Carmax (KMX) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Carmax's EBT Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.86% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 383.0% year-over-year to 1.86%; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at 1.48% (down 106.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 1.48%, down 106.0% from the prior year.
• EBT Margin was 1.86% for Q1 2026 at Carmax, down from 1.45% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 4.0% in Q2 2023 to a low of 1.86% in Q1 2026.
• Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 2.06% across 5 years, with a median of 2.06% in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2026: EBT Margin surged 103 bps in 2023, then slumped 383 bps in 2026.
• A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 0.77% in 2022, then surged by 134 bps to 1.8% in 2023, then jumped by 49 bps to 2.67% in 2024, then plunged by 46 bps to 1.45% in 2025, then slumped by 229 bps to 1.86% in 2026.
• The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 1.86% (Q1 2026), 1.45% (Q4 2025), and 1.93% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.