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Karen Firestone, CEO, Aureus Asset Management CarMax KMX-N BUY Jun 21, 2023

They report tomorrow. Used cars were in recession last year because there were few new cars, so people kept their existing cars. Now, there are more used cars while prices are holding or starting to rise. She expects them to say business is picking up. She's happy with it.

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They can beat earnings when they report tomorrow. The industry has been hurt because the price of used cars was getting so high, but has been coming down the last two quarters. The industry will start to accelerate in volumes.

BUY

The chart has been choppy and rough, but the last quarter finally showed sales picking up. They've invested a lot on their online platform to the best in the industry. The worst is behind it.

COMMENT

They report Thursday. When new cars get tariffed, it usually means more demand for used ones. But this stock is no longer cheap at 23x 2025 PE.  It may be worth owning if Trump stubbornly keeps his tariffs, but you don't want to own anything cars in a recession.