Carmax Inc (NYSE: KMX) is -17.16% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $63.22 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 $67.50 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.23%.
Currently trading at $67.73, the stock is -8.38% and -13.35% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.1 million and changing 0.34% at the moment leaves the stock -14.17% off its SMA200. KMX registered -5.15% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.11%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $78.1644 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $78.9102.
The stock witnessed a -5.76% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.88%, and is -7.61% 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 7.69% over the week and 5.40% over the month.
Carmax Inc (KMX) has around 30048 employees, a market worth around $10.34B and $26.35B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.14 and Fwd P/E is 15.68. Profit margin for the company is 1.90%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.13% and -25.78% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.00%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 15.62% this year.
Carmax Inc (KMX) Top Institutional Holders
1025.0 institutions hold shares in Carmax Inc (KMX), with institutional investors hold 112.04% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 153.32M, and float is at 151.99M with Short Float at 7.99%. Institutions hold 111.60% of the Float.
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).
