Sonic Automotive Inc (SAH) · Insider trading
What Sonic Automotive's directors, officers and largest holders bought and sold themselves, from the Form 4 each of them files with the SEC within two business days of a trade. Open-market purchases and sales first: those are the trades somebody chose to make at the market price.
Bought, 12 months
$9.83M
1 insider, 10 trades
Sold, 12 months
$9.65M
2 insiders, 100% under a plan
Net, 12 months
+$179,066
bought less sold
Latest filing
2026-10-09
filings read to 2026-10-19
Who traded, two years
| Insider | Bought | Sold | Trades | Last trade | Holds after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyke JeffDirector, President | – | $11.91M | 7 | 2026-06-10 | 543,668 |
| Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | $9.83M | – | 10 | 2026-10-07 | 5,164,221 |
| Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | – | $1.24M | 2 | 2026-06-02 | 133,952 |
Open-market purchases and sales
Newest first. “Plan” marks a trade made under a 10b5-1 plan set up in advance.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Holds after | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 13,701 | 59.78 | $819,046 | 5,164,221 | Form 4 |
| 2026-10-06 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 1,119 | 59.90 | $67,028 | 5,150,520 | Form 4 |
| 2026-10-05 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 27,756 | 59.76 | $1.66M | 5,149,401 | Form 4 |
| 2026-10-01 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 21,645 | 59.50 | $1.29M | 5,121,645 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-10 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Saleplan | 35,114 | 85.22 | $2.99M | 543,668 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-09 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Saleplan | 14,886 | 85.13 | $1.27M | 578,782 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-08 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Saleplanindirect | 50,000 | 82.97 | $4.15M | 111,622 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-02 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Saleplan | 5,061 | 85.00 | $430,185 | 133,952 | Form 4 |
| 2026-05-28 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Saleplan | 9,526 | 85.00 | $809,710 | 139,013 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-17 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 11,481 | 59.95 | $688,286 | 5,100,000 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-13 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 48,540 | 59.92 | $2.91M | 5,088,519 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-12 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 11,483 | 59.97 | $688,636 | 5,039,979 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-11 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 1,931 | 59.98 | $115,821 | 5,028,496 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-10 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 7,827 | 59.96 | $469,307 | 5,026,565 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-05 | Rusnak Paul P.10% owner | Buy | 18,738 | 59.98 | $1.12M | 5,018,738 | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-02 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Saleplan | 576 | 70.02 | $40,332 | 605,393 | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-30 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Saleplan | 31,152 | 70.05 | $2.18M | 605,969 | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-29 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Saleplan | 1,838 | 70.00 | $128,660 | 637,121 | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-28 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Saleplan | 16,434 | 70.03 | $1.15M | 638,959 | Form 4 |
Grants, exercises and other transactions
Pay, tax and paperwork rather than a choice to trade at the market price. Two years.
16 × shares withheld for tax14 × grant or award3 × option exercise3 × returned to the company3 × inherited1 × gift
Show them
| Date | Insider | What | Shares | Price | Holds after | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Smith Bryan ScottDirector, 10% owner | Grant or award A | +4,373 | – | 401,830 | Form 4 |
| 2026-04-30 | Hodge Michael EdwardDirector | Grant or award A | +3,608 | – | 21,415 | Form 4 |
| 2026-04-30 | Smith Marcus GDirector, 10% owner | Grant or award A | +4,373 | – | 104,494 | Form 4 |
| 2026-04-30 | Taylor R EugeneDirector | Grant or award A | +2,843 | – | 63,926 | Form 4 |
| 2026-04-30 | Brooks William RDirector | Grant or award A | +2,916 | – | 117,898 | Form 4 |
| 2026-04-30 | Kaiser Keri ADirector | Grant or award A | +3,061 | – | 25,470 | Form 4 |
| 2026-04-30 | Belk William IDirector | Grant or award A | +2,843 | – | 107,168 | Form 4 |
| 2026-03-31 | Smith David BrutonDirector, Chairman and CEO, 10% owner | Option exercise M | +13,259 | – | 545,259 | Form 4 |
| 2026-03-31 | Smith David BrutonDirector, Chairman and CEO, 10% owner | Returned to the company D | −13,259 | 68.57 | 532,000 | Form 4 |
