Caseys General Stores vs CarMax
CASY and KMX side by side, both in retail-auto dealers & gasoline stations. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CASY and KMX compare
Caseys General Stores is the larger company, worth 3.2 times as much as CarMax ($25.1B against $7.9B).
On earnings, CarMax is cheaper: it trades at 27.1× trailing earnings, against 32.8× for Caseys General Stores.
Caseys General Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.8% versus 4.8% for CarMax).
Caseys General Stores keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.1% compared with 1.1% at CarMax.
Caseys General Stores pays a dividend yielding 0.44%; CarMax does not pay one.
Caseys General Stores scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 4 for CarMax), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CASY | KMX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $25.1B | $7.9B |
| Share price | $680.19 | $55.58 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.6% | 30.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 238% | −64.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.54 | 1.15 |
| Employees | 200 | 24K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 32.8× | 27.1× (better) |
| P/S | 1.3× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 6.1× | – |
| P/FCF | 38.7× | 6.9× (better) |
| PEG | 1.91 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 14.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $354.45 | $37.52 |
| Margin of safety | −91.9% | −48.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.8% (better) | 4.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 15.1% (better) | 6.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 32.9% (better) | −43.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 33.2% (better) | −39.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 18.0% (better) | −18.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 23.8% (better) | 10.3% |
| Net margin | 4.1% (better) | 1.1% |
| FCF margin | 3.5% | 4.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 20.0% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.59 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.02 | 2.33 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 5.68 (better) | 1.67 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.44% | – |
| Payout ratio | 11.1% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.85% | 3.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.3% | 3.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 89.4% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 0.58% | 0.64% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$28.7M | $1.3M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.6% | 7.6% |
Go deeper
- CASY stock overview
- CASY income statement
- CASY valuation and score
- KMX stock overview
- KMX income statement
- KMX valuation and score
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