Sonic Automotive, Inc. · NYSE:SAH

Sonic Automotive — Q1 2017 Earnings Presentation

52 slides from Sonic Automotive's earnings presentation, Apr 26, 2017

  1. Slide 1: Q1 2017 Investor Presentation

    Q1 2017 Investor Presentation April 26, 2017 Exhibit 99.2

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events, are not historical facts and are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our bu

  3. Slide 3: Content

    CONTENT COMPANY OVERVIEW STRATEGIC FOCUS FINANCIAL REVIEW OPERATIONS REVIEW SUMMARY & OUTLOOK

  4. Slide 4: Company Overview

    COMPANY OVERVIEW

  5. Slide 5: Overview – Franchised Geographic

    OVERVIEW – FRANCHISED GEOGRAPHIC Based in Charlotte, NC 104 Stores, 25 Brands, 18 Collision Repair Centers Platforms in Major Metro Markets

  6. Slide 6: Overview – EchoPark Denver Geographic

    OVERVIEW – ECHOPARK® DENVER GEOGRAPHIC Colorado Springs - Opens First Half of 2017

  7. Slide 7: Overview – EchoPark Florida Geographic

    OVERVIEW – ECHOPARK® FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC In Process of Converting AutoMatch Stores to EchoPark® Stores: Jacksonville Ocala Ft. Myers Also have property in Savannah, GA that is being developed.

  8. Slide 8: Concentration in Major Metro Markets

    Note: Percentages are percent of total revenue for FY 2016. Concentration in Major Metro Markets

  9. Slide 9: Revenue streams and brand mix diversification

    Revenue streams and brand mix offer attractive diversification across the automotive retail space. Note: Percentages are for FY 2016.

  10. Slide 10: Strategic Focus

    STRATEGIC FOCUS

  11. Slide 11: Strategic Focus

    STRATEGIC FOCUS Growth EchoPark® One Sonic-One Experience Acquisitions & Open Points Own Our Properties Return Capital to Shareholders Share Repurchases Dividends

  12. Slide 12: Strategic Focus – EchoPark

    STRATEGIC FOCUS EchoPark® Five Locations Open In Denver Thornton Hub Centennial Highlands Ranch Littleton Stapleton One Additional Denver Market Location by 1H of 2017 Florida AutoMatch Transition Occurring Acquiring Property in the Texas and Carolinas Markets Expect openings in 2017 EP Revenue FY 2

  13. Slide 13: Strategic Focus – One Sonic-One Experience (OSOE)

    STRATEGIC FOCUS ONE SONIC-ONE EXPERIENCE (OSOE) Goals 1 Associate, 1 Price, 1 Hour Improve Transparency; Increase Trust Operational Efficiencies Grow Market Share Feed Fixed Operations Technology Being Introduced into Additional Markets (Charlotte was Pilot) CRM, Desking & Appraisal

  14. Slide 14: Strategic Focus – Acquisitions & Open Points

    STRATEGIC FOCUS ACQUISITIONS & OPEN POINTS Open Points Mercedes-Benz in Dallas Market Estimated Annual Revenues >$100M Operational in Q3 2016 Nissan in TN Market Estimated Annual Revenues >$30M Operational in Q4 2016 Audi in Pensacola Market Estimated Annual Revenues >$50M Operational in 1H of 2017

  15. Slide 15: Strategic Focus – Own Our Properties

    STRATEGIC FOCUS OWN OUR PROPERTIES % of Properties Owned Increased Equity in Properties to $281M in 2016

  16. Slide 16: Strategic Focus – Return Capital to Shareholders

    Quarterly Dividend at $0.05/Share in Q1 & Q2 of 2017 Acquired 11.2% of OS in 2016 New Share Count = 44.7M Down from High of 53.2M (Dec 2012) Dividends Declared of $9.1M in 2016 STRATEGIC FOCUS RETURN CAPITAL TO SHAREHOLDERS (000's) (000's) (000's) Shares $/Share $ Availability EOY - 2016 $45,032.523

  17. Slide 17: Outstanding Share Count

    OUTSTANDING SHARE COUNT (in millions) Note – Balances are amounts outstanding at the end of the applicable period. These amounts exclude the effect of share dilution from convertible notes and equity grants outstanding. STRATEGIC FOCUS RETURN CAPITAL TO SHAREHOLDERS

  18. Slide 18: Q1 2017 Financial Review

    Q1 2017 FINANCIAL REVIEW

  19. Slide 19: Q1 2017 Financial Review – Franchised Segment

    Q1 2017 FINANCIAL REVIEW FRANCHISED SEGMENT

  20. Slide 20: Franchised Segment Q1 2017 Results

    FRANCHISED SEGMENT Q1 2017 RESULTS – Q1 2017 and Q1 2016 results are adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts. B/(W) than Q1 2016 (1) (amounts in millions, except per share data) Q1 2017 (1) $ % Revenue $2,246.251349599998 $35.439564619999842 1.603175425349% Gross Profit $345.68172

