O'Reilly Automotive vs Sonic Automotive
O'Reilly Automotive reported revenue of $17.8 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.2 times Sonic Automotive's $15.2 billion in fiscal 2025. O'Reilly Automotive's revenue grew 6.4% in its latest year, and Sonic Automotive's grew 6.5%. O'Reilly Automotive had an operating margin of 19.5%, against 2.4% at Sonic Automotive. Free cash flow was $1.6 billion at O'Reilly Automotive and $418 million at Sonic Automotive.
Side by side
| O'Reilly Automotive | Sonic Automotive | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $17.8B | $15.2B |
| Revenue growth | 6.4% | 6.5% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 8.9% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 51.6% | 15.7% |
| Operating margin | 19.5% | 2.4% |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 0.8% |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $418M |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.0% | 2.8% |
| Return on capital | 59.7% | 12.2% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.5x | 3.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $2.1B | $131M |
| Change in diluted share count | −2.8% | −0.9% |
| Last close | $91.05 | $61.26 |
| P/E at the last close | 28.9× | 9.8× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $11.7 million | bought $6.0 million, sold $9.6 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the O'Reilly Automotive and Sonic Automotive pages.