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Sonic Automotive stock timeline
A year of the price with every insider trade, planned sale, earnings report and material 8-K marked
252 sessions+5.7% to $61.71
Sonic Automotive (SAH) stock rose 6% over the last 252 sessions, to $61.71. On the way it reported 4 quarters, its insiders filed 6 open-market trades, and the company filed 4 material 8-Ks. Each is marked on the price and listed with what the stock did next.
Each mark, and what followed
| Date | Kind | What | Next session | 5 sessions | 21 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Earnings | Earnings: missed the EPS estimate by -21.5% | +0.8% (+1.1% vs SPY) | +1.4% (+2.2% vs SPY) | — |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Earnings | Earnings: beat the EPS estimate by 4.1% | −11.6% (−13.2% vs SPY) | −26.1% (−31.5% vs SPY) | −35.1% (−40.7% vs SPY) |
| May 8, 2026 | 8-K | Directors and officers: departures, appointments, pay | −0.5% (−0.7% vs SPY) | −9.3% (−9.6% vs SPY) | +4.4% (+4.4% vs SPY) |
| May 1, 2026 | 8-K | Directors and officers: departures, appointments, pay | −1.1% (−0.7% vs SPY) | +6.1% (+3.7% vs SPY) | +10.4% (+5.1% vs SPY) |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Earnings | Earnings: beat the EPS estimate by 15.5% | +7.2% (+6.2% vs SPY) | +7.5% (+4.4% vs SPY) | +12.0% (+5.8% vs SPY) |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 8-K | Material definitive agreement | −2.4% (−2.9% vs SPY) | +4.8% (+1.3% vs SPY) | +15.3% (+6.3% vs SPY) |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Earnings | Earnings: beat the EPS estimate by 1.7% | +7.6% (+7.1% vs SPY) | +7.5% (+6.9% vs SPY) | +4.4% (+7.6% vs SPY) |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Insider buy | Rusnak Paul P. bought $688K | −3.1% (−3.2% vs SPY) | +4.3% (+4.2% vs SPY) | +1.3% (+2.9% vs SPY) |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 8-K | Directors and officers: departures, appointments, pay | −1.0% (−1.0% vs SPY) | +9.3% (+8.1% vs SPY) | +0.9% (+2.7% vs SPY) |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Insider buy | Rusnak Paul P. bought $2.9M | −1.0% (−1.0% vs SPY) | +9.3% (+8.1% vs SPY) | +0.9% (+2.7% vs SPY) |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Insider buy | Rusnak Paul P. bought $689K | −0.3% (+1.3% vs SPY) | +5.9% (+7.0% vs SPY) | −1.0% (+3.4% vs SPY) |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Insider buy | Rusnak Paul P. bought $116K | +1.4% (+1.4% vs SPY) | +4.7% (+5.6% vs SPY) | +1.1% (+5.0% vs SPY) |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Insider buy | Rusnak Paul P. bought $469K | −2.6% (−2.3% vs SPY) | −5.5% (−3.8% vs SPY) | −0.2% (+2.4% vs SPY) |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Insider buy | Rusnak Paul P. bought $1.1M | −3.5% (−2.3% vs SPY) | −2.8% (−3.7% vs SPY) | −2.2% (−0.1% vs SPY) |
Insiders’ record here
In the year on the chart, Sonic Automotive's insiders reported 6 open-market buys ($6.0M) and 0 sales ($0). Of the 6 old enough to score, 6 were followed by the stock doing what the trade implied over the next 63 sessions (beating SPY after a buy, lagging it after a sale); the median excess return after a buy was +18.9% and after a sale —.
Across the whole universe (19,782 scored trades), insider buys beat the market 46% of the time and sales were followed by a lagging stock 61% of the time; buys of $1M or more 39%. Every pattern →
What this kind of 8-K usually did
| Item | 8-Ks | Next session, median | Up next session | 21 sessions, median | Typical size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.02 Directors and officers: departures, appointments, pay | 39,174 | −0.1% | 48% | +0.7% | ±1.4% |
| 1.01 Material definitive agreement | 23,525 | 0.0% | 51% | +1.0% | ±1.4% |
| 2.03 New debt or off-balance-sheet obligation | 13,268 | 0.0% | 50% | +1.2% | ±1.3% |
Across every company in the move-odds universe, measured from the close before the filing. Every 8-K item ranked →
Report card: every quarter against the estimate → Sonic Automotive: every quarter → Live insider trades →
Prices are daily closes; filings and trades are as filed with the SEC (Form 4 within two business days of the trade, 8-K within four of the event). Moves after a mark are the stock's close-to-close change and the same for SPY; they describe the record, not what the next one will do. Not investment advice.