  21. Slide 21: Q1 2017 Financial Review – EchoPark Segment

    Q1 2017 FINANCIAL REVIEW ECHOPARK® SEGMENT

  22. Slide 22: EchoPark Segment Q1 2017 Results

    ECHOPARK® SEGMENT Q1 2017 RESULTS 22 (1) – Excludes the effect of AutoMatch Stores – see appendix for reconciliation. (1) Total EchoPark EchoPark Only B/(W) than Q1 2016 (amounts in millions, except unit and per unit data) Q1 2017 Q1 2017 $ % Revenue $41.797235549999996 $33.665376829999992 $9.624577

  23. Slide 23: Q1 2017 Financial Review – Total Enterprise

    Q1 2017 FINANCIAL REVIEW TOTAL ENTERPRISE

  24. Slide 24: Consolidated Q1 2017 Results

    – Q1 2017 and Q1 2016 results are adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts. CONSOLIDATED Q1 2017 RESULTS B/(W) than Q1 2016 (1) (amounts in millions, except per share data) Q1 2017 (1) $ % Revenue $2,288 $53 2.4% Gross Profit $350 $5 1.5% SG&A $291 ($13) (4.6%) SG&A as % of Gross 8

  25. Slide 25: Q1 2017 Revenue & Gross Profit

    Q1 2017 REVENUE & GROSS PROFIT B/(W) than Q1 2016 (amounts in millions, except unit and per unit data) Q1 2017 $ % New Retail Revenue $1,147 ($2) (0.2%) Used Retail Revenue $634 $36 6.0% Fixed Operations Revenue $352 $6 1.7% F&I Revenue $83 $2 2.2% Total Revenue $2,288 $53 2.4% New Retail Gross $58

  26. Slide 26: Q1 2017 SG&A to Gross

    Q1 2017 SG&A TO GROSS – Q1 2017 & Q1 2016 are adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts. (1) 83.1% 80.6%

  27. Slide 27: Q1 2017 SG&A to Gross

    Q1 2017 SG&A TO GROSS – Q1 2017 and Q1 2016 are adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts. (1)

  28. Slide 28: Q1 2017 Interest Expense

    Q1 2017 INTEREST EXPENSE Floor Plan Increase Due to Higher Rates – Q1 2017 is adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts. B/(W) than Q1 2016 (amounts in millions) Q1 2017 (1) $ % Floor Plan Interest Expense $8.3863741399999991 $-1.95091313 -0.3031504855624943 Interest Expense, Other

  29. Slide 29: 2017 Cap Ex

    2017 CAP EX (amounts in millions) YTD Q1 2017 Estimated FY 2017 Real Estate & Facility Related $63.8 $224.8 All Other Cap Ex 12 19.899999999999999 Subtotal $75.8 $244.70000000000002 Less: Mortgage Funding -19.8 -73.7 Total Cash Used – Cap Ex $56 $171

  30. Slide 30: Debt Covenants

    DEBT COVENANTS Compliant with all Covenants Covenant Q1 2017 Liquidity Ratio >= 1.05 1.17 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio >= 1.20 1.90 Total Lease Adjusted Leverage Ratio <= 5.75 4.25

  31. Slide 31: Operations Review

    OPERATIONS REVIEW

  32. Slide 32: New Vehicle Retail Same Store

    NEW VEHICLE RETAIL SAME STORE Retail Units Q1 2017 Q1 2016 B/(W) Retail Volume 29,563 30,156 (2.0%) Selling Price 38,344 $ 38,116 $ 0.6% Gross Margin % 5.1% 5.1% 0 bps GPU 1,954 $ 1,935 $ 20 $ Gross Profit (millions) 57.8 $ 58.3 $ (1.0%) SAAR (millions) 17.2 17.1 0.6% Jan Feb Mar Total 2017 9,505 8,

  33. Slide 33: New Vehicle SAAR

    NEW VEHICLE SAAR YTD 2017 – 17.2M Full Year 2016 – 17.4M Full Year 2015 – 17.4M

  34. Slide 34: New Vehicle SAAR - Retail

    NEW VEHICLE SAAR - RETAIL 16.0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2017 —2016

  35. Slide 35: Vehicle Days Supply

    VEHICLE DAYS SUPPLY 20 + — Q2 Q Q4 Qi Q2 Q3 Q4 Qi 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 —New —wUsed

