SONIC CORP
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY18 | FY17 | FY16 | FY15 | FY14 | FY13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $88.1M | $100.2M | $606.3M | $606.1M | $552.3M | $542.6M |
| Operating income | $14.9M | $22.6M | $127.5M | $116.4M | $98.7M | $89.2M |
| Net income | $19.6M | $11.0M | $64.1M | $64.5M | $47.9M | $36.7M |
| Total assets | $531.1M | $561.7M | $648.7M | $620.0M | $651.0M | $660.8M |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Equity | −$288.8M | −$201.8M | −$75.6M | $17.4M | $62.7M | $77.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.51 | $0.25 | $1.29 | $1.20 | $0.85 | $0.64 |
| Shares out. | 35.7M | 40.3M | 45.8M | 49.8M | 53.0M | 56.2M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2018- Operating margin
- 16.9%
- Net margin
- 22.3%
- Return on equity
- −6.8%
- Return on assets
- 3.7%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 3.2%
- Liabilities / assets
- —
- Debt / equity
- —
- Book value / share
- $-8.09
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- −12.0%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- 78.8%
Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.
Financial health
forensic scores · FY2018- Accruals / assets
- −13.5%clean
- Piotroski F-Score
- 6/8mixed
Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Quality score
EDS ScoreOur own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Signs
● 1 severe● 1 warning● 3 good- Negative shareholder equity
- Revenue declined year-over-year
- Operating margin is positive
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thronson SusanDirector | Dec 7, 2018 | D | 4,225 | $43.50 |
| Taylor Kathy LDirector | Dec 3, 2018 | D | 28,252 | $43.50 |
| Schutz Jeffrey HDirector | Oct 12, 2018 | Gift | 425 | $0.00 |
| Pena Federico FDirector | Oct 11, 2018 | Gift | 2,310 | $0.00 |
| Lavelle Kate SDirector | Nov 5, 2018 | Gift | 2,083 | $0.00 |
| Hobart Lauren RDirector | Dec 7, 2018 | D | 6,642 | $43.50 |
| Davis Steven ADirector | Dec 7, 2018 | D | 6,772 | $43.50 |
| Black R NealDirector | Dec 7, 2018 | D | 3,719 | $43.50 |
| Bartel TonyDirector | Dec 3, 2018 | Gift | 4,053 | $0.00 |
| Saroch E EdwardOfficer — Senior VP of Subsidiary | Dec 7, 2018 | D | 92,515 | $43.50 |
Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Completed an acquisition or disposition · Delisting / listing-standard notice · Modified shareholder rights · Change in control · Director / officer change · Amended charter or bylawsDec 7, 2018
- Shareholder voteDec 7, 2018
- Other material eventNov 29, 2018
- Entered a material agreementNov 21, 2018
- Director / officer change · Other material eventNov 7, 2018
- Results of operationsOct 16, 2018
- Entered a material agreementSep 27, 2018
- Other material eventSep 25, 2018
Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.