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The Motley Fool June 18, 2004 Rich Smith	WSJ Slices CarMax's Tires The Wall Street Journal may be underestimating CarMax's potential. No sooner had the Journal written CarMax's obituary than the world's biggest used-car lot declared it was still alive and kicking
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Rich Smith	CarMax Maxes Out Earnings CarMax shares leapt as much as 11% in early trading Monday (ending the day up 8%) on news that the auto retailer/wholesaler had run a monster truck over analyst estimates.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: CarMax Revs Up This stock's not much of a hot rod. The company goes from 2.2% net margins to -- 2.2% net margins in 18 months. But you can't blame CarMax for this.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2004 Rich Smith	CarMax Revs Up Against the odds, CarMax increased sales last year.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2004 Seth Jayson	CarMax Inches Forward CarMax turns out solid numbers, but are its shares worth the going price?
The Motley Fool September 22, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	CarMax Floors It Rivals' marketing and a destructive storm unexpectedly accelerate results. CarMax should come in toward the upper end of its guidance and continue to be a strong performer overall.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Rich Smith	Story Time at CarMax When will the used-car hawker make some money? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Rich Smith	CarMax Shifts Gears After its shares rose an impressive 8% on strong earnings Wednesday, auto superstore CarMax shifted gears this morning; at last report, it's already given back half of those gains. Why is the stock shifting into reverse?
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: CarMax Pulls In The auto superstore reports its fiscal first-quarter 2007 numbers Monday before market-open. Will investors drive away happy?
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Rich Smith	CarMax Is a Hot Rod The auto dealer is firing on all cylinders. CarMax's success seems to have surprised its own leadership. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 6, 2009 Rebekah Hughes	CarMax Ditches the Leisure Suit -- and It Pays Off Automakers may be struggling, but CarMax looks shiny and new.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Rich Smith	CarMax Does a U-Turn Comparable same-store sales were down 17% in June and July -- a dramatic fall from the positive 1% comps we were looking at up until mid-May.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2009 Rich Smith	CarMax Gains Traction Sales are still heading downhill, but this Fool sees cash at the end of the tunnel.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2004 Rich Smith	CarMax Guns It Share prices rise, but when will the free cash flow?
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Robert Barker	This Car Dealer May Be Going Places The damper Hurricane Charley put on car shopping is not the first trouble CarMax, the chain of used-car superstores, has suffered. Since January, the stock is off by nearly half. Just the same, investors may now have a chance to get a good growth stock at a reasonable price.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2004 Rich Smith	Has CarMax Got a Deal for You? The used-car seller will seek sales among riskier buyers. The company confirmed yesterday its most recent predictions for its fiscal second quarter -- a 7% decline in comparable store sales and profits of just $0.27 per share.
The Motley Fool September 19, 2005 Brian Gorman	CarMax Ready to Shine? As a more robust used-car market looms, CarMax is worth following. Unfortunately, the used-car specialist has been known to disappoint. Nevertheless, the company's forthcoming earnings release is worth a close look.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: CarMax Inspection It's a battle of polar opposites: the suits on Wall Street versus one lonely investor, preaching common-sense investing and predicting banner profits from this Wal-Mart of the auto world. Who will win this time?
The Motley Fool June 20, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	CarMax Cruises Cautiously The used car dealer posts strong sales. Can it keep up the pace?
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Rich Smith	CarMax Still Stalled Expected to earn a penny a share for its fiscal Q3 2009, used car superstore operator CarMax lost a dime instead. Is there a light at the end of this tunnel?
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Reading CarMax's Manual The auto superstore reports its fiscal second-quarter 2007 numbers tomorrow morning, and investors want to know: will they have that new car smell?
The Motley Fool August 19, 2004 Rich Smith	CarMax's Wobbly Wheel The used-car dealer's comparable sales are expected to be as bad as or worse than the company's previous worst estimates. As a result, earnings will come in, at best, at the very bottom of CarMax's old prediction.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2009 Rich Smith	CarMax Kicks It Into Overdrive One month after the government's ballyhooed "Car Allowance Rebate System" ended, the number crunching has begun. CarMax is one of the winners.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Rich Smith	CarMax Guns Its Growth The used-car specialist plans to grow by opening more small stand alone locations, and driving comps by reducing the average retail price. Investors take note.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Seth Jayson	What's the Deal With CarMax? Underpromising in order to overdeliver can't make up for sluggish operating results. Nine-month results shows that CarMax is losing ground in several key areas, with gross, operating, and net margins all contracting compared to the same period last year.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2008 Rich Smith	CarMax Crashes, Shares Burn As soon as CarMax released fiscal Q1 2009 results the stock crashed, and burned.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Rebekah Hughes	CarMax: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats A look inside the business of the used-car retailer.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2004 Phil Wohl	America's Car-Mart Accelerates The used-car dealer produces better-than-expected results for the first quarter. The shares appear to be quite attractive relative to the company's projected 18% earnings growth rate.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Rich Smith	Time to Buy CarMax? Arguing that the stock's "premium multiple" portends a period of "relative underperformance," Goldman downgraded CarMax to "sell".
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	CarMax Spins Its Wheels While managing nice growth in the second quarter, the auto retailer lowers its full-year expectations. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	3 Stocks That Blew the Market Away Beat the market, and the world will beat a path to your door. Let's take a look at a few of these beaters that humbled the prognosticators this past week: Oracle... CarMax... Herman Miller...
The Motley Fool April 1, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: CarMax in a Tailspin In advance of earnings, analysts expect to see quarterly sales rise, but profits, in contrast, to fall.
The Motley Fool July 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	America's Car-Mart Sputters Though sales trends look strong for the auto retailer, expenses hampered earnings. It also appears more or less fully-valued based on near-term growth expectations.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Phil Wohl	CarMax Downshifts CarMax's announcement that comparable stores sales are expected to decline 2-4%, from the previous estimate of 1-3% growth, effectively slammed the brakes on a positive quarter and even shifted the company into reverse.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Rich Smith	Buffett and Lampert Miss the Boat It looks like Berkshire Hathaway's boss and Sears Holdings' head have bought themselves a couple of lemon car stocks.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2004 Seth Jayson	CarMax Hits the Skids Sales and earnings at the sleepy end of predictions may put the brakes on the used auto retailer's recent run.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Rich Smith	Insiders Like CarMax Insiders at the corporate used-car salesman are exercising options and keeping the stock. What do they know that Wall Street doesn't?
The Motley Fool September 20, 2004 Phil Wohl	CarMax Stalls Out The leading car retailer struggles through a difficult operating period. Shares appear to be fairly valued, but perhaps not as solid in the not too distant future.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 John Rosevear	There's No Deflation in This Market Used-car prices are suddenly soaring. Why?
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The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Rich Smith	CarMax Gets a Jump The auto retailer's growth in tangible book value impresses investors.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2007 Rich Smith	Fool on the Street: CarMaxed Out? Here's a recap the news from auto retailer's June 21 presentation at the William Blair & Company Growth Stock Conference -- the day after it released first-quarter earnings.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Phil Wohl	America's Car-Mart Rolls On Will the pre-owned car dealer continue to drive better-than-expected results?
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The Motley Fool July 1, 2011 Neha Chamaria	One Sector Dominating the Recession Companies dealing in used cars are making profits.
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The Motley Fool June 13, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Fool's Looks Ahead Recliners in every sense of the word will color in the week ahead.
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