SAH Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own SAH shares is 272, representing 71.85% of the company's common stock.

NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in SAH by -7.96% restricting it's holding to 28.75 thousand shares of worth nearly $1.64M. SWISS NATIONAL BANK also lessened -6.67% of the SAH shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 28 thousand shares of worth $1.59M. RUSSELL INVESTMENTS GROUP, LTD. also shunned SAH shares holding by -2.74% last quarter which brought its holding to 26.95 thousand shares worth $1.53M.

As per its latest 13F filing, JUMP FINANCIAL, LLC increased its stake in SAH by 23.36% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 32.69 thousand shares having worth more than $1.86M. MUTUAL ADVISORS, LLC also added 100% more shares of SAH to its portfolio, raising its holding to 24.17 thousand shares of worth $1.38M. UBS GROUP AG also increased its SAH shares holding by 115.82% which brought its holding to 22.99 thousand shares worth $1.31M.

The insider with the most stakes in SAH is SMITH O BRUTON , Executive Chairman at the company. Additionally, SAH stock is highly held by 10 percent owner SONIC FINANCIAL CORP and 10 percent owner Rusnak Paul P. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 33.33% percent of Sonic Automotive, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which SAH insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BYRD HEATH, DYKE JEFF, and SMITH DAVID BRUTON.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Sonic Automotive, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Sonic Automotive, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 33.33% of SAH stock.

SAH Executive Chairman, SMITH O BRUTON holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. SAH shares owned by SMITH total nearly 9.86 million.

JUMP FINANCIAL, LLC is the largest institutional owner in SAH which holds 32.69 thousand shares worth $1.86M or 0.1% of the total SAH shares outstanding followed by NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM with ownership of 28.75 thousand shares representing 0.08% of the SAH ownership. SWISS NATIONAL BANK is the third largest stakeholder with 28 thousand shares or 0.08% of the ownership worth more than $1.59M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the SAH is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of SAH shares short is 1.17M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 22.16M shares of SAH are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, SAH has 14.86M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for SAH is 9.23.