CarMax Third Quarter 2025 Earnings: Beats Expectations

CarMax (NYSE:KMX) Third Quarter 2025 Results

Key Financial Results

• Revenue: US$6.69b (up 1.8% from 3Q 2024).
• Net income: US$125.4m (up 53% from 3Q 2024).
• Profit margin: 1.9% (up from 1.2% in 3Q 2024). The increase in margin was driven by higher revenue.
• EPS: US$0.81 (up from US$0.52 in 3Q 2024).

All figures shown in the chart above are for the trailing 12 month (TTM) period

CarMax Revenues and Earnings Beat Expectations

Revenue exceeded analyst estimates by 2.9%. Earnings per share (EPS) also surpassed analyst estimates by 33%.

Looking ahead, revenue is forecast to grow 2.6% p.a. on average during the next 3 years, compared to a 4.7% growth forecast for the Specialty Retail industry in the US.

Performance of the American Specialty Retail industry.

The company's shares are down 2.3% from a week ago.

Risk Analysis

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 1 warning sign for CarMax that you need to be mindful of.

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