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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

85
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
SMITH O BRUTON
25 May 2018
Executive Chairman
Buy
15,000
$21.41
$321.16K
DOOLAN VICTOR H
17 May 2018
Director
Sell indirect
10,000
$21.99
$219.90K
SMITH O BRUTON
15 Mar 2018
Executive Chairman
Exercised, kept
183,333
$1.81
$331.83K
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
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
DOOLAN VICTOR H
20 Mar 2017
Director
Sell
4,500
$20.42
$91.88K
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

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