Sonic Automotive (SAH)

Sonic Automotive on one page: short interest, daily short volume, fails to deliver, planned sales, large holders, 13F holders, earnings dates and insider trades. Listed on NYSE, classified by the SEC as retail-auto dealers & gasoline stations.

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2.4M

Short interest

settlement 2026-09-30

5.2

Days to cover

-4.5 days vs prior

56.6%

Short share of volume

2026-10-12

Fails to deliver

settlement 2026-09-14

Thu 22 Oct

Next earnings

estimated date

$3.8M

Insider flow, 90 days

4 buys, 0 sells

As of 2026-10-12.

Short interest

FINRA, twice a month. The newest 24 settlements in the table, 48 in the chart. JSON

As of 30 September 2026, short interest in SAH is 2,361,941 shares, up 290,294 shares over the last month. Over the last 48 readings it ranged from 1,166,636 shares (31 December 2024) to 2,617,716 shares (15 April 2026). At the reported average volume of 455K shares a day that is 5.2 days to cover.

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Settlement	Shares short	Change	Avg daily volume	Days to cover
2026-09-30	2,361,941	+7.5%	455,236	5.19
2026-09-15	2,196,717	+6.0%	225,861	9.73
2026-08-31	2,071,647	-1.1%	214,342	9.67
2026-08-14	2,094,280	+1.0%	331,672	6.31
2026-07-31	2,073,746	-4.7%	289,714	7.16
2026-07-15	2,176,656	-0.2%	276,706	7.87
2026-06-30	2,181,148	-11.8%	300,175	7.27
2026-06-15	2,474,235	-0.1%	232,816	10.63
2026-05-29	2,477,779	+11.0%	306,573	8.08
2026-05-15	2,232,511	-12.9%	314,589	7.10
2026-04-30	2,564,738	-2.0%	214,792	11.94
2026-04-15	2,617,716	+0.7%	199,401	13.13
2026-03-31	2,600,591	+13.2%	454,911	5.72
2026-03-13	2,297,256	+11.4%	366,463	6.27
2026-02-27	2,062,570	-8.6%	432,650	4.77
2026-02-13	2,256,694	+16.1%	202,467	11.15
2026-01-30	1,943,775	+4.8%	167,058	11.64
2026-01-15	1,854,889	+3.3%	163,252	11.36
2025-12-31	1,796,555	+3.4%	168,049	10.69
2025-12-15	1,737,228	-2.3%	210,952	8.24
2025-11-28	1,778,719	-2.7%	182,067	9.77
2025-11-14	1,828,866	+3.6%	254,630	7.18
2025-10-31	1,764,998	-9.2%	264,008	6.69
2025-10-15	1,944,370	+3.0%	141,023	13.79

Daily short volume

FINRA Reg SHO, the last 30 sessions. JSON

As of 12 October 2026, the short share of SAH volume is 56.6%, down 8.8 points over the last five sessions. Over the last 30 readings it ranged from 46.6% (22 September 2026) to 79.7% (9 October 2026). The latest reading is 8.1 points below the 30-session average of 64.7%, on 68K shares reported.

Date	Short volume	Total volume	Short share	Exempt
2026-10-12	39K	68K	56.6%	0
2026-10-09	83K	104K	79.7%	0
2026-10-08	119K	178K	67.0%	0
2026-10-07	94K	150K	62.9%	445
2026-10-06	62K	121K	51.3%	0
2026-10-05	72K	110K	65.5%	0
2026-10-02	40K	70K	58.0%	0
2026-10-01	95K	142K	66.6%	0
2026-09-30	92K	128K	71.9%	0
2026-09-29	114K	160K	71.2%	10
2026-09-28	123K	163K	75.3%	0
2026-09-25	44K	83K	53.3%	0
2026-09-24	83K	150K	55.4%	0
2026-09-23	59K	116K	51.0%	0
2026-09-22	47K	100K	46.6%	0
2026-09-21	72K	142K	50.8%	0
2026-09-18	155K	294K	52.8%	1,098
2026-09-17	152K	266K	57.2%	240
2026-09-16	94K	125K	75.3%	0
2026-09-15	75K	107K	70.3%	0
2026-09-14	48K	71K	68.4%	0
2026-09-11	45K	59K	76.2%	0
2026-09-10	57K	73K	78.5%	20
2026-09-09	42K	55K	76.8%	0
2026-09-08	55K	71K	77.4%	0
2026-09-04	46K	72K	64.2%	0
2026-09-03	57K	81K	70.6%	0
2026-09-02	38K	51K	74.2%	0
2026-09-01	42K	73K	58.1%	0
2026-08-31	24K	40K	58.7%	0

Fails to deliver

SEC, the last 30 settlement dates with a fail. JSON

As of 14 September 2026, the fails-to-deliver balance in SAH is 1 share, down 9,972 shares over the last settlement date. Over the last 30 readings it ranged from 1 share (23 July 2026) to 22,580 shares (9 June 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.

