Earnings Outlook For CarMax

CarMax (NYSE:KMX) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2021-12-22. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that CarMax will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.44.

CarMax bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company missed EPS by $0.17, which was followed by a 0.61% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at CarMax's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter	Q2 2022	Q1 2022	Q4 2021	Q3 2021
EPS Estimate	1.89	1.63	1.26	1.14
EPS Actual	1.72	2.63	1.27	1.42
Price Change %	-0.61%	6.67%	-7.05%	0.92%

Stock Performance

Shares of CarMax were trading at $131.75 as of December 20. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 44.77%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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