CarMax, Inc. (KMX)Consumer Cyclical | Auto & Truck Dealerships | Richmond, United States | NYSE
40.66 USD
-0.22
(-0.538%) ⇩
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:34 a.m. EDT
CarMax is in 'buy-the-dip' territory for short-term capital, with strong put activity ($47.50-$50 strikes) citing a 15% Q4 decline and a $141M write-off as catalysts. While calls pile in at $55, the current momentum (price down 4.8% over the last month) and deteriorating profit margins/outside-of-the-money put dominance suggest the next leg might be lower before any recovery, rather than an immediate V-shape bounce. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.064948 |
| MSTL | 0.070601 |
| AutoETS | 0.076885 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.076887 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 50% |
| H-stat | 3.05 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.016 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.030 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.55 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 318.175 |
| Revenue per Share | 188.479 |
| Market Cap | 5,766,430,208 |
| Trailing P/E | 24.20 |
| Forward P/E | 13.03 |
| Beta | 1.30 |
| Profit Margins | 0.89% |
| Website | https://www.carmax.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:34 a.m. EDT: Calls show heavy Open Interest (OI) walls at $50-$55 strikes, indicating a gap-up expectation for traders willing to buy in at lower premium. However, the near-term (April 17) Put data shows the opposite: massive volume and OI buildup at $47.5 and $50 OTM strikes. This volume is nearly double the OI, suggesting aggressive selling positioning for a drop to $45-$47. The IV for these OTM puts is significantly elevated (2.2x+ ATM), a classic hedging signal of a high-conviction downside move expected by downside speculators. Long positions appear to be buying depth ($50-$55 calls) while hedge funds/speculators are aggressively shorting or hedging via $47.5-$50 puts.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.37494236 |
| Address1 | 12,800 Tuckahoe Creek Parkway |
| All Time High | 155.98 |
| All Time Low | 0.65625 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 1,100 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,850,100 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 3,486,398 |
| Average Volume | 3,486,398 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,850,100 |
| Beta | 1.299 |
| Bid | 40.43 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 41.53 |
| City | Richmond |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 40.66 |
| Current Ratio | 2.199 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 41.07 |
| Day Low | 39.83 |
| Debt To Equity | 318.175 |
| Display Name | CarMax |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,781,726,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,781,726,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,781,699,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,781,699,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,781,699,400 |
| Ebitda | 1,037,913,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0374 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 23.49 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.878 |
| Enterprise Value | 24,380,489,728 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.41167 |
| Eps Forward | 3.12111 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.68 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 42.7452 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -2.0852013 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.048782114 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -37.494236 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 71.99 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -31.329998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.43519932 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 30.26 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 10.4 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.343688 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 30.26 - 71.99 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 855,066,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 133,146,960 |
| Forward Eps | 3.12111 |
| Forward P E | 13.027416 |
| Free Cashflow | -88,674,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 27,796 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.12139 |
| Gross Profits | 3,369,314,048 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00445 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.07928 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 141,820,715 |
| Industry | Auto & Truck Dealerships |
| Industry Disp | Auto & Truck Dealerships |
| Industry Key | auto-truck-dealerships |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=125417&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,772,236,800 |
| Last Split Date | 1,174,953,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | CarMax, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer of used vehicles and related products in the United States. The company operates in two segments: CarMax Sales Operations and CarMax Auto Finance. The CarMax Sales Operations segment offers customers a range of makes and models of used vehicles, including domestic, imported, and luxury vehicles, as well as hybrid and electric vehicles; used vehicle auctions; extended protection plans to customers at the time of sale; and reconditioning and vehicle repair services. The CarMax Auto Finance segment provides financing alternatives for retail customers across a range of credit spectrum and arrangements with various financial institutions. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Richmond, Virginia. |
| Long Name | CarMax, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,766,430,208 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_356805 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,772,236,800 |
| Net Income To Common | 247,290,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,803,772,800 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,766,430,271 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 13 |
| Open | 40.62 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,783,847,040 |
| Operating Margins | 0.018099999 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.65 |
| Phone | 804 747 0422 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.09000015 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.22140259 |
| Pre Market Price | 40.74 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,776,217 |
| Previous Close | 40.88 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 16.859686 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.9790513 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.20776163 |
| Profit Margins | 0.008909999 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.136 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.220001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.538163 |
| Regular Market Day High | 41.07 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 39.83 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 39.83 - 41.07 |
| Regular Market Open | 40.62 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 40.88 |
| Regular Market Price | 40.66 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,769,263 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01609 |
| Return On Equity | 0.04077 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.012 |
| Revenue Per Share | 188.479 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 141,820,715 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.106400006 |
| Shares Short | 15,085,743 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 15,016,886 |
| Short Name | CarMax Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1225 |
| Short Ratio | 4.81 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | KMX |
| Target High Price | 99.0 |
| Target Low Price | 19.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 41.69231 |
| Target Median Price | 38.0 |
| Total Cash | 122,826,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.866 |
| Total Debt | 18,736,885,760 |
| Total Revenue | 27,755,030,528 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.68 |
| Trailing P E | 24.202381 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.6975 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 47.3334 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -6.673401 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.14098714 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 3,769,263 |
| Website | https://www.carmax.com |
| Zip | 23,238 |