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Sonic Automotive acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Sonic Automotive bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Powersports Segment storesWord for word“Due to the timing of acquisitions in the Powersports Segment, which include seven stores acquired in August 2022 and five stores acquired in February 2023, year-over-year comparisons are not representative of expected growth rates in future periods.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | acquired in August 2022 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $15.9 million | $944,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | $76.6 million | $60 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $0 | $0 |
| 2019-12-31 | $0 | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $19.7 million | $6.7 million |
| 2021-12-31 | −$1.02 billion | $204 million |
| 2022-12-31 | −$102.3 million | $14.3 million |
| 2023-12-31 | −$75.1 million | — |
| 2024-12-31 | −$54.8 million | — |
| 2025-12-31 | −$440.3 million | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-04-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-01-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-03-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-03-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-11-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-10-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-12-09 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-10-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-10-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-09-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-04-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-06-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-05-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-11-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-12-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Sonic Automotive’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-23. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.