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CarMax Inc

KMX
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations
SEC CIK
0001170010

No open-market purchases or sales by CarMax Inc insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 560 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $7.80B in total; superinvestors Starboard Value and Markel Group hold it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
9.93M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−18.4K
−0.2% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
3.91
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
2.54M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 15,493,499 sharesNov 15, 2024: 15,580,559 sharesNov 29, 2024: 15,049,653 sharesDec 13, 2024: 13,282,376 sharesDec 31, 2024: 13,170,277 sharesJan 15, 2025: 12,967,663 sharesJan 31, 2025: 12,062,897 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 11,723,141 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 11,307,618 sharesMar 14, 2025: 11,839,246 sharesMar 31, 2025: 12,136,683 sharesApr 15, 2025: 10,837,785 sharesApr 30, 2025: 11,065,164 sharesMay 15, 2025: 12,414,589 sharesMay 30, 2025: 12,859,847 sharesJun 13, 2025: 13,743,497 sharesJun 30, 2025: 14,364,364 sharesJul 15, 2025: 14,016,051 sharesJul 31, 2025: 14,505,401 sharesAug 15, 2025: 15,163,357 sharesAug 29, 2025: 14,835,041 sharesSep 15, 2025: 14,938,233 sharesSep 30, 2025: 14,312,235 sharesOct 15, 2025: 14,467,857 sharesOct 31, 2025: 16,629,871 sharesNov 14, 2025: 14,675,372 sharesNov 28, 2025: 15,132,799 sharesDec 15, 2025: 13,249,828 sharesDec 31, 2025: 15,631,463 sharesJan 15, 2026: 16,653,471 sharesJan 30, 2026: 14,338,051 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 14,488,831 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 15,016,886 sharesMar 13, 2026: 16,912,585 sharesMar 31, 2026: 15,085,743 sharesApr 15, 2026: 14,261,257 sharesApr 30, 2026: 15,018,095 sharesMay 15, 2026: 17,105,933 sharesMay 29, 2026: 15,131,814 sharesJun 15, 2026: 14,919,965 sharesJun 30, 2026: 12,599,625 sharesJul 15, 2026: 11,526,450 sharesJul 31, 2026: 13,797,326 sharesAug 14, 2026: 12,605,601 sharesAug 31, 2026: 11,186,795 sharesSep 15, 2026: 9,815,859 sharesSep 30, 2026: 10,762,114 sharesOct 15, 2026: 9,951,746 sharesOct 30, 2026: 9,933,319 shares
Short interest in KMX by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20269.93M−18.4K−0.2%2.54M3.91
Oct 15, 20269.95M−810.4K−7.5%3.04M3.28
Sep 30, 202610.8M+946.3K+9.6%4.50M2.39
Sep 15, 20269.82M−1.37M−12.3%1.55M6.33
Aug 31, 202611.2M−1.42M−11.3%1.74M6.43
Aug 14, 202612.6M−1.19M−8.6%1.74M7.23
Jul 31, 202613.8M+2.27M+19.7%2.86M4.83
Jul 15, 202611.5M−1.07M−8.5%2.82M4.08
Jun 30, 202612.6M−2.32M−15.6%5.00M2.52
Jun 15, 202614.9M−211.8K−1.4%3.41M4.37
May 29, 202615.1M−1.97M−11.5%3.04M4.98
May 15, 202617.1M+2.09M+13.9%2.66M6.44
Apr 30, 202615.0M+756.8K+5.3%3.06M4.90
Apr 15, 202614.3M−824.5K−5.5%4.54M3.14
Mar 31, 202615.1M−1.83M−10.8%3.08M4.90
Mar 13, 202616.9M+1.90M+12.6%3.21M5.26
Feb 27, 202615.0M+528.1K+3.6%3.53M4.26
Feb 13, 202614.5M+150.8K+1.1%3.27M4.43
Jan 30, 202614.3M−2.32M−13.9%3.19M4.50
Jan 15, 202616.7M+1.02M+6.5%4.22M3.94
Dec 31, 202515.6M+2.38M+18.0%4.90M3.19
Dec 15, 202513.2M−1.88M−12.4%3.32M3.99
Nov 28, 202515.1M+457.4K+3.1%4.36M3.47
Nov 14, 202514.7M−1.95M−11.8%8.01M1.83
Oct 31, 202516.6M+2.16M+14.9%6.62M2.51
Oct 15, 202514.5M+155.6K+1.1%4.16M3.48
Sep 30, 202514.3M−626.0K−4.2%6.95M2.06
Sep 15, 202514.9M+103.2K+0.7%2.76M5.42
Aug 29, 202514.8M−328.3K−2.2%2.38M6.22
Aug 15, 202515.2M+658.0K+4.5%2.84M5.33
Jul 31, 202514.5M+489.4K+3.5%3.01M4.81
Jul 15, 202514.0M−348.3K−2.4%2.87M4.88
Jun 30, 202514.4M+620.9K+4.5%5.23M2.75
Jun 13, 202513.7M+883.6K+6.9%2.82M4.87
May 30, 202512.9M+445.3K+3.6%3.93M3.27
May 15, 202512.4M+1.35M+12.2%2.97M4.18
Apr 30, 202511.1M+227.4K+2.1%2.86M3.87
Apr 15, 202510.8M−1.30M−10.7%6.00M1.81
Mar 31, 202512.1M+297.4K+2.5%2.74M4.43
Mar 14, 202511.8M+531.6K+4.7%2.33M5.08
Feb 28, 202511.3M−415.5K−3.5%1.47M7.67
Feb 14, 202511.7M−339.8K−2.8%1.43M8.20
Jan 31, 202512.1M−904.8K−7.0%1.56M7.75
Jan 15, 202513.0M−202.6K−1.5%1.77M7.32
Dec 31, 202413.2M−112.1K−0.8%2.45M5.37
Dec 13, 202413.3M−1.77M−11.7%2.01M6.61
Nov 29, 202415.0M−530.9K−3.4%2.07M7.25
Nov 15, 202415.6M+87.1K+0.6%1.53M10.17
Oct 31, 202415.5M−2.00M−11.4%1.36M11.38