| 2026-03-31 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Option exercise M | +7,534 | – | 601,202 | Form 4 |
| 2026-03-31 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Returned to the company D | −7,534 | 68.57 | 593,668 | Form 4 |
| 2026-03-31 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Option exercise M | +5,872 | – | 154,411 | Form 4 |
| 2026-03-31 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Returned to the company D | −5,872 | 68.57 | 148,539 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-08 | Smith David BrutonDirector, Chairman and CEO, 10% owner | Shares withheld for tax F | −12,348 | 62.46 | 532,000 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-08 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Shares withheld for tax F | −5,346 | 62.46 | 593,668 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-08 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Shares withheld for tax F | −4,167 | 62.46 | 148,539 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-07 | Smith David BrutonDirector, Chairman and CEO, 10% owner | Shares withheld for tax F | −9,245 | 62.46 | 544,348 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-07 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Shares withheld for tax F | −6,379 | 62.46 | 599,014 | Form 4 |
| 2026-02-07 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Shares withheld for tax F | −5,020 | 62.46 | 152,706 | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-07 | Smith Marcus GDirector, 10% owner | Inherited W | +1,250 | – | 100,121 | Form 5 |
| 2025-07-07 | Smith David BrutonDirector, Chairman and CEO, 10% owner | Inherited W | +1,250 | – | 553,593 | Form 5 |
| 2025-07-07 | Smith Bryan ScottDirector, 10% owner | Inherited W | +1,250 | – | 397,457 | Form 5 |
| 2025-05-06 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Shares withheld for tax F | −145,334 | 62.82 | 655,393 | Form 4 |
| 2025-04-24 | Belk William IDirector | Grant or award A | +3,342 | – | 104,325 | Form 4 |
| 2025-04-24 | Brooks William RDirector | Grant or award A | +3,428 | – | 114,982 | Form 4 |
| 2025-04-24 | Taylor R EugeneDirector | Grant or award A | +3,342 | – | 61,083 | Form 4 |
| 2025-04-24 | Hodge Michael EdwardDirector | Grant or award A | +4,241 | – | 17,807 | Form 4 |
| 2025-04-24 | Smith Bryan ScottDirector, 10% owner | Grant or award A | +5,141 | – | 396,207 | Form 4 |
| 2025-04-24 | Smith Marcus GDirector, 10% owner | Grant or award A | +5,141 | – | 98,871 | Form 4 |
| 2025-04-24 | Kaiser Keri ADirector | Grant or award A | +3,599 | – | 22,409 | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-31 | Smith David BrutonDirector, Chairman and CEO, 10% owner | Shares withheld for tax F | −7,753 | 56.96 | 552,343 | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-31 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Shares withheld for tax F | −5,339 | 56.96 | 800,727 | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-31 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Shares withheld for tax F | −4,162 | 56.96 | 157,726 | Form 4 |
| 2025-02-09 | Smith David BrutonDirector, Chairman and CEO, 10% owner | Shares withheld for tax F | −14,635 | 72.97 | 560,096 | Form 4 |
| 2025-02-09 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Shares withheld for tax F | −8,053 | 72.97 | 806,066 | Form 4 |
| 2025-02-09 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Shares withheld for tax F | −6,277 | 72.97 | 161,888 | Form 4 |
| 2025-02-08 | Smith David BrutonDirector, Chairman and CEO, 10% owner | Shares withheld for tax F | −8,323 | 72.97 | 574,731 | Form 4 |
| 2025-02-08 | Dyke JeffDirector, President | Shares withheld for tax F | −3,634 | 72.97 | 814,119 | Form 4 |
| 2025-02-08 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Shares withheld for tax F | −2,856 | 72.97 | 168,165 | Form 4 |
| 2024-10-28 | Byrd HeathEVP and CFO | Gift G | −2,597 | – | 171,021 | Form 4 |
How to read it
- Buy, sale
- Code P and S on the form: shares bought or sold in the market, at the market price. The other codes are mostly pay (a grant, an option exercised) or tax (shares the company withheld), and say little about what the insider thinks of the price.
- Plan
- A sale or purchase under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, set up in advance and running on its own schedule. Since April 2023 the form has a box for it. Much executive selling is planned and says more about diversifying than about the company.
- Holds after
- The shares the insider still held after the trade, in the form the trade was in (directly, or indirectly through a trust or a fund).
- Value
- Shares times the price the form reports, which is often an average over several fills on the day.
Read from the SEC's own quarterly data sets of Forms 3, 4 and 5, and from each day's filings since the last one. A correcting amendment replaces the lines it restates. Every row links to its filing. None of this is advice: insiders sell for many reasons, and buy for fewer.