Carmax Inc (NYSE: KMX) is -5.23% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $65.83 and a high of $91.25 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The KMX stock was last observed hovering at around $79.10 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.62%.
Currently trading at $77.48, the stock is -8.00% and -6.67% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.05 million and changing -2.05% at the moment leaves the stock -1.34% off its SMA200. KMX registered -2.64% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -6.68%.
The stock witnessed a -7.93% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.85%, and is -5.47% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.38% over the week and 2.61% over the month.
Carmax Inc (KMX) has around 29836 employees, a market worth around $11.92B and $25.98B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.35 and Fwd P/E is 19.93. Profit margin for the company is 1.77%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.70% and -15.09% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.84%).
with sales reaching $5.93B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.25% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.02% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.38% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 153.91M, and float is at 153.09M with Short Float at 7.66%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 18.28 million shares valued at $1.34 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.629 of the KMX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 11.16 million shares valued at $818.52 million to account for 7.1014 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC which holds 8.38 million shares representing 5.3353 and valued at over $614.95 million, while DIAMOND HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC holds 4.2651 of the shares totaling 6.7 million with a market value of $491.6 million.
Carmax Inc (KMX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Tuite Tyler, the company’s SVP & Chief Product Officer. SEC filings show that Tuite Tyler sold 4,869 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 28 ’25 at a price of $84.58 per share for a total of $0.41 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 227.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 15 ’25, Mayor-Mora Enrique N (EVP & CFO) disposed off 5,000 shares at an average price of $81.43 for $0.41 million. The insider now directly holds 20,260 shares of Carmax Inc (KMX).
