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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

24
Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
DYKE JEFF
16 Aug 2022
President
Sell
18,675
$52.00
$971.10K
DYKE JEFF
1 Aug 2022
President
Sell indirect
28,196
$42.67
$1.20M
Byrd Heath
9 Mar 2022
EVP and CFO
Sell
20,381
$50.69
$1.03M
DYKE JEFF
7 Mar 2022
President
Sell indirect
2,769
$52.00
$143.99K
DYKE JEFF
4 Mar 2022
President
Sell indirect
6,395
$52.37
$334.89K
DYKE JEFF
7 May 2021
President
Sell indirect
33,427
$51.28
$1.71M
DYKE JEFF
5 Mar 2021
President
Sell indirect
16,573
$46.65
$773.13K
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
20 Aug 2020
Chief Executive Officer
Sell
5,999
$45.00
$269.96K
SMITH DAVID BRUTON
18 Aug 2020
Chief Executive Officer
Sell
10,946
$45.07
$493.38K
Byrd Heath
5 Aug 2020
EVP and CFO
Sell
20,000
$40.83
$816.60K
DYKE JEFF
15 Jul 2020
President
Sell
25,000
$40.00
$1.00M
Byrd Heath
10 Jul 2020
EVP and CFO
Sell
7,565
$35.01
$264.85K
Byrd Heath
8 Jul 2020
EVP and CFO
Sell
11,935
$35.00
$417.73K
DOOLAN VICTOR H
28 May 2020
Director
Sell
5,000
$28.46
$142.30K
Byrd Heath
14 Nov 2019
EVP and CFO
Sell
4,366
$35.00
$152.81K
DYKE JEFF
28 Oct 2019
President
Sell
25,000
$35.00
$875.00K
DYKE JEFF
10 Sep 2019
President
Sell
25,000
$30.00
$750.00K
Byrd Heath
11 Jun 2019
EVP and CFO
Sell
15,000
$23.60
$354.00K
Byrd Heath
20 Jun 2018
EVP and CFO
Sell
8,500
$23.00
$195.50K
DOOLAN VICTOR H
17 May 2018
Director
Sell indirect
10,000
$21.99
$219.90K
DYKE JEFF
1 Nov 2017
EVP of Operations
Sell
16,449
$20.09
$330.43K
DYKE JEFF
31 Oct 2017
EVP of Operations
Sell
8,551
$20.10
$171.83K
Byrd Heath
27 Oct 2017
EVP and CFO
Sell
11,000
$20.43
$224.73K
DOOLAN VICTOR H
20 Mar 2017
Director
Sell
4,500
$20.42
$91.88K
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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