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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

13
Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
DYKE JEFF
10 Jun 2026
President
Sold on a plan
35,114
$85.22
$2.99M
DYKE JEFF
9 Jun 2026
President
Sold on a plan
14,886
$85.13
$1.27M
DYKE JEFF
8 Jun 2026
President
Sold on a plan indirect
50,000
$82.97
$4.15M
Byrd Heath
2 Jun 2026
EVP and CFO
Sold on a plan
5,061
$85.00
$430.19K
Byrd Heath
28 May 2026
EVP and CFO
Sold on a plan
9,526
$85.00
$809.71K
DYKE JEFF
2 Jun 2025
President
Sold on a plan
576
$70.02
$40.33K
DYKE JEFF
30 May 2025
President
Sold on a plan
31,152
$70.05
$2.18M
DYKE JEFF
29 May 2025
President
Sold on a plan
1,838
$70.00
$128.66K
DYKE JEFF
28 May 2025
President
Sold on a plan
16,434
$70.03
$1.15M
Byrd Heath
18 Jul 2024
EVP and CFO
Sold on a plan
19,827
$60.00
$1.19M
DYKE JEFF
12 Jun 2024
President
Sold on a plan
16,734
$60.00
$1.00M
Byrd Heath
12 Jun 2024
EVP and CFO
Sold on a plan
2,480
$60.00
$148.81K
DYKE JEFF
28 May 2024
President
Sold on a plan indirect
15,000
$56.76
$851.43K
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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