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CarMax Background CarMax, Inc. delivers an unrivaled customer experience by offering a broad selection of quality used vehicles and related products and services at competitive, no-haggle prices using a customer-friendly sales process. We are the nation s largest retailer of used vehicles, and we sold 780,684 used vehicles at retail during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026.
$57.33
$1.14 (-1.95%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 1.39%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue declined 2.0% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
At 36x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Net debt of $18.07B represents 14.5x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
35.6x earnings, 8.2x FCF. Not cheap, the quality is already reflected in the price. Upside from here requires either margin expansion or growth re-acceleration, not just continuation.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$25.96B
▼ -2.0% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$223M
▼ -50.6% YoY
Op. Margin
1.30%
▼ -0.4pp YoY
ROIC
0.83%
▼ -0.3pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$994M
▲ +694.2% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$1.50B
▲ +185.7% YoY
Net Debt
$18.15B
Cash & Equiv.
$132M
5Y CAGR: +6.3%
5Y CAGR: +19.8%
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At a P/E of 35.6 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 8.2, CarMax (KMX) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $6.74 per share, so at $57.33 the stock looks overvalued (88.2% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, CarMax scores 47/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $6.74 per share for KMX, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $5.05. At today's $57.33, that puts the stock about 88.2% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
CarMax scores 47 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 1.3% operating margin and a 0.8% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. KMX currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 47/100 on quality (mixed). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.