Settlement	Shares failed	Price	Value
2026-09-14	1	$75.90	$76
2026-09-10	9,973	$76.25	$760K
2026-09-09	11,028	$76.00	$838K
2026-09-08	15,579	$81.00	$1.3M
2026-09-04	9,284	$79.42	$737K
2026-08-20	15,905	$78.86	$1.3M
2026-08-19	999	$77.31	$77K
2026-08-12	4,151	$80.61	$335K
2026-08-11	909	$80.02	$73K
2026-08-07	1,455	$84.89	$124K
2026-08-06	8,149	$86.81	$707K
2026-08-05	8,470	$88.27	$748K
2026-08-04	8	$87.23	$698
2026-08-03	1,748	$91.58	$160K
2026-07-30	1,481	$112.66	$167K
2026-07-28	743	$102.98	$77K
2026-07-24	76	$99.11	$8K
2026-07-23	1	$100.88	$101
2026-07-20	513	$100.37	$51K
2026-07-16	1,913	$99.73	$191K
2026-07-10	834	$95.31	$79K
2026-07-06	819	$83.73	$69K
2026-07-01	108	$84.79	$9K
2026-06-30	5,303	$84.67	$449K
2026-06-29	594	$84.51	$50K
2026-06-22	217	$80.73	$18K
2026-06-16	1,424	$83.71	$119K
2026-06-12	7,958	$84.25	$670K
2026-06-09	22,580	$82.69	$1.9M
2026-06-05	9,789	$84.32	$825K

Insider trades

SEC Form 4, newest first, 50 of 100 shown. JSON

Insiders at SAH reported 4 open-market buys worth $3.8M in the last 90 days and no open-market sells. Latest filing: Rusnak Paul P. (10% owner) on 2026-10-07.

Date	Insider	Title	Type	Shares	Price	Value	Owned after
2026-10-07	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	14K	$59.78	$819K	5.2M
2026-10-06	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	1K	$59.90	$67K	5.2M
2026-10-05	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	28K	$59.76	$1.7M	5.1M
2026-10-01	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	22K	$59.50	$1.3M	5.1M
2026-06-10	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	35K	$85.22	$3.0M	544K
2026-06-09	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	15K	$85.13	$1.3M	579K
2026-06-08	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	50K	$82.97	$4.1M	112K
2026-06-02	Byrd Heath	EVP and CFO	Sell	5K	$85.00	$430K	134K
2026-05-28	Byrd Heath	EVP and CFO	Sell	10K	$85.00	$810K	139K
2026-04-30	TAYLOR R EUGENE	Director	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	64K
2026-04-30	SMITH MARCUS G	Director, 10% owner	Grant	4K	$0.00	$0	104K
2026-04-30	Kaiser Keri A	Director	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	25K
2026-04-30	Hodge Michael Edward	Director	Grant	4K	$0.00	$0	21K
2026-04-30	BROOKS WILLIAM R	Director	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	118K
2026-04-30	BELK WILLIAM I	Director	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	107K
2026-04-30	SMITH BRYAN SCOTT	Director, 10% owner	Grant	4K	$0.00	$0	402K
2026-03-31	SMITH DAVID BRUTON	Chairman and CEO	Option exercise	13K	price not stated in the filing	not stated	545K
2026-03-31	SMITH DAVID BRUTON	Chairman and CEO	Disposition	13K	$68.57	$909K	532K
2026-03-31	DYKE JEFF	President	Disposition	8K	$68.57	$517K	594K
2026-03-31	DYKE JEFF	President	Option exercise	8K	price not stated in the filing	not stated	601K
2026-03-31	Byrd Heath	EVP and CFO	Disposition	6K	$68.57	$403K	149K
2026-03-31	Byrd Heath	EVP and CFO	Option exercise	6K	price not stated in the filing	not stated	154K
2026-02-17	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	11K	$59.95	$688K	5.1M
2026-02-13	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	49K	$59.92	$2.9M	5.1M
2026-02-12	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	11K	$59.97	$689K	5.0M
2026-02-11	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	2K	$59.98	$116K	5.0M
2026-02-10	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	8K	$59.96	$469K	5.0M
2026-02-08	SMITH DAVID BRUTON	Chairman and CEO	Tax withholding	12K	$62.46	$771K	532K
2026-02-08	DYKE JEFF	President	Tax withholding	5K	$62.46	$334K	594K
2026-02-08	Byrd Heath	EVP and CFO	Tax withholding	4K	$62.46	$260K	149K
2026-02-07	SMITH DAVID BRUTON	Chairman and CEO	Tax withholding	9K	$62.46	$577K	544K
2026-02-07	DYKE JEFF	President	Tax withholding	6K	$62.46	$398K	599K
2026-02-07	Byrd Heath	EVP and CFO	Tax withholding	5K	$62.46	$314K	153K
2026-02-05	Rusnak Paul P.	10% owner	Buy	19K	$59.98	$1.1M	5.0M
2025-06-02	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	576	$70.02	$40K	605K
2025-05-30	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	31K	$70.05	$2.2M	606K
2025-05-29	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	2K	$70.00	$129K	637K
2025-05-28	DYKE JEFF	President	Sell	16K	$70.03	$1.2M	639K
2025-05-06	DYKE JEFF	President	Tax withholding	145K	$62.82	$9.1M	655K
2025-04-24	BROOKS WILLIAM R	Director	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	115K
2025-04-24	TAYLOR R EUGENE	Director	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	61K
2025-04-24	Hodge Michael Edward	Director	Grant	4K	$0.00	$0	18K
2025-04-24	SMITH BRYAN SCOTT	Director,TenPercentOwner	Grant	5K	$0.00	$0	396K
2025-04-24	SMITH MARCUS G	Director,TenPercentOwner	Grant	5K	$0.00	$0	99K
2025-04-24	Kaiser Keri A	Director	Grant	4K	$0.00	$0	22K
2025-04-24	BELK WILLIAM I	Director	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	104K
2025-03-31	SMITH DAVID BRUTON	Chairman and CEO	Tax withholding	8K	$56.96	$442K	552K
2025-03-31	DYKE JEFF	President	Tax withholding	5K	$56.96	$304K	801K
2025-03-31	Byrd Heath	EVP and CFO	Tax withholding	4K	$56.96	$237K	158K
2025-02-09	SMITH DAVID BRUTON	Chairman and CEO	Tax withholding	15K	$72.97	$1.1M	560K

