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SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC

SAH Net buying
CIK 0001043509 #1888 in the set updated 17 Sep 2026
Bought (120 mo)
$14.45M
out of their own pocket, the only kind of buying there is
Sold (120 mo)
$80.50M
$16.34M on a plan · $51.21M straight out of an exercise
Sold at will
$12.94M
24 of 67 sales
Net
−$66.05M
+$1.50M against sales at will

By person

15 insiders · 85 transactions
Insider
Role
Bought
Sold
Net
Holding
Worth
Change
DYKE JEFF
President
—
$37.39M (25) scheduled
−$37.39M
916,245
$78.08M
−36.9%
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
Chairman and CEO
—
$25.75M (14) scheduled
−$25.75M
601,686
$51.28M
+175.3%
Byrd Heath
EVP and CFO
—
$16.91M (25) scheduled
−$16.91M
157,603
$13.43M
+49.3%
Rusnak Paul P.
10% owner
$11.49M (8)
—
+$11.49M
11,343,436
$966.70M
+2.6%
SMITH O BRUTON
Executive Chairman
$2.69M (4)
—
+$2.69M
973,670
$82.98M
+114.5%
DOOLAN VICTOR H
Director
—
$454.08K (3)
−$454.08K
58,833
$5.01M
+33.0%
SMITH MARCUS G
Director
$162.35K (4)
—
+$162.35K
104,494
$8.91M
+433.9%
TAYLOR R EUGENE
Director
$102.57K (1)
—
+$102.57K
63,926
$5.45M
+782.7%
SMITH BRYAN SCOTT
Director
—
—
—
471,516
$40.18M
+20.7%
BROOKS WILLIAM R
Director
—
—
—
117,898
$10.05M
+79.0%
BELK WILLIAM I
Director
—
—
—
113,168
$9.64M
+84.1%
HELLER H ROBERT
Director
—
—
—
95,578
$8.15M
+55.5%
Harris John W. III
Director
—
—
—
52,081
$4.44M
+403.3%
Kaiser Keri A
Director
—
—
—
25,470
$2.17M
—
Hodge Michael Edward
Director
—
—
—
21,415
$1.83M
—

No percentages here. These insiders hold more than one class of share between them, and the share count on file covers one of them rather than all. Dividing the two would compare different things.

Individual transactions

17
Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
Rusnak Paul P.
17 Feb 2026
10% owner
Buy
11,481
$59.95
$688.29K
Rusnak Paul P.
13 Feb 2026
10% owner
Buy
48,540
$59.92
$2.91M
Rusnak Paul P.
12 Feb 2026
10% owner
Buy
11,483
$59.97
$688.64K
Rusnak Paul P.
11 Feb 2026
10% owner
Buy
1,931
$59.98
$115.82K
Rusnak Paul P.
10 Feb 2026
10% owner
Buy
7,827
$59.96
$469.31K
Rusnak Paul P.
5 Feb 2026
10% owner
Buy
18,738
$59.98
$1.12M
Rusnak Paul P.
7 Apr 2022
10% owner
Buy
3,793
$41.05
$155.70K
Rusnak Paul P.
6 Apr 2022
10% owner
Buy
127,475
$41.89
$5.34M
SMITH MARCUS G
23 Mar 2020
Director
Buy
100
$9.98
$998.00
SMITH MARCUS G
23 Mar 2020
Director
Buy
900
$9.97
$8.97K
SMITH MARCUS G
19 Mar 2020
Director
Buy
5,000
$11.43
$57.15K
SMITH MARCUS G
17 Mar 2020
Director
Buy
6,500
$14.65
$95.23K
SMITH O BRUTON
25 May 2018
Executive Chairman
Buy
15,000
$21.41
$321.16K
SMITH O BRUTON
3 May 2017
Executive Chairman
Buy
19,273
$18.55
$357.51K
SMITH O BRUTON
21 Mar 2017
Executive Chairman
Buy
90,000
$20.11
$1.81M
TAYLOR R EUGENE
20 Mar 2017
Director
Buy
5,000
$20.51
$102.57K
SMITH O BRUTON
20 Mar 2017
Executive Chairman
Buy
10,000
$20.40
$204.00K
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What was left out

Form 4 filings counted 281
Amendments (4/A) skipped 5
Filings about a different issuer 0
Unreadable filings 0
Joint filings 0
Sales on a Rule 10b5-1 plan 13
Sales straight out of an exercise 30
Sales at will 24
Transactions with no price 0
Shares from compensation/vesting 6,045,738
Sales filed before the plan box existed 24
History held since 5 Dec 2016