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in KMX by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Sep 28, 202690$57.21$5.15K
Sep 24, 20267,809$57.46$448.7K
Sep 21, 2026400$57.21$22.9K
Sep 18, 20267,837$58.38$457.5K
Sep 17, 20267,437$58.80$437.3K
Sep 16, 2026200$59.86$12.0K
Sep 15, 2026417$61.69$25.7K
Sep 14, 2026502$61.32$30.8K
Sep 11, 2026277$60.52$16.8K
Sep 9, 202657$60.57$3.45K
Sep 8, 2026415$63.29$26.3K
Sep 4, 2026389$62.64$24.4K
Sep 1, 2026959$61.33$58.8K
Aug 26, 2026163,569$64.22$10.5M
Aug 13, 2026384$58.71$22.5K
Jul 23, 2026211$57.45$12.1K
Jul 22, 2026211$57.61$12.2K
Jul 20, 2026700$57.33$40.1K
Jul 15, 20261,104$55.73$61.5K
Jul 10, 202640$51.01$2.04K
Jul 8, 202649$51.05$2.50K
Jul 6, 2026178$50.98$9.07K
Jun 26, 2026111$52.90$5.87K
Jun 25, 20263$50.79$152.37
Jun 22, 202615,778$53.66$846.6K
Jun 18, 202613,027$47.43$617.9K
Jun 17, 202619$52.11$990.09
Jun 16, 20261,354$52.21$70.7K
Jun 15, 20263,217$51.26$164.9K
Jun 10, 20265$48.01$240.05

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in KMX by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026241,323339450,02853.6%
Nov 9, 2026564,0121,931918,96361.4%
Nov 6, 2026355,9662738,01948.2%
Nov 5, 2026579,682600864,73967.0%
Nov 4, 2026529,5661651,867,21728.4%
Nov 3, 2026696,02649,6841,305,09753.3%
Nov 2, 2026532,38601,243,35842.8%
Oct 30, 2026633,1373541,027,44861.6%
Oct 29, 2026640,128741,061,05560.3%
Oct 28, 2026298,54870569,15352.5%
Oct 27, 2026295,5833,537550,71253.7%
Oct 26, 2026493,272403849,85158.0%
Oct 23, 2026477,6510758,87762.9%
Oct 22, 2026638,65071,119,86457.0%
Oct 21, 2026963,31641,394,62569.1%
Oct 20, 2026450,459103853,74052.8%
Oct 19, 2026461,70070824,15856.0%
Oct 16, 2026330,479257758,87243.5%
Oct 15, 2026675,8237141,595,37142.4%
Oct 14, 2026541,7262581,104,22349.1%
Oct 13, 2026670,4981,4411,316,84850.9%
Oct 12, 2026