Form 4 filings are due within two business days of the trade. Insiders sell for many reasons that say nothing about the company; open-market buys are rarer.

Planned sales (Form 144)

Newest first. JSON

3 Form 144 notices on file for SAH worth $8.4M at the prices reported; 0 in the last 90 days worth $0. Latest: DYKE JEFF filed on 2026-06-10 to sell 35,114 shares ($3.0M) from 2026-06-10.

Filed	Seller	Shares	Market value	Of outstanding	Sale from	Broker
2026-06-10	DYKE JEFFOfficer, Director	35K	$3.0M	0.179%	2026-06-10	UBS Financial Services, Inc.
2026-06-09	DYKE JEFFOfficer, Director	15K	$1.3M	0.076%	2026-06-09	UBS Financial Services, Inc.
2026-06-08	DYKE JEFFOfficer, Director	50K	$4.1M	0.255%	2026-06-08	UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Large holders (13D and 13G)

One row per reporting person with its latest filing, newest first. JSON

5 holders report 5% or more of SAH in their latest filing, all on Schedule 13D (active intent). The largest reported stake is David Bruton Smith at 42.3% of the class (13,365,903 shares), filed 2026-06-17 for an event on 2026-06-12.

Filed	Form	Holder	Shares	Of class	Event
2026-06-17	13D/Ano. 5	David Bruton Smithindividual	13.4M	42.3%	2026-06-12
2026-06-17	13D/Ano. 5	B. Scott Smithindividual	13.2M	41.8%	2026-06-12
2026-06-17	13D/Ano. 5	Marcus G. Smithindividual	12.9M	40.9%	2026-06-12
2026-06-17	13D/Ano. 5	Sonic Financial Corporationcorporation	9.9M	31.2%	2026-06-12
2026-06-17	13D/Ano. 5	OBS Family, LLCother entity	3.0M	9.5%	2026-06-12
2026-03-27	13G/Ano. 11	The Vanguard Groupinvestment adviser	0	0.0%	2026-03-13

13F holders

Tracked managers holding SAH at their latest 13F. JSON

7 of the 30 tracked managers held SAH at their latest 13F, $47.3M in total at quarter-end prices. D. E. Shaw & Co. is the largest at $17.4M (0.0% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 3 added shares and 4 cut.

Fund	Quarter	Shares	Value	Of portfolio	Change in shares
D. E. Shaw & Co.	2026-06-30	205K	$17.4M	0.01%	+124K
Two Sigma Investments	2026-06-30	196K	$16.7M	0.01%	-41K
Millennium Management	2026-06-30	45K	$3.8M	0.00%	-7K
AQR Capital Management	2026-06-30	36K	$3.0M	0.00%	-6K
Renaissance Technologies	2026-06-30	36K	$3.0M	0.00%	-53K
Citadel Advisors	2026-06-30	22K	$1.8M	0.00%	+15K
Point72 Asset Management	2026-06-30	19K	$1.6M	0.00%	new

Only the 30 tracked managers on the funds hub; a 13F reports long positions in US listed stock at quarter end, 45 days late, and says nothing about shorts or positions sold since.

