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Sonic (SONC) Risk Assessment


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What is Sonic Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Sonic is: No Data: Cannot be evaluated.


Competitive Comparison of Sonic's Risk Assessment

For the Restaurants subindustry, Sonic's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sonic's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sonic's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sonic's Risk Assessment falls into.



Sonic  (NAS:SONC) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.


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Sonic (SONC) Business Description

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Sonic Corp operates and franchises drive-in restaurants throughout the United States. The restaurants typically consist of a building that houses only a kitchen to go along with 16 to 24 parking spaces that have their own payment terminals, intercom speakers, and menu boards. Carhops serve customers in their cars. Many locations also have a drive-thru lane and patio seating as alternatives. Sonic franchises roughly 90% of its restaurants, and the royalty revenue the company earns on franchise sales contributes roughly a quarter of total company revenue. Company-operated stores provide the balance of total revenue. Sonic owns the property on which hundreds of its restaurants are located. For those properties that house franchised stores, franchisees lease from the company.
Executives
Steven A Davis director 3776 SOUTH HIGH ST, COLUMBUS OH 43207
Lauren R Hobart director 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15275
Tony Bartel director 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Kathy L Taylor director C/O FREDERIC DORWART LAWYERS, 124 EAST FOURTH STREET, TULSA OK 74103
Pedro Claudia San officer: President 300 JOHNNY BENCH DRIVE, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73104
Kate S Lavelle director 24089 3RD STREET, FAIRHOPE AL 36532
Federico F Pena director 711 HIGH STREET, DES MOINES IA 50392-0300
J Larry Nichols director DEVON ENERGY CORP, 20 NORTH BROADWAY STE 1500, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73102-8260
Southeastern Asset Management Inc/tn/ 10 percent owner 6410 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 900, MEMPHIS TN 38119
Longleaf Partners Funds Trust 10 percent owner C/O SOUTHEASTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT, 6410 POPLAR AVE, SUITE 900, MEMPHIS TN 38119
Todd Whitney Smith officer: President and CMO 300 JOHNNY BENCH DRIVE, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73104
Craig Jeffrey Miller officer: Former Officer of Subsidiary 5008 HARTRIDGE WAY, GREENSBORO NC 27407
Robert M Rosenberg director
Michael J Maples director 2208 WINDSOR ROAD, AUSTIN TX 78703
Douglas N Benham director