CARMAX INC KMX
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 143130102 · ISIN US1431301027
US-based used car retailer
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations
- HeadquartersRichmond, VA
- Founded1993
- Websitecarmax.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($27.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 152.7m as of 2025-04-09, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $77.90. Options: 26 managers hold calls ($237.5m notional), 26 hold puts ($139.5m).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 640 |
| Q4 2022 | 658 |
| Q1 2023 | 673 |
| Q2 2023 | 705 |
| Q3 2023 | 683 |
| Q4 2023 | 707 |
| Q1 2024 | 716 |
| Q2 2024 | 707 |
| Q3 2024 | 743 |
| Q4 2024 | 749 |
| Q1 2025 | 754 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 318 | 315 |
| Q3 2023 | 292 | 330 |
| Q4 2023 | 294 | 339 |
| Q1 2024 | 348 | 303 |
| Q2 2024 | 368 | 289 |
| Q3 2024 | 320 | 334 |
| Q4 2024 | 311 | 359 |
| Q1 2025 | 340 | 360 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $295.0m | $253.3m | 0.86 |
| Q3 2024 | $252.3m | $320.6m | 1.27 |
| Q4 2024 | $197.5m | $162.3m | 0.82 |
| Q1 2025 | $237.5m | $139.5m | 0.59 |
Biggest buyers
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +2.4m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +887.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +862.5k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +778.7k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +537.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Added | +523.8k |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. | New | +433.5k |
| NORGES BANK | Added | +430.5k |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | New | +325.3k |
| Man Group plc | Added | +324.7k |
Biggest sellers
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Reduced | -2.0m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.7m |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC | Reduced | -938.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -628.4k |
| AKRE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -462.2k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -415.1k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Reduced | -382.8k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) | Reduced | -362.6k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | Reduced | -311.1k |
| Makaira Partners LLC | Reduced | -287.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $51.4m659.5k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $46.3m594.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $29.5m378.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $18.1m232.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $17.3m228.2k shares |
| Rokos Capital Management LLP | New | $11.2m143.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $10.9m140.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $10.9m139.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $10.4m133.5k shares |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | $9.4m120.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $28.8m369.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $18.1m232.3k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $17.7m227.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $15.3m195.9k shares |
| Rokos Capital Management LLP | New | $11.2m143.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $8.4m108.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $5.8m74.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $5.1m67.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $4.3m55.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $3.5m44.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +4.9 pts · filed 2025-11-06 | 11.4% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.3% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (4.7%, 2026-08-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $5.9m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $22.6m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $8.5m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.7m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.2m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 6 | $15.8m | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $14.9m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 5 | $7.6m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | Tuite Tyler SVP & Chief Product Officer | Sold | $411.8k4.9k shares |
| 2025-01-15 | Livesay Jill A VP, Controller & PAO | Sold | $1.1m13.0k shares |
| 2025-01-15 | Mayor-Mora Enrique N EVP & CFO | Sold | $407.2k5.0k shares |
| 2025-01-08 | Shamim Mohammad EVP and CITO | Sold | $1.1m12.8k shares |
| 2025-01-02 | Lyski James EVP, Chief Growth & Strat Off | Sold | $4.7m58.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.1m $1.4bn | Reduced -109.6k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.1m $941.8m | Reduced -51.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.29% of their portfolio | 6.6m $513.3m | Reduced -2.0m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 6.2m $484.2m | Reduced -132.2k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 2.09% of their portfolio | 5.9m $456.5m | Reduced -362.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.06% of their portfolio | 5.6m $436.9m | Added +430.5k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.31% of their portfolio | 4.8m $371.6m | Reduced -311.1k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 4.7m $360.5m | Added +72.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.8m $296.7m | Added +110.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.77% of their portfolio | 3.4m $262.3m | Added +523.8k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.46% of their portfolio | 3.1m $241.1m | Added +206.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.32% of their portfolio | 3.1m $239.8m | Added +2.4m |
| UBS Group AG 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.0m $233.7m | Added +887.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.9m $223.1m | Added +133.6k |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ 2.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $206.6m | Reduced -107.2k |
| TURTLE CREEK ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 5.70% of their portfolio | 2.6m $202.8m | Added +12.2k |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP 3.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $188.3m | Added +18.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $166.3m | Added +272.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $143.4m | Added +303.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.8m $140.2m | Reduced -122.1k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 1.38% of their portfolio | 1.8m $137.9m | Reduced -58.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.7m $130.2m | Reduced -2.1k |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 4.72% of their portfolio | 1.6m $127.9m | Reduced -41.2k |
