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We have scored 57 news catalysts on CarMax, Inc. (KMX) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Nov 6, 2025, when KMX closed −24.3%: “CarMax: Bad News Piles Up As CEO Ousted”. Coverage across the window leans negative (average ticker sentiment −0.37). Most of the impact sits in price momentum and forward growth expectations.
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Market cap
7.9B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
1.23
52W range
30.26-65.28
Day range
55.40–57.00
Open
55.73
Prev close
56.17
Volume
322.6K
Avg volume
2.7M
Dividend
0.00
IPO
1997-02-04
Analysts publish price targets on KMX, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
12 analyst price targets from $31 to $66
as of 2026-09-05
The market is 33% above the median target — more optimistic than the analysts.
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about CarMax, Inc. — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of CarMax, Inc., taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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CarMax, Inc., together with its associated entities, functions as a prominent purveyor of previously owned automobiles across the United States. Its business operations are strategically structured into two principal divisions: CarMax Sales Operations and CarMax Auto Finance. Through its retail offerings, the company provides an extensive selection of pre-owned vehicles, including various domestic, imported, and luxury models, in addition to hybrid and electric options. Customers also have the opportunity to purchase extended protection plans at the time of their vehicle acquisition. Separately, CarMax sells older, higher-mileage vehicles—typically around ten years old with over 100,000 miles—via wholesale auctions. Furthermore, CarMax delivers reconditioning and repair services for its vehicles. For its retail clients, the company facilitates a range of financing alternatives designed to accommodate diverse credit profiles, managed both by its internal CarMax Auto Finance segment and through arrangements with various external financial institutions. Founded in 1993, CarMax, Inc. maintains its corporate headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.
The reconstruction
The price sits 33% above the median published target and at the 92% percentile by count, meaning the market is paying for a growth acceleration that the majority of analysts will not endorse.
What the disagreement turns on
Can CarMax actually grow unit volumes fast enough to justify a +7.0% revenue CAGR while its subprime lending expansion faces a restrictive rate environment, and the wired data can only confirm the volume side of this question, not the margin or credit risk.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
Claim by claim
Computed at $63.29 on 2026-09-05 — the quote has since moved -12%, so read this as a record of what was priced in then, not now.
