Sonic Automotive, Inc. · NYSE:SAH

Sonic Automotive — Q1 2016 Earnings Presentation

45 slides from Sonic Automotive's earnings presentation, Apr 26, 2016

  1. Slide 1: Q1 2016 Investor Presentation

    Q1 2016 Investor Presentation April 26, 2016 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 STRATEGIC FOCUS FINANCIAL REVIEW OPERATIONS REVIEW SUMMARY & OUTLOOK

  4. Slide 4: Strategic Focus

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

  5. Slide 5: 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

  6. Slide 6: Strategic Focus: EchoPark

    STRATEGIC FOCUS EchoPark® Three Locations Open In Denver Thornton Hub Centennial Highlands Ranch Locations to Open in Denver Market in First Half of 2016 Dakota Ridge Stapleton One Additional Denver Market Locations by End of 2016 Acquiring Property in the Texas and Carolinas Markets Expect openings

  7. Slide 7: Strategic Focus: Acquisitions & Open Points

    STRATEGIC FOCUS ACQUISITIONS & OPEN POINTS Open Points Mercedes Benz in Dallas Market Operational in 2016 Audi in Pensacola Market Operational in 2016 Nissan in TN Market Operational in late 2016 / early 2017 Exploring Acquisition and Open Point Opportunities in Other Markets

  8. Slide 8: Strategic Focus: Own Our Properties

    STRATEGIC FOCUS OWN OUR PROPERTIES % of Properties Owned

  9. Slide 9: Strategic Focus: Return Capital to Shareholders

    Acquired 7.5% of OS in Q1 New Share Count = 46.2M Down from High of 53.2M (Dec 2012) Q1 Accretion = 7% STRATEGIC FOCUS RETURN CAPITAL TO SHAREHOLDERS (amounts in thousands, except per share data) Shares $/Share $ Availability Q1 Activity 4,102 $18.14 $74,414 $70,589 Q2 Activity 363 $17.62 $6,398 $64

  10. Slide 10: 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

  11. Slide 11: Q1 2016 Financial Review

    Q1 2016 FINANCIAL REVIEW

  12. Slide 12: Franchised Segment

    Q1 2016 FINANCIAL REVIEW FRANCHISED SEGMENT

  13. Slide 13: Franchised Segment Q1 2016 Results

    FRANCHISED SEGMENT Q1 2016 RESULTS – Q1 2016 and Q1 2015 are adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts Note – Continuing operations includes results of sold stores after March 31, 2014. B/(W) than Q1 2015 (1) (amounts in millions, except per share data) Q1 2016 (1) $ % Revenue $2,21

  14. Slide 14: EchoPark Segment

    Q1 2016 FINANCIAL REVIEW ECHOPARK® SEGMENT

  15. Slide 15: EchoPark Segment Q1 2016 Results

    NM – Not Meaningful ECHOPARK® SEGMENT Q1 2016 RESULTS – Q1 2015 is adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts B/(W) than Q1 2015 (1) (amounts in millions, except per share, unit and per unit data) Q1 2016 $ % Revenue $24.040798879999997 $8.3561191099999998 NM Gross Profit $3.24730076

  16. Slide 16: Total Enterprise

    Q1 2016 FINANCIAL REVIEW TOTAL ENTERPRISE

  17. Slide 17: Consolidated Q1 2016 Results

    – Q1 2016 and Q1 2015 are adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts Note – Continuing operations includes results of sold stores after March 31, 2014. CONSOLIDATED Q1 2016 RESULTS Depreciation Up = $2.1M New Floorplan Up = $1.7M B/(W) than Q1 2015 (1) (amounts in millions, except pe

  18. Slide 18: Q1 2016 Revenue & Gross Profit

    Q1 2016 REVENUE & GROSS PROFIT Strong Growth in Fixed and F&I Offset by Reduction in New Units and Lower GPU B/(W) than Q1 2015 (amounts in millions, except per share data) Q1 2016 $ % New Retail Revenue $1,149.4367360000001 $-40.77852289000014 -3.426146874308% Used Retail Revenue $598.3545179899999

  19. Slide 19: Q1 2016 Adjusted SG&A to Gross

    Q1 2016 ADJUSTED SG&A TO GROSS 80.6% 80.6% – Q1 2016 and Q1 2015 are adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts (1) (1)

  20. Slide 20: Q1 2016 Adjusted SG&A to Gross

    Q1 2016 ADJUSTED SG&A TO GROSS – Q1 2016 and Q1 2015 are adjusted – See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP amounts (1) (1)

  21. Slide 21: Interest Expense Q1 2016

    INTEREST EXPENSE Q1 2016 Floor plan Increase Due to Higher Inventory Balances B/(W) than Q1 2015 (amounts in millions, except per share data) Q1 2016 $ % Floor Plan Interest Expense $6.43546101 $-1.6574960899999995 -0.3469041982836491 Interest Expense, Other $12.339002719999998 $0.8804708600000013 6

  22. Slide 22: 2016 CapEx

    2016 CAPEX (amounts in millions) Q1 2016 Estimated 2016 Real Estate & Facility Related $35.299999999999997 $251.9 All Other Cap Ex 6.1 32.299999999999997 Subtotal $41.4 $284.2 Less: Mortgage Funding -33.700000000000003 -,167.9 Total Cash Used – Cap Ex $7.6999999999999957 $116.29999999999998

  23. Slide 23: Debt Covenants

    DEBT COVENANTS Compliant with all Covenants Covenant Actual Q1 2016 Liquidity Ratio >= 1.05 1.1599999999999999 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio >= 1.20 1.76 Total Lease Adjusted Leverage Ratio <= 5.50 4.21