| NorthCoast Asset Management LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 1.5m $119.7m | Reduced -64.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $119.5m | Added +1.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.5m $118.6m | Added +20.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.5m $115.9m | Added +109.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $115.9m | Reduced -6.9k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 1.07% of their portfolio | 1.3m $102.5m | Added +16.8k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 0.58% of their portfolio | 1.3m $98.5m | Added +23.7k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 1.2m $95.3m | Added +177.1k |
| Vulcan Value Partners, LLC 1.78% of their portfolio | 1.2m $95.0m | Reduced -108.9k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.2m $91.6m | Added +6.7k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.1m $84.4m | Reduced -128.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.1m $84.3m | Added +862.5k |
| Man Group plc 0.23% of their portfolio | 967.5k $75.4m | Added +324.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 921.6k $71.8m | Reduced -1.7m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.27% of their portfolio | 903.0k $70.4m | Added +778.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 891.5k $69.5m | Reduced -26.3k |
| Welch & Forbes LLC 0.89% of their portfolio | 873.8k $68.1m | Added +3.4k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 872.4k $68.0m | Added +100.1k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 0.85% of their portfolio | 818.4k $63.8m | Reduced -57.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 815.5k $63.5m | Added +207.7k |
| WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 3.33% of their portfolio | 805.2k $62.7m | Reduced -20.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 782.2k $61.0m | Added +1.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 698.0k $54.4m | Added +21.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 632.6k $49.3m | Added +142.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 618.9k $48.2m | Added +73.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 618.3k $48.2m | Added +66.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 615.1k $47.9m | Added +537.0k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 3.09% of their portfolio | 609.7k $47.5m | Reduced -3.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 578.8k $45.1m | Reduced -29.9k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 559.1k $43.6m | Reduced -61.6k |
| Silver Heights Capital Management Inc 19.76% of their portfolio | 558.3k $43.5m | Reduced -7.3k |
| Rings Capital Management LLC 20.19% of their portfolio | 508.5k $39.6m | Added +6.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 479.1k $37.3m | Added +119.5k |
| ThornTree Capital Partners LP 8.09% of their portfolio | 470.1k $36.6m | Added +34.5k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.11% of their portfolio | 456.1k $35.5m | Reduced -75.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 434.7k $33.9m | First filing |
| Swiss National Bank 0.02% of their portfolio | 433.8k $33.8m | Reduced -3.8k |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. 2.47% of their portfolio | 433.5k $33.8m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 425.1k $33.1m | Reduced -44.8k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 420.1k $32.1m | Added +59.2k |
| SCHWERIN BOYLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 3.34% of their portfolio | 416.1k $32.4m | Reduced -9.1k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 406.9k $31.7m | Reduced -29.8k |
| Kiltearn Partners LLP 5.93% of their portfolio | 399.5k $31.1m | Reduced -78.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 388.3k $30.3m | Added +8.4k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.12% of their portfolio | 361.5k $28.2m | Reduced -69.5k |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC 4.46% of their portfolio | 351.4k $39.4m | Added +630 |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC 4.53% of their portfolio | 348.3k $27.1m | Reduced -166.3k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 346.2k $27.0m | Reduced -8.2k |
| Mount Capital Ltd 8.61% of their portfolio | 342.7k $26.7m | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 326.7k $25.5m | Added +33.9k |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 2.01% of their portfolio | 325.3k $25.3m | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 316.1k $24.6m | Added +72.8k |
| EUBEL BRADY & SUTTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 3.20% of their portfolio | 311.6k $24.3m | Added +2.6k |
| MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 311.3k $24.3m | Added +1.3k |
| Aureus Asset Management, LLC 1.67% of their portfolio | 305.9k $23.8m | Reduced -3.6k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.84% of their portfolio | 303.5k $23.6m | New |
| FAIRVIEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.22% of their portfolio | 295.9k $23.1m | Reduced -10.1k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 275.8k $21.5m | Added +27.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.02% of their portfolio | 274.4k $21.4m | First filing |
| Makaira Partners LLC 7.11% of their portfolio | 272.2k $21.2m | Reduced -287.2k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.04% of their portfolio | 269.1k $21.0m | Added +72.8k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 265.1k $20.7m | New |
| Courant Investment Management LLC 16.16% of their portfolio | 247.5k $19.3m | Unchanged |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 239.9k $18.7m | Added +41.2k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 239.3k $18.6m | Added +12.3k |
| AVENIR CORP 1.86% of their portfolio | 227.3k $17.7m | Reduced -4.9k |
| Nixon Capital, LLC 6.12% of their portfolio | 226.9k $17.7m | Added +1.2k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 224.0k $17.5m | Added +23.9k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 221.5k $17.3m | Reduced -52.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 220.3k $17.2m | Added +2.2k |
| CLIFFORD SWAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 220.0k $17.1m | Added +435 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 219.4k $17.1m | Added +2.0k |
| Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC 3.64% of their portfolio | 210.1k $16.4m | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.02% of their portfolio | 206.2k $16.1m | Reduced -1.9k |
| AKRE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 205.3k $16.0m | Reduced -462.2k |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.23% of their portfolio | 194.9k $15.2m | Reduced -4.9k |
| OLD NATIONAL BANCORP /IN/ 0.40% of their portfolio | 193.4k $15.1m | Reduced -11.8k |