harris IIIDirector6,630——16,977— plan?
Apr 19, 2017 AForm 4 →Apr 19, 3:48 pm EDTVictor H DoolanDirector6,630——12,529— plan?
Apr 19, 2017 AForm 4 →Apr 19, 3:47 pm EDTWilliam R BrooksDirector6,630——72,479— plan?
Apr 19, 2017 AForm 4 →Apr 19, 3:46 pm EDTWilliam I BelkDirector6,630——62,114— plan?
Apr 17, 2017 JForm 4 →Apr 18, 12:24 pm EDTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner106,200$19.25$2,044,350684,738— plan?
Mar 31, 2017 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 4:13 pm EDTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO6,014$20.05$120,581154,306— plan?
Mar 31, 2017 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 4:13 pm EDTJeff DykeEVP of Operations8,606$20.05$172,5501,270,607— plan?
Mar 31, 2017 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 4:12 pm EDTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director, 10% Owner6,555$20.05$131,428245,700— plan?
Mar 31, 2017 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 4:11 pm EDTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director, 10% Owner9,638$20.05$193,242393,603— plan?
Mar 31, 2017 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 4:10 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner11,158$20.05$223,718657,336— plan?
Mar 20, 2017 PForm 4 →Mar 22, 3:34 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner100,000$20.14$2,014,242668,494+17.6% plan?
Mar 20, 2017 PForm 4 →Mar 21, 4:30 pm EDTR Eugene TaylorDirector5,000$20.51$102,57312,242+69.0% plan?
Mar 20, 2017 SForm 4 →Mar 21, 4:23 pm EDTVictor H DoolanDirector4,500$20.42$91,8785,899−43.3% plan?
Feb 22, 2017 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 5:08 pm ESTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO17,453——160,320— plan?
Feb 22, 2017 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 5:06 pm ESTJeff DykeEVP of Operations24,973——1,279,213— plan?
Feb 22, 2017 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 5:05 pm ESTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director, 10% Owner19,022——252,255— plan?
Feb 22, 2017 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 5:03 pm ESTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director, 10% Owner27,968——403,241— plan?
Feb 22, 2017 DForm 4 →Feb 22, 5:02 pm ESTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner32,381——568,494— plan?
Feb 12, 2017 AFForm 4 →Feb 14, 8:21 pm ESTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director67,413$23.80$273,510271,277— plan?
Feb 12, 2017 AFForm 4 →Feb 14, 6:16 pm ESTJeff DykeEVP of Operations88,502$23.80$359,0471,304,186— plan?
Feb 12, 2017 AFForm 4 →Feb 14, 6:14 pm ESTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO61,741$23.80$248,305177,773— plan?
Feb 12, 2017 AFForm 4 →Feb 14, 6:12 pm ESTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director99,118$23.80$402,125431,209— plan?
Feb 12, 2017 AFForm 4 →Feb 14, 6:11 pm ESTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner114,757$23.80$465,576600,875— plan?
Dec 2, 2016 JForm 4 →Dec 5, 6:05 am ESTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner100,000$21.45$2,145,000737,838— plan?
Aug 24, 2016 PForm 4 →Aug 25, 4:16 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner50,000$16.83$841,615525,242+10.5% plan?
Aug 22, 2016 PForm 4 →Aug 24, 4:24 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner50,000$16.74$836,915475,242+11.8% plan?
May 5, 2016 JForm 4 →May 6, 2:25 pm EDTPaul P. Rusnak10% Owner16,000$17.61$281,8204,572,162— plan?
Apr 19, 2016 AForm 4 →Apr 21, 10:08 am EDTJohn W. Harris IIIDirector4,226——10,347— plan?
Apr 19, 2016 AForm 4 →Apr 20, 10:33 am EDTVictor H DoolanDirector4,226——10,399— plan?
Apr 19, 2016 AForm 4 →Apr 20, 9:28 am EDTR Eugene TaylorDirector4,226——7,242— plan?
Apr 19, 2016 AForm 4 →Apr 20, 9:26 am EDTH Robert HellerDirector4,226——61,484— plan?
