KMX — CarMax, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · ETF XLY · as of 2026-09-18
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
CarMax, Inc.
NYQ
Consumer Cyclical · Auto & Truck Dealerships
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 reconditioni...
Price & today
$57.21
ATR(14) 1.89 (3.30%)
| Stock today | -2.00% |
| Sector ETF today | -0.32% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | -1.68% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLY | 0.49 |
| 60-day correlation with XLY | 0.11 |
| Status | normal |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $59.71 |
| 20 EMA | $60.16 |
| 50 EMA | $58.26 |
| EMA stack | NEUTRAL |
| RSI(14) | 38.5 |
| 52-week high distance | -8.55% |
| 52-week low distance | +89.06% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 46.9 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (4d) |
| Sector rank | #349 |
| Next earnings | 2026-09-23 (TNS, 4d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
28.0
ADR%
2.8
RMV (tight)
100.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
-1.6
Rel Vol
197.0%
U/D 50d
1.16
U/D 25d
0.72
Accum/Dist 25d
0 / 1
EPS YoY
-5.0%
LoD dist
42.0
Off 52w High
12.4%
Above 52w Low
89.1%
1W / 1M
-6.7 / -3.0
Avg $Vol 50d
125.6M
Mkt Cap (B)
8.1
Trend 8/8
no
Leads Group
YES
Sector XLY
-1.7% 1W
Base len (VCP)
10wk (2/18)
Coil (base shape)
85TVPX COIL
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
35.5
Fwd P/E
18.7
PEG
0.6
Price/Book
1.3
Profit margin
0.8%
ROE
3.6%
Debt/Equity
307.8
Rev growth
+5.5%
Analyst target
$55 (-4%)
Analyst rating
HOLD
Institutional %
110.4%
Insider %
0.4%
Float %
91.5%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
145 / 147
Industry
Auto & Truck Dealerships
Float
129.9M
Float turnover 20d
1.3%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
104.2M / 125.6M
Days to cover
2.9
Short % float
9.2%
Institutional %
110.4%
Weinstein stage
2
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep-24 | 0.85 | +13% | 7,013.5 | -1% |
| Dec-24 | 0.81 | +56% | 6,223.4‡ | - |
| Apr-25 | 0.58 | +81% | 6,003.1‡ | - |
| Jun-25 | 1.38 | +42% | 7,546.5‡ | - |
| Sep-25 | 0.64 | -25% | 6,594.7‡ | - |
| Dec-25 | 0.51 | -37% | 5,793.9‡ | - |
| Apr-26 | 0.34 | -41% | 5,945.9‡ | - |
| Jun-26 | 1.31 | -5% | 8,013.5‡ | +6% |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 11 · 5 Things That Investors Might Consider Ahead Of The Fed's Rate Decision SeekingAlpha
- Sep 09 · CarMax Announces Second Quarter Conference Call Business Wire
- Sep 09 · CarMax Announces Second Quarter Conference Call Yahoo
- Sep 02 · Petco Health & Wellness (WOOF) Surpasses Q2 Earnings Estimates Yahoo
- Sep 02 · Petco Health & Wellness (WOOF) Surpasses Q2 Earnings Estimates Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 02 · CARMAX, INC. (NYSE: KMX) SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION ALERT: Bernstein Liebhard Investigates Potential Breaches of Fiduciary Duty GlobeNewsWire
- Sep 02 · Loan Delinquencies Edge Lower in Q2, but Some Remain at Very High Levels. Here's What It Means for Investors. The Motley Fool
- Sep 01 · 1 Consumer Stock Worth Your Attention and 2 We Question Yahoo