Diane L. Cafritz Sells 1,706 Shares of CarMax, Inc. (NYSE:KMX) Stock

CarMax, Inc. (NYSE:KMXFree Report) EVP Diane L. Cafritz sold 1,706 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $83.85, for a total value of $143,048.10. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 5,073 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $425,371.05. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

CarMax Trading Down 0.8 %

Shares of CarMax stock opened at $83.70 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 2.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.12. The firm has a market cap of $13.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.42. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $74.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $69.18. CarMax, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $52.10 and a fifty-two week high of $106.24.

CarMax (NYSE:KMXFree Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, June 23rd. The company reported $1.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.65. The business had revenue of $7.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.49 billion. CarMax had a return on equity of 7.46% and a net margin of 1.64%. The company’s revenue was down 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.56 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that CarMax, Inc. will post 2.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of CarMax

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of CarMax by 1.7% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 17,690,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,706,790,000 after buying an additional 303,973 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of CarMax by 1.8% during the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 10,633,886 shares of the company’s stock valued at $683,546,000 after purchasing an additional 184,104 shares during the last quarter. Akre Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CarMax by 0.7% during the first quarter. Akre Capital Management LLC now owns 7,339,952 shares of the company’s stock valued at $708,159,000 after purchasing an additional 49,780 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of CarMax by 0.7% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,137,852 shares of the company’s stock valued at $405,221,000 after purchasing an additional 40,047 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of CarMax during the fourth quarter valued at $327,964,000.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on KMX. Stephens lowered their price objective on CarMax from $53.00 to $51.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, March 31st. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on CarMax from $75.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, April 14th. Truist Financial upped their price objective on CarMax from $64.00 to $82.00 in a research note on Monday, June 26th. StockNews.com began coverage on CarMax in a research note on Thursday, May 18th. They set a “sell” rating for the company. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on CarMax from $65.00 to $80.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 12th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $74.00.

About CarMax

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CarMax, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer of used vehicles in the United States. It operates in two segments, CarMax Sales Operations and CarMax Auto Finance. The company offers customers a range of makes and models of used vehicles, including domestic, imported, and luxury vehicles, as well as hybrid and electric vehicles; and extended protection plans to customers at the time of sale, as well as sells vehicles that are approximately 10 years old and has more than 100,000 miles through wholesale auctions.

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