Carmax Inc (NYSE: KMX) is -22.91% 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 $62.98 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.59%.
Currently trading at $62.39, the stock is -6.91% and -5.98% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.77 million and changing -0.94% at the moment leaves the stock -16.69% off its SMA200. KMX registered -23.69% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.52%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $66.4968 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $75.0194.
The stock witnessed a -3.88% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.57%, and is -7.25% 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 3.40% over the week and 3.30% over the month.
Carmax Inc (KMX) has around 30048 employees, a market worth around $9.36B and $26.79B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.25 and Fwd P/E is 13.97. Profit margin for the company is 2.08%. Distance from 52-week low is 1.71% and -31.63% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.24%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 21.82% this year
1023.0 institutions hold shares in Carmax Inc (KMX), with institutional investors hold 110.88% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 150.58M, and float is at 149.31M with Short Float at 9.62%. Institutions hold 110.45% 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 Daniels Jon G, the company’s EVP, CAF. SEC filings show that Daniels Jon G sold 1,540 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 02 ’25 at a price of $70.64 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2779.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 24 ’25, STEENROD MITCHELL D (Director) acquired 1,300 shares at an average price of $65.49 for $85137.0. The insider now directly holds 33,577 shares of Carmax Inc (KMX).