  36. Slide 36: New Vehicle – Gross & Unit Trend

    NEW VEHICLE NEW VEHICLE – GROSS & UNIT TREND Continuing Operations

  37. Slide 37: New Vehicle – Gross Per Unit

    NEW VEHICLE NEW VEHICLE – GROSS PER UNIT Continuing Operations

  38. Slide 38: Used Vehicle Retail Same Store

    USED VEHICLE RETAIL SAME STORE Q1 Record Used Retail Volume March Month All-Time Record of 10,854 Used Retailed Q1 2017 Q1 2016 B/(W) Retail Volume 29,458 29,333 .4261412062% GPU $1,299.6950353045147 $1,329.2717543381109 $-29.576719033596191 Used to New 1 to 1.00 0.97 to 1.00 0.03 Vehicles/Store/Mth

  39. Slide 39: Used Vehicle – Gross Trend

    * - Used Related Gross = (Used Gross + F&I + Reconditioning) ($’s in millions) USED VEHICLE – GROSS TREND Continuing Operations

  40. Slide 40: F&I Same Store

    Total Gross Flat Higher PUR increased gross $0.7M, however, offset entirely by effect of lower overall retail units. Gross (millions) $ 80.9 $ 80.9 F&I SAME STORE Record PUR

  41. Slide 41: F&I – Gross & PUR Trend

    F&I F&I – GROSS & PUR TREND Continuing Operations Record Q1 Gross

  42. Slide 42: Fixed Operations – Gross Trend

    FIXED OPERATIONS ($’s in millions) FIXED OPERATIONS – GROSS TREND Continuing Operations Record Q1 Fixed Ops Gross

  43. Slide 43: Fixed Ops Same Store

    FIXED OPS SAME STORE (amounts in millions) Q1 2017 Q1 2016 B/(W) Revenue $349.44485698 $346.05449943000002 .9797178062% Gross Profit $167.47825774 $165.64933493999999 1.1040930534% SAAR - Keyed 17.8M 16.8M 0.06

  44. Slide 44: Summary

    SUMMARY Challenging New Vehicles Environment January and February Slower than Normal – Picked Up In March New Vehicle GPU Leveling Off Used Vehicle Valuations Fairly Consistent - Slight Margin Pressure Fixed Operations Stable – Expect Growth Higher in Remaining Quarters Hail Storms Will Affect Q2 –

  45. Slide 45: Appendix

    APPENDIX

  46. Slide 46: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS (amounts in thousands) 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Net Income 31,548 $ 89,929 $ 76,254 $ 89,101 $ 81,618 $ 97,217 $ 86,311 $ 93,193 $ Non-Floorplan Interest 67,735 68,604 63,576 58,453 55,356 52,269 49,524 48,034 Depreciation & Amortization 57,036 45,827 51,164 5

  47. Slide 47: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS Franchised Dealerships EchoPark® Continuing Operations Reported: Scaacrpenses S$ 2922 $ 2844 $ 2836 $ 2787 $ a6 57 Adjustme! Adjusted: SGEAewpenses s 83.4% 82.4% 82.0% 81.5% NM NM Adjusted: NM=Not meaningful rk AuTomoTive

  48. Slide 48: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS Consolidated Franchised Dealerships EchoPark® March 31, March 31, March 31, Continuing Operations 2017 2016 a7 2016 207 ‘(millions Reported: Adjustments (before income taxes): G&A 12 61 12 641 - - os - 05 - - 7 a 5 rs 5 2 5 Adjusted: ssi S$ #4 $ 2 $ 516 $ 61 S$ G2 Reported:

  49. Slide 49: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    Reported: Earnings (loss) and shares Basic earnings torsand shares ae - -_ Diluted eaminge {oos)and shares NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS ‘Three Months Ended March 31,2017 Weighted ‘Average Share: Amour Amount _ Amount Tin owen, except per er share ‘amounts) 44791 $ (20) S$ (621) S (641) FaTOA oy S (21) “

  50. Slide 50: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS Reported: Earnings (loss) and shares ‘Stock compensation plans Diluted earnings (loss) and shares Adjustments: Semmicanssserlober ope Babel ta s . adjustments ...... Eattereirieneneretarincome taxes .. Eamings (loss) and diluted earnings (loss) per share (1)... Three Months

  51. Slide 51: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS "Dintede earnings Gas) por share Adjustments fect of adjustments, noterana ie Adjusted: Diluted eamings (loss) per share. . Franchised Dealerships 2017 EchoPark® Consolidated Franchi 2016 ised Dealerships EchoPark® Consolidated

  52. Slide 52: Non-GAAP Reconciliations – EchoPark

    5 NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS – ECHOPARK® Total EchoPark EchoPark Only AutoMatch Only (amounts in millions, except unit and per unit data) Q1 2017 Q1 2017 Q1 2017 Revenue $41.797235549999996 $33.665376829999992 $8.1318587200000003 Gross Profit $4.6646679900000096 $4.0060857900000091 $0.6585822000000010

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