  24. Slide 24: Operations Review

    OPERATIONS REVIEW

  25. Slide 25: New Vehicle Retail Same Store

    NEW VEHICLE RETAIL SAME STORE Inventory levels continue to add pressure to PUR - market continues to be hyper competitive in particular with BMW Q1 2016 Q1 2015 B/(W) Retail Volume 30,156 31,017 -2.7758970887% Selling Price $38,116.362186297913 $37,959.413283683141 .4134650381% Gross Margin % 5.0999

  26. Slide 26: New Vehicle SAAR

    NEW VEHICLE SAAR 1st QTR Up 3.0% Q1 2016 - 17.1M Full Year 2015 – 17.4M Full Year 2014 – 16.4M

  27. Slide 27: New Vehicle SAAR – Retail Only

    NEW VEHICLE SAAR – RETAIL ONLY

  28. Slide 28: Retail New Vehicle – Gross & Unit Trend

    RETAIL NEW VEHICLE – GROSS & UNIT TREND Continuing Operations

  29. Slide 29: New Vehicle – Gross Per Unit

    NEW VEHICLE – GROSS PER UNIT Continuing Operations

  30. Slide 30: Vehicle Days Supply

    VEHICLE DAYS SUPPLY New – 74 days adjusted for 1,000 stop sell units Used – 33 days adjusted for 1,637 stop sell units

  31. Slide 31: Used Vehicle Retail Same Store

    USED VEHICLE RETAIL SAME STORE Volume Increases Offset by Lower GPU Record Q1 Units Q1 2016 Q1 2015 B/(W) Retail Volume 29,333 27,687 5.9450283527% GPU $1,387.1903869362086 $1,481.1205475493987 $-93.930160613190083 Gross Profit $40.690455619999803 $41.0077846000002 $-0.31732898000039861 Used to New

  32. Slide 32: Used Vehicle – Gross & Unit Trend

    * - Used Related Gross = (Used Gross + F&I + Reconditioning) ($’s in millions) USED VEHICLE – GROSS & UNIT TREND Continuing Operations Record Q1 Gross

  33. Slide 33: F&I Same Store

    Higher PUR accounted for $6.1M of the overall $7.2M increase in F&I Gross Gross (millions) $ 73.7 $ 80.9 F&I SAME STORE Total Gross Up 9.7%

  34. Slide 34: F&I – Gross & PUR Trend

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

  35. Slide 35: Fixed Ops Same Store

    FIXED OPS SAME STORE Record Q1 Gross Q1 2016 Q1 2015 B/(W) Revenue $346.05449943000002 $317.27259285000099 9.7166494321% Gross Profit $165.64933493999999 $153.50298598000001 7.9127769942% SAAR - Keyed $0 $0 0.0%

  36. Slide 36: Fixed Ops Same Store – Customer Pay

    FIXED OPS SAME STORE – CUSTOMER PAY We continue to perform better in CP – the moves we have made in our shops and the increased level of technicians is paying off

  37. Slide 37: Fixed Operations – Gross Trend

    ($’s in millions) FIXED OPERATIONS – GROSS TREND Continuing Operations

  38. Slide 38: Summary

    EchoPark® entering 2 new markets – Texas & Carolinas Returned capital through stock purchases and dividend Continued to grow the top-line revenue and gross New vehicle GPU pressure continues – industry supply continues to be higher than historic levels Used environment is stable Fixed operations and

  39. Slide 39: EchoPark

    EchoPark. AUTOMOTIVE

  40. Slide 40: Adjustments Bridge Q1 2016

    ADJUSTMENTS BRIDGE Q1 2016 (amounts in millions, except per share data) Q1 2016 Q1 2015 Notes 2016 Notes 2015 Pre-Tax EPS Pre-Tax EPS Unadjusted $0.31 $0.28000000000000003 Storm Damage 6.1 0.08 0 0 TX Hail Impairment 0 0 6.2 7.0000000000000007E-2 Website Other 0 0 1 0.02 Severance & Loss on Disposal

  41. Slide 41: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS f Agusted ‘uch as, butnot limited fo, adjusted incom |rmeasures (he "Reported Consolidated Franchised Dealerships EchoPark® March 31, March 31, 2016 2015 2016 2016 207 cy SG&AReconciliation: Reported S 2844 $ 2709 $ 2787 $ 250 $ 57 $ 59 Pre-tax Adjustments: ‘Storm damage and

  42. Slide 42: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS Consolidated Franchised Dealerships EchoPark® March 31, 2015 2016 2016 2015 Tr Operating Profit Reconciliation: eported $ 43 $ 445 $ 455 $ 477 $ (2) $ (62) Predax Adjustments: 64 10 61 19 : 7 Impala es - 62 - Ar - 15 Total pre-tax adjustments 64 72 ST 7 a4 487 534 (2) en ‘As

  43. Slide 43: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS ..

  44. Slide 44: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS Reported: Eamings (loss) and shares .. tof partipatng secues: cled sto piued comme ge tons) and shares. Adjustments (net of mings (loss) and Diluted eamings (loss) per share (2)... Weighted Averat ge Shares 50,854 50,854 549 51,403 ‘Three Months. Ended March 31, 2015 income

  45. Slide 45: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS Franchised Dealerships _EchoPark® Consolidated Consolidated Franchised S (0.08) Ss 031 § Ss 036 § EPS Reconciliation: Reported diluted earnings (loss) and shares ‘Adjustments: ‘Storm damage and other Impairment charges ‘Adjusted diluted earnings (loss) and shares. Sanjc) Ech

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