Growth Metrics

Carmax (KMX) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Carmax (KMX) has 17 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 0.01% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.02%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.01% in Q4 2025 per KMX's latest filing, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.06% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 6bps in 2021, then fell -3bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.03% in 2021, then tumbled by -82bps to 0.01% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 131bps to 0.01% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 51bps to 0.02% in 2024, then tumbled by -47bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.01% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.03% in Q2 2025.