CarMax, Inc.

KMX stock score: 46/100

$52.96 · +2.85% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
42
Fundamental
50
News
65

The reading

CarMax (KMX) scores 46 out of 100, which reads weak, higher than 28% of Consumer Cyclical stocks and 32% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 42, fundamentals 50.

Among the fundamentals, Free Cash Flow Yield at 99 and Current Ratio at 97 score highest, while Earnings Growth (5-Year) at 2 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 37 and contrarian oscillators 58.

News sentiment is positive at 65; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 43 to 66, and it is down 20 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward KMX’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

50

Pulling it up

  • Free Cash Flow Yield99

    Free cash flow yield is free cash flow divided by market value: the cash a business generates for each dollar of its price.

  • Current Ratio97

    Current ratio measures ability to pay short-term liabilities with current assets.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)96

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)2

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

  • Debt to Equity2

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)3

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

41

Pulling it up

  • Money Flow Index (14)91

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)83

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Bollinger Bands (50)81

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • SMA 50 Cross Up5

    SMA 50 Cross Up detects when faster averages cross above the 50-period SMA.

  • TRIX6

    TRIX is a momentum oscillator that filters out short-term noise by triple-smoothing price data.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
65

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly551
Daily413
Weekly412
Monthly362
Quarterly432

Composite score, last 90 days

05010046Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 66Jul 26, 2026: 66Jul 27, 2026: 66Jul 28, 2026: 66Jul 29, 2026: 65Jul 30, 2026: 65Jul 31, 2026: 61Aug 2, 2026: 50Aug 3, 2026: 52Aug 5, 2026: 50Aug 6, 2026: 51Aug 7, 2026: 50Aug 8, 2026: 50Aug 9, 2026: 50Aug 10, 2026: 50Aug 11, 2026: 49Aug 12, 2026: 49Aug 13, 2026: 51Aug 14, 2026: 50Aug 15, 2026: 50Aug 16, 2026: 50Aug 17, 2026: 49Aug 18, 2026: 47Aug 19, 2026: 50Aug 20, 2026: 51Aug 22, 2026: 51Aug 23, 2026: 51Aug 24, 2026: 50Aug 25, 2026: 51Aug 26, 2026: 51Aug 27, 2026: 51Aug 28, 2026: 49Aug 29, 2026: 50Aug 30, 2026: 50Aug 31, 2026: 48Sep 1, 2026: 49Sep 2, 2026: 49Sep 3, 2026: 50Sep 4, 2026: 50Sep 5, 2026: 50Sep 6, 2026: 50Sep 7, 2026: 50Sep 8, 2026: 48Sep 9, 2026: 48Sep 10, 2026: 47Sep 11, 2026: 50Sep 12, 2026: 50Sep 13, 2026: 50Sep 14, 2026: 49Sep 15, 2026: 47Sep 16, 2026: 45Sep 17, 2026: 46Sep 18, 2026: 45Sep 19, 2026: 45Sep 20, 2026: 45Sep 21, 2026: 46Sep 22, 2026: 44Sep 23, 2026: 48Sep 24, 2026: 47Sep 25, 2026: 46Sep 26, 2026: 46Sep 27, 2026: 46Sep 28, 2026: 46Sep 29, 2026: 50Sep 30, 2026: 46Oct 1, 2026: 46Oct 2, 2026: 46Oct 3, 2026: 47Oct 4, 2026: 47Oct 5, 2026: 46Oct 6, 2026: 48Oct 7, 2026: 46Oct 8, 2026: 46Oct 9, 2026: 45Oct 10, 2026: 45Oct 11, 2026: 45Oct 12, 2026: 44Oct 13, 2026: 44Oct 14, 2026: 43Oct 15, 2026: 46Oct 16, 2026: 47Oct 17, 2026: 47Oct 18, 2026: 47Oct 19, 2026: 45Oct 20, 2026: 47Oct 21, 2026: 46Oct 22, 2026: 46
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 22, 202646
Oct 21, 202646
Oct 20, 202647
Oct 19, 202645
Oct 18, 202647
Oct 17, 202647
Oct 16, 202647
Oct 15, 202646
Oct 14, 202643
Oct 13, 202644
Oct 12, 202644
Oct 11, 202645
Oct 10, 202645
Oct 9, 202645
Oct 8, 202646
Oct 7, 202646
Oct 6, 202648
Oct 5, 202646
Oct 4, 202647
Oct 3, 202647
Oct 2, 202646
Oct 1, 202646
Sep 30, 202646
Sep 29, 202650
Sep 28, 202646
Sep 27, 202646
Sep 26, 202646
Sep 25, 202646
Sep 24, 202647
Sep 23, 202648
Sep 22, 202644
Sep 21, 202646
Sep 20, 202645
Sep 19, 202645
Sep 18, 202645
Sep 17, 202646
Sep 16, 202645
Sep 15, 202647
Sep 14, 202649
Sep 13, 202650
Sep 12, 202650
Sep 11, 202650
Sep 10, 202647
Sep 9, 202648
Sep 8, 202648
Sep 7, 202650
Sep 6, 202650
Sep 5, 202650
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Sep 3, 202650
Sep 2, 202649
Sep 1, 202649
Aug 31, 202648
Aug 30, 202650
Aug 29, 202650
Aug 28, 202649
Aug 27, 202651
Aug 26, 202651
Aug 25, 202651
Aug 24, 202650
Aug 23, 202651
Aug 22, 202651
Aug 20, 202651
Aug 19, 202650
Aug 18, 202647
Aug 17, 202649
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Aug 13, 202651
Aug 12, 202649
Aug 11, 202649
Aug 10, 202650
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Aug 3, 202652
Aug 2, 202650
Jul 31, 202661
Jul 30, 202665
Jul 29, 202665
Jul 28, 202666
Jul 27, 202666
Jul 26, 202666
Jul 25, 202666

Key facts

Market cap
$7.5B
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Auto & Truck Dealerships
Beta
1.23
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Dec 17, 2026

Auto & Truck Dealerships peers

CompanyMarket capScore
PAG Penske Automotive Group$13.9B59
RUSHB Rush Enterprises$6.8B60
LAD Lithia Motors$6.4B49
AN AutoNation$5.4B48
RUSHA Rush Enterprises$5.3B55
VVV Valvoline$4.1B54

Questions

What is KMX's stock score today?

KMX scores 46/100 (Weak) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 42, fundamental 50, and news sentiment 65, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is KMX a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 46 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean weak today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the KMX score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Consumer Cyclical ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.