What this page is

Sonic Automotive in the regulatory record

Regulators publish company data in separate files that never sit next to each other: FINRA's twice-monthly short interest, its daily short sale volume, the SEC's fails-to-deliver counts, and each insider's Form 4. A company page puts those series for one ticker on one URL, with planned sales, large holders, 13F holders and financials beside them, so the short position, the daily flow, the settlement fails and what insiders are doing can be read together.

Each section has its own history table, a one-line summary of the latest figures and its own JSON and CSV links, and says when its source last updated.

This page follows Sonic Automotive (SAH), SEC CIK 1043509, listed on NYSE, classified by the SEC as retail-auto dealers & gasoline stations. The cross-market tables live on the short interest and insider transactions hubs.

Source and updates

Short interest: FINRA consolidated short interestSource: FINRA.Twice a month, about eight business days after settlement. Latest 2026-09-30.JSON and CSV
Daily short volume: FINRA Reg SHO daily filesSource: FINRA.Every trading day, the morning after FINRA posts it. Latest 2026-10-12.JSON and CSV
Fails to deliver: SEC fails-to-deliver dataSource: SEC.Twice a month, a few weeks after the half month ends. Latest 2026-09-14.JSON and CSV
Planned sales: SEC EDGAR Form 144Source: SEC.New notices appear shortly after the SEC posts them; a notice is filed on or before the sale. Latest 2026-06-10.JSON and CSV
Large holders: SEC EDGAR Schedule 13D and 13GSource: SEC.New filings appear shortly after the SEC posts them. A 13D is due within five business days of crossing 5%; a 13G follows the passive schedule. Latest 2026-06-17.JSON and CSV
13F holders: SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HRSource: SEC.Quarterly, filed within 45 days of quarter end; 30 tracked managers. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
Earnings dates: SEC EDGAR 8-K filings (Item 2.02)Source: SEC.Twice a day. Reported dates come from the company's 8-K filings; the next date is marked as an estimate until the 8-K arrives. Latest 2026-07-30.JSON and CSV
Insider trades: SEC EDGAR Form 4Source: SEC.New filings appear shortly after the SEC posts them; they're due two business days after the trade. Latest 2026-10-07.JSON and CSV
Company record: EDGAR filing index for CIK 1043509Ticker, name and exchange from the SEC's company list, refreshed weekly.
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How to read it

Read the position against the flow: rising short interest with a high daily short share is new shorting; rising short interest with a normal short share is old shorts holding on.
Insider buys next to a large short position are rare and stand out; insider sells next to one are common and mean little.
Fails to deliver matter relative to the float, not in absolute shares; a million failed shares in a mega cap is noise.

Analysis of what the data shows, not advice. XOOMAR does not recommend buying, selling or holding anything.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much of SAH is sold short?

2,361,941 shares were held short at the 2026-09-30 settlement, 5.2 days of average volume. FINRA publishes the next count about eight business days after the 15th and the last business day of the month.

What is SAH's daily short volume?

On 2026-10-12, 38,771 of the 68,439 SAH shares reported to FINRA were sold short, 56.6% of the day's reported volume. Short volume is a flow for one day, not a position.

Does SAH have fails to deliver?

The SEC's latest file shows 1 SAH shares failed to deliver at settlement 2026-09-14. Fails are reported per settlement date and published twice a month with a lag.

Are SAH insiders buying or selling?

Insiders at SAH reported 4 open-market buys worth $3.8M in the last 90 days and no open-market sells. Latest filing: Rusnak Paul P. (10% owner) on 2026-10-07.

Have SAH insiders filed to sell?

3 Form 144 notices on file for SAH worth $8.4M at the prices reported; 0 in the last 90 days worth $0. Latest: DYKE JEFF filed on 2026-06-10 to sell 35,114 shares ($3.0M) from 2026-06-10.

Who owns 5% or more of SAH?

Which tracked 13F managers own SAH?

7 of the 30 tracked 13F managers held SAH shares at their latest filing, $47.3M in all. The largest: D. E. Shaw & Co. (205K shares, $17.4M), Two Sigma Investments (196K shares, $16.7M), Izzy Englander's Millennium Management (45K shares, $3.8M), Cliff Asness's AQR Capital Management (36K shares, $3.0M), Renaissance Technologies (36K shares, $3.0M), Ken Griffin's Citadel Advisors (22K shares, $1.8M). The table above lists all 7.

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