Is it safe?
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Sonic Automotive, Inc. carries $1.72B of net debt at 3.33× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.
$1.72B
Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.33×
Net debt / EBITDA
- Altman Z-score
- 3.46
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
- Interest cover
- 3.21×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill, with room to spare
Details›
- Total debtQ1 2026
- $1.73B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $5.7M
- Net debt
- $1.72B
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $518M
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $355M
- Debt / equity
- 1.76×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 3.34×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 42%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −71%
- Below its 52-week high
- −25%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
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