Camping World vs CarMax
CWH 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 CWH and KMX compare
CarMax is the larger company, worth 17 times as much as Camping World ($7.6B against $448M).
CarMax grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.8% versus −5.5% for Camping World).
CarMax keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.1% compared with −4.2% at Camping World.
Camping World pays a dividend yielding 2.9%; CarMax does not pay one.
Camping World scores higher on the StockData Score (5 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 | CWH | KMX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $448M | $7.6B |
| Share price | $4.34 | $53.22 |
| Change, 1 year | −61.5% | 54.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −89.8% | −63.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.60 | 1.15 |
| Employees | 362 | 24K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 26.0× |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.3× |
| P/B | 8.8× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 6.6× |
| FCF yield | – | 15.2% |
| Fair value | $11.90 | $37.47 |
| Margin of safety | 63.5% (better) | −42.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −5.5% | 4.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.2% | 6.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −43.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −39.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −18.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.4% (better) | 10.3% |
| Operating margin | −3.5% | – |
| Net margin | −4.2% | 1.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 4.1% |
| Return on equity | −146% | – |
| Return on invested capital | −12.0% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 28.02 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 2.33 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.34 | 1.66 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.9% | 3.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 62.2% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 42.6% | 0.64% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | $1.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 18.3% | 7.0% |
Go deeper
- CWH stock overview
- CWH income statement
- CWH valuation and score
- KMX stock overview
- KMX income statement
- KMX valuation and score
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