Sonic Automotive, Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Sonic Automotive, Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 173 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 45.73% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 18.52M shares of Sonic Automotive, Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -16.92% or -3.77M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 24.86% (43) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 50.29% (87) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 16.18% (28) closed the holdings completely. 25 hedge funds are new holders of Sonic Automotive, Inc. stock in Q3 2022, it is 14.45% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Sonic Automotive (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q4 2017 133
Q1 2018 129
Q2 2018 126
Q3 2018 122
Q4 2018 133
Q1 2019 126
Q2 2019 142
Q3 2019 150
Q4 2019 155
Q1 2020 138
Q2 2020 149
Q3 2020 175
Q4 2020 181
Q1 2021 177
Q2 2021 179
Q3 2021 204
Q4 2021 213
Q1 2022 195
Q2 2022 197
Q3 2022 173

Hedge funds changes in Sonic Automotive positions (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Changes in positions
Q4 2017 1733481025
Q1 2018 1234471422
Q2 2018 744451020
Q3 2018 1147341317
Q4 2018 1945351024
Q1 2019 643401324
Q2 2019 334641148
Q3 2019 2655411711
Q4 2019 285353183
Q1 2020 19475234-14
Q2 2020 35435524-8
Q3 2020 433870168
Q4 2020 32537227-3
Q1 2021 235374261
Q2 2021 276066242
Q3 2021 4155791613
Q4 2021 405980286
Q1 2022 19697638-7
Q2 2022 317070251
Q3 2022 25438728-10

Hedge funds changes in Sonic Automotive stock options (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q4 2017 234,000 179,000
Q1 2018 443,000 766,000
Q2 2018 62,000 571,000
Q3 2018 0 0
Q4 2018 4,000 727,000
Q1 2019 4,000 407,000
Q2 2019 240,000 355,000
Q3 2019 2,716,000 1,734,000
Q4 2019 577,000 0
Q1 2020 1,253,000 572,000
Q2 2020 4,975,000 4,357,000
Q3 2020 1,771,000 1,822,000
Q4 2020 1,264,000 1,215,000
Q1 2021 2,007,000 714,000
Q2 2021 889,000 282,000
Q3 2021 3,985,000 2,838,000
Q4 2021 3,170,000 9,237,000
Q1 2022 973,000 97,000
Q2 2022 1,794,000 469,000
Q3 2022 1,525,000 372,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Sonic Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:SAH)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 155.55M 3.59M 0.005%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 92.54M 2.13M 0.003%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 84.53M 1.95M 0.033%
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 38.82M 896.55K 0.167%
STATE STREET CORP 35.21M 808.39K 0.002%
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 30.88M 713.3K 0.073%
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. Dmitry Balyasny 27.44M 633.75K 0.084%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 24.89M 575.03K 0.030%
TEEWINOT CAPITAL ADVISERS, L.L.C. 23.34M 539.11K 5.344%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 19.68M 454.67K 0.005%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 17.35M 400.75K 0.006%
MORGAN STANLEY 15.75M 363.83K 0.002%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 15.55M 359.23K 0.004%
INVESCO LTD. 14.98M 346.10K 0.005%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 14.85M 343.03K 0.002%
PACER ADVISORS, INC. 14.81M 342.24K 0.103%
EVR RESEARCH LP 12.99M 300K 3.854%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 12.29M 283.86K 0.003%
MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 12.18M 281.38K 0.165%
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 11.93M 275.64K 0.018%
J. GOLDMAN & CO LP 10.68M 246.65K 0.510%
KNIGHTSBRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 10.18M 235.21K 2.141%
ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 9.98M 230.65K 0.113%
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 9.89M 228.4K 0.265%
STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 8.58M 198.34K 0.027%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 7.30M 168.60K 0.006%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 7.26M 167.72K 0.001%
SQUAREPOINT OPS LLC 5.69M 131.43K 0.029%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 5.22M 120.59K 0.004%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 4.97M 114.79K 0.003%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 4.80M 110.92K 0.002%
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 4.65M 107.43K 0.006%
DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN 4.52M 104.54K 0.009%
WEISS MULTI-STRATEGY ADVISERS LLC 4.46M 103.08K 0.118%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 4.11M 95.10K 0.001%
BRANDYWINE GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.70M 85.57K 0.035%
VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.47M 80.27K 0.019%
FORMULA GROWTH LTD 3.46M 80K 0.990%
SCHONFELD STRATEGIC ADVISORS LLC 3.32M 76.8K 0.028%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.24M 74.89K 0.001%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 2.89M 66.93K 0.002%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 2.89M 66.74K 0.004%
CUBIST SYSTEMATIC STRATEGIES, LLC 2.66M 61.63K 0.015%
SPOUTING ROCK ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.62M 60.61K 2.018%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 2.53M 58.62K 0.001%
ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP 2.52M 58.4K 0.019%
FMR LLC 2.31M 53.53K 0.000%
QUADRATURE CAPITAL LTD 2.22M 51.46K 0.077%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 2.12M 49K 0.002%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 2.09M 48.46K 0.001%