David Bruton Smith owns 42.38% of Sonic Automotive
13,397,909 shares as of the May 6, 2026 filing, worth $852M at the latest close.
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The stake
42.38%
worth $852M at the latest close
Stake rank
#112
by dollar value of the stake
Last sale
1,516 days ago
Aug 25, 2022
Last buy
2,944 days ago
Sep 27, 2018 · $20.9M
David Bruton Smith owns 42.38% of SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC: 13,397,909 of 31,614,802 shares, worth about $852M at the 2026-10-16 close. The stake has moved from 21.51% in 2016 to 42.38% on 2026-06-30, across 2 sales and 1 purchase that moved it since 2016. The last trade that moved it was a sale of $8.4M on 2022-08-25.
How the stake is held
each class as its filings last stated it
SHARES
OF THE STAKE
HELD INDIRECTLY · Indirect, per the filing’s footnote · last stated Jun 2022
12,029,375
89.8%
HELD DIRECTLY
532,000
4.0%
HELD INDIRECTLY · by OBS Family, LLC
836,534
6.2%
THE STAKE
13,397,909
42.38%