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CarMax Inc (KMX) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KMX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.24 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How KMX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.24 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), CarMax Inc moved 0.24% on average · correlation 0.04 · higher than 24% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.46 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.70% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.91% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Auto & Truck Dealerships · United States · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Auto & Truck Dealerships · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against KMX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — CarMax Inc

KMX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
CarMax buys, reconditions and resells used vehicles through its own lots and website, and lends against them through a captive finance arm that arranges credit across the buyer's credit range. It also runs wholesale auctions for cars that do not meet its retail standard. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia.
Where it sits in the stack
CarMax holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack entirely. Within our wider universe it belongs to the auto-and-truck dealership sleeve of the consumer-cyclical sector, where the driver is retail unit volume and financing margin, not compute demand.
Who it is priced against
The diary sets no formal peer group for CarMax. The comparison the market draws most often is with Carvana, the online used-vehicle retailer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
CarMax is a Russell 1000 constituent but carries no seat in Rubin and no Closelooknet score yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether used-vehicle demand and financing margin move together, since CarMax's retail sales and its lending arm depend on the same buyers.

CarMax Inc (KMX) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Stephens, 2026-09-25

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for KMX from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Stephens — target 74 from 66 Target raised to $74 from $66 (+31.3% to spot) 2026-09-25
  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 47 from 44 Target raised to $47 from $44 (-17.3% to spot) 2026-09-23

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is CarMax Inc (KMX)?

CarMax Inc trades as KMX on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is KMX in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — CarMax Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does KMX trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.7% vs the 50-day and +19.7% vs the 200-day average, 12.4% below the 52-week high and +89.1% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 63 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does CarMax Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year CarMax Inc had a beta of 0.24 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 24% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.70% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does CarMax Inc do?

CarMax buys, reconditions and resells used vehicles through its own lots and website, and lends against them through a captive finance arm that arranges credit across the buyer's credit range. It also runs wholesale auctions for cars that do not meet its retail standard. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia. The diary sets no formal peer group for CarMax. The comparison the market draws most often is with Carvana, the online used-vehicle retailer.

Where does CarMax Inc sit in the AI build-out?

CarMax holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack entirely. Within our wider universe it belongs to the auto-and-truck dealership sleeve of the consumer-cyclical sector, where the driver is retail unit volume and financing margin, not compute demand. CarMax is a Russell 1000 constituent but carries no seat in Rubin and no Closelooknet score yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

What has Wall Street done on CarMax Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on CarMax Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Stephens on 2026-09-25 (target 74 from 66). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KMX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Auto & Truck Dealerships, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.