Seasonality
KMX seasonality — CarMax, Inc.
Over the last 11 years, KMX's strongest month on average has been June (+6.5%) and its weakest September (-8.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.78% | +7.72% | 70% | +24.7% | -14.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.83% | -2.54% | 30% | +11.0% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -4.13% | -4.88% | 40% | +12.4% | -38.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.19% | -0.39% | 50% | +36.8% | -22.0% | 10 |
| May | +5.96% | +5.39% | 80% | +19.6% | -13.6% | 10 |
| Jun | +6.51% | +5.06% | 90% | +18.5% | -8.8% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.70% | +4.39% | 80% | +15.1% | -15.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.78% | +0.74% | 60% | +10.3% | -11.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -8.19% | -9.31% | 30% | +12.9% | -26.9% | 10 |
| Oct | -3.35% | -5.26% | 30% | +7.0% | -13.6% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.08% | +4.39% | 67% | +16.0% | -8.2% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.21% | -3.84% | 30% | +20.0% | -12.2% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — KMX
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15.3 | -3.1 | -3.7 | -5.5 | 13.5 | 18.5 | 8.3 | 7.1 | -10.1 | 0.8 | -7.4 | +33.2% | |
| 2025 | 4.8 | -3.1 | -6.1 | -17.0 | -0.3 | 4.3 | -15.8 | 8.4 | -26.9 | -6.6 | -7.8 | -0.1 | -52.7% |
| 2024 | -7.2 | 11.0 | 10.3 | -22.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 15.1 | 0.1 | -8.5 | -6.5 | 16.0 | -2.6 | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 15.7 | -2.0 | -6.9 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 15.9 | -1.3 | -1.1 | -13.4 | -13.6 | 4.7 | 20.0 | +26.0% |
| 2022 | -14.6 | -1.7 | -11.8 | -11.1 | 15.7 | -8.8 | 10.0 | -11.2 | -25.4 | -4.6 | 10.1 | -12.2 | -53.2% |
| 2021 | 24.7 | 1.5 | 11.0 | 0.4 | -13.6 | 12.1 | 3.7 | -6.5 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 3.2 | -7.8 | +37.9% |
| 2020 | 10.7 | -10.0 | -38.4 | 36.8 | 19.6 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 10.3 | -14.1 | -6.0 | 8.1 | 1.1 | +7.7% |
| 2019 | -6.3 | 5.7 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 1.1 | -5.1 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.4 | -9.9 | +39.8% |
| 2018 | 11.3 | -13.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 10.3 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 4.5 | -4.3 | -9.1 | -2.7 | -5.1 | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 3.6 | -3.2 | -8.2 | -1.2 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 12.9 | -0.9 | -8.2 | -6.9 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 11.4 |