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Sonic Automotive, Inc.
$79.24
Weak technical setup: price above 50-day moving average, price near 52-week high.
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Passed
17
Failed
8
R:R
2.77:1
Confidence
high
Entry $79.24
Stop loss $72.11
Target $99.00
Quality 22/35 (5/8 passed)
Technical 15/40 (3/8 passed)
Trade setup 15/15 (4/4 passed)
Red flags 8/10 (1/6 triggered — informational, gates only)
Conviction total 58/100 — quality + technical + trade setup only. Unknown rules count as not passed.
Status: Known upside
Technical target: $113.67
Analyst target: $99.00
Effective target: $99.00
R:R 2.77:1
Entry: $79.24
Stop loss: $72.11
Effective target: $99.00
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Company is profitable
Profit margin is 1.4%.
Revenue is growing
Revenue growth is 7.6%.
Return on equity or capital is positive
ROE 20.6%, ROA 5.3%.
Market cap is not tiny / speculative
Market cap is $2.5B.
Valuation is not extreme
P/E 12.6, P/S 0.2.
Price above 200-day moving average
Price is above 200-day MA $71.63.
50-day MA above 200-day MA
50-day MA is above 200-day MA (bullish alignment).
Price not near 52-week low
46.4% above 52-week low.
Clear entry price exists
Current price $79.24 can be used as entry reference.
Stop loss no more than 10% below entry
Suggested stop at $72.11 (9.0% below entry).
Spread / liquidity risk acceptable
Average daily volume is 0.29M.
No earnings within 7 days
Next earnings in 77 days.
Price near 52-week low
Not near 52-week low.
Very low trading volume
Volume is not unusually low.
Recent large price drop
No recent large drop detected.
Extreme valuation
Valuation is not extreme.
Missing too much data
1 data field(s) missing.
Free cash flow is positive
Free cash flow is negative.
Debt is manageable
Debt-to-equity is 455.5% (elevated).
Price above 50-day moving average
Price $79.24 is below 50-day MA $88.89.
Price near 52-week high
30.3% below 52-week high.
Stock is in an uptrend
Price down 22.9% over 20 days.
Recent volume above average
Volume is only 0.63x the average.
Breaking above recent resistance
Price below recent resistance $113.67.
Very high debt
Debt-to-equity 455.5% is very high.
EPS / earnings are growing
Earnings growth data unavailable.
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