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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.

Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
15 May 2024
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
16,646
$59.36
$988.10K
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
14 May 2024
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
41,770
$59.27
$2.48M
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
13 May 2024
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
20,653
$59.26
$1.22M
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
10 May 2024
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
1,747
$58.50
$102.21K
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
9 May 2024
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
67,703
$58.43
$3.96M
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
7 May 2024
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
21
$58.49
$1.23K
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
29 Apr 2024
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
3,861
$61.43
$237.20K
Byrd Heath
14 Sep 2023
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
34,186
$54.01
$1.85M
Byrd Heath
6 Sep 2023
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
3,800
$54.00
$205.20K
Byrd Heath
31 Aug 2023
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
100
$54.06
$5.41K
Byrd Heath
30 Aug 2023
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
1,509
$54.00
$81.49K
Byrd Heath
19 Jul 2023
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
5,473
$54.06
$295.84K
Byrd Heath
18 Apr 2023
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
3,500
$54.07
$189.26K
Byrd Heath
17 Apr 2023
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
7,589
$54.00
$409.81K
Byrd Heath
14 Apr 2023
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
11,336
$54.02
$612.36K
DYKE JEFF
10 Apr 2023
President
Sold after exercise
86,596
$50.80
$4.40M
DYKE JEFF
17 Feb 2023
President
Sold after exercise indirect
22,710
$56.83
$1.29M
DYKE JEFF
17 Feb 2023
President
Sold after exercise
93,114
$57.31
$5.34M
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
25 Aug 2022
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
54,670
$55.60
$3.04M
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
24 Aug 2022
Chairman and CEO
Sold after exercise
97,731
$55.04
$5.38M
Byrd Heath
1 Aug 2022
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
67,493
$41.64
$2.81M
Byrd Heath
1 Aug 2022
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
26,221
$40.31
$1.06M
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
14 Apr 2021
Chief Executive Officer
Sold after exercise
119,490
$49.78
$5.95M
DYKE JEFF
14 Apr 2021
President
Sold after exercise
32,547
$50.00
$1.63M
Byrd Heath
14 Apr 2021
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
45,483
$49.80
$2.27M
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
13 Apr 2021
Chief Executive Officer
Sold after exercise
13,029
$49.16
$640.51K
Byrd Heath
13 Apr 2021
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
9,281
$49.17
$456.35K
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
12 Apr 2021
Chief Executive Officer
Sold after exercise
19,882
$49.83
$990.72K
DYKE JEFF
12 Apr 2021
President
Sold after exercise
54,048
$50.08
$2.71M
Byrd Heath
12 Apr 2021
EVP and CFO
Sold after exercise
12,729
$49.83
$634.29K

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