Apr 19, 2016 AForm 4 →Apr 20, 9:24 am EDTWilliam R BrooksDirector4,226——65,849— plan?
Apr 19, 2016 AForm 4 →Apr 20, 9:23 am EDTWilliam I BelkDirector4,226——55,484— plan?
Mar 31, 2016 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 5:04 pm EDTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO3,936$18.48$72,737136,898— plan?
Mar 31, 2016 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 5:04 pm EDTJeff DykeEVP of Operations5,632$18.48$104,0791,245,856— plan?
Mar 31, 2016 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 5:03 pm EDTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director4,290$18.48$79,279226,848— plan?
Mar 31, 2016 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 5:02 pm EDTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director6,308$18.48$116,572365,883— plan?
Mar 31, 2016 FForm 4 →Apr 4, 5:01 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner7,303$18.48$134,959425,242— plan?
Mar 22, 2016 FForm 4 →Mar 23, 9:14 pm EDTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director9,414$18.78$176,795372,191— plan?
Mar 22, 2016 FForm 4 →Mar 23, 7:15 pm EDTJeff DykeEVP of Operations8,407$18.78$157,8831,251,488— plan?
Mar 22, 2016 FForm 4 →Mar 23, 6:43 pm EDTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director6,402$18.78$120,230231,138— plan?
Mar 22, 2016 FForm 4 →Mar 23, 6:42 pm EDTHeath ByrdEVP and CFO5,763$18.78$108,229140,834— plan?
Mar 22, 2016 FForm 4 →Mar 23, 6:41 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner10,901$18.78$204,721432,545— plan?
Mar 9, 2016 SForm 4 →Mar 10, 8:51 am ESTVictor H DoolanDirector3,500$19.48$68,1806,173−36.2% plan?

Reported at this company — derivatives (options, RSUs, warrants)

TradeReported (ET)InsiderSharesAvg priceTotalOwned afterΔ stakeFlags
Sep 27, 2018 PForm 4 →Oct 1, 6:12 pm EDTDavid Bruton SmithChief Executive Officer, Director, 10% Owner976,875$21.44$20,944,2009,858,125—
Sep 27, 2018 PForm 4 →Oct 1, 5:31 pm EDTMarcus G Smith10% Owner976,875$21.44$20,944,2009,858,125—
Sep 27, 2018 PForm 4 →Oct 1, 5:11 pm EDTSONIC FINANCIAL CORP10% Owner976,875$21.44$20,944,2009,858,125—
Sep 27, 2018 PForm 4 →Oct 1, 4:42 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner976,875$21.44$20,944,2009,858,125—
Sep 27, 2018 PSForm 4 →Oct 1, 4:41 pm EDTBryan Scott Smith10% Owner1,953,750$21.44$41,888,4009,858,125—
Mar 15, 2018 MForm 4 →Mar 19, 4:09 pm EDTO Bruton SmithExecutive Chairman, Director, 10% Owner183,333——0—
Oct 30, 2015 MForm 4 →Nov 3, 4:16 pm ESTBryan Scott SmithCEO and President, Director124,778——0—
Jun 16, 2015 SForm 4 →Jun 19, 7:34 pm EDTO Bruton SmithChairman and CEO, Director, 10% Owner203$24.24$4,9198,881,250— late
Jun 16, 2015 PForm 4 →Jun 19, 7:27 pm EDTBryan Scott SmithPresident and CSO, Director68$24.24$1,6408,881,250— late
Jun 16, 2015 PForm 4 →Jun 19, 5:22 pm EDTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director68$24.24$1,6408,881,250— late
Mar 25, 2015 MForm 4 →Mar 27, 2:07 pm EDTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director20,000——0—
Mar 23, 2015 MForm 4 →Mar 24, 8:09 pm EDTBryan Scott SmithPresident and CSO, Director37,500——0—
Mar 18, 2015 MForm 4 →Mar 20, 3:08 pm EDTO Bruton SmithChairman and CEO, Director, 10% Owner100,000——0—
Mar 2, 2015 MForm 4 →Mar 3, 4:45 pm ESTDavid Bruton SmithVice Chairman, Director8,000——0—