CarMax, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: US1431301027
USD
56.67
-0.84 (-1.46%)
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  • Key factors
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  • Financials
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is CarMax, Inc. ?

1
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength as the company has not declared results in the last 6 months
  • Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -180.74% of over the last 5 years
  • High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 1.14% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
Flat results in May 25
  • INTEREST(Q) At USD 27.07 MM has Grown at 12.14%
3
With ROE of 8.02%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.60 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -52.13%, its profits have risen by 4.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.8
4
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -52.13% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

  1. All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Retailing)

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is CarMax, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
CarMax, Inc.
1.02%
-0.78
50.51%
S&P 500
22.61%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.96%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-7.66%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.80
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
187.01
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
2.86
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.13
Tax Ratio
25.12%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
1.14%
ROE (avg)
13.26%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
13
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.96
EV to EBIT
32.22
EV to EBITDA
21.49
EV to Capital Employed
0.99
EV to Sales
0.81
PEG Ratio
2.64
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
3.07%
ROE (Latest)
7.55%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

9What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 1,501.89 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 258.56 MM has Grown at 97.11%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 185.63 MM has Grown at 91.1%

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 8,474.46 MM

-11What is not working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 206.2 MM has Grown at -31.32%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 3.59%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 10.84% (YoY

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at USD 33.81 MM

Here's what is working for CarMax, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 1,501.89 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 258.56 MM has Grown at 97.11%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 131.17 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 185.63 MM has Grown at 91.1%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 97.14 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 8,474.46 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Net Sales
At USD 8,474.46 MM has Grown at 22.17%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 6,936.34 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for CarMax, Inc.

Interest
At USD 33.81 MM has Grown at 17.6%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Interest
Highest at USD 33.81 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 17.6% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 10.84% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales