Carmax Inc (NYSE: KMX) is -3.01% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $61.34 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 $67.17 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -63.31%.
Currently trading at $3.86M, the stock is 5.27% and 5.04% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.53 million and changing 5534893% at the moment leaves the stock -8.56% off its SMA200. KMX registered -15.35% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.00%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $65.8862 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $75.68505.
The stock witnessed a 9.47% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.89%, and is 5.10% up 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 3.70% over the week and 2.20% over the month.
Carmax Inc (KMX) has around 30048 employees, a market worth around $10.54B and $26.79B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.13 and Fwd P/E is 15.53. Profit margin for the company is 2.08%. Distance from 52-week low is 12.83% and -24.15% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.26%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 20.25% this year.
Carmax Inc (KMX) Top Institutional Holders
1034.0 institutions hold shares in Carmax Inc (KMX), with institutional investors hold 110.59% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 152.34M, and float is at 151.58M with Short Float at 8.48%. Institutions hold 110.17% 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 purchase by STEENROD MITCHELL D, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that STEENROD MITCHELL D bought 1,300 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 24 ’25 at a price of $65.49 per share for a total of $85137.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 33577.0 shares.
Carmax Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 28 ’25 that Tuite Tyler (SVP & Chief Product Officer) sold a total of 4,869 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 28 ’25 and was made at $84.58 per share for $0.41 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 227.0 shares of the KMX stock.
