CarMax, Inc.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $60.39, CarMax, Inc. (KMX) is priced for +1.0% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 27, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
The number that decides CarMax is comparable-store used-unit sales, and in fiscal Q4 2026 it fell 1.9% while total used units dipped 0.8%. Volume, not price, is the swing factor, and volume is still soft. At $53.62 the market pays about 29x company-wide operating income, implying roughly 9.5% annual operating growth for five years against trailing margins near 3%. The price assumes a profitability and volume recovery that has not yet shown up. Most of the $18 billion of debt funds the CarMax A
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526 institutional managers reported holding KMX in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 85 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, AQR Capital, among others. On the short side, 14.9M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 11% of shares outstanding (4.4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
KMX has cut its share count 13.1% over the past five years, spending $1.94B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.16B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at KMX over the trailing three years: 2025: 3 buys totaling $676k; 2026: 5 buys totaling $1.27M. 20 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
KMX's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-27 | +10.1% | -1.2% |
| 2023-09-30 | -11.2% | -4.7% |
| 2024-01-06 | +2.5% | +12.0% |
| 2024-04-16 | -9.9% | +2.4% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
KMX's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-31 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-06-24 (items 5.02, 5.07, 9.01); 2026-06-17 (items 2.02, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-06-08 (items 5.02); 2026-05-12 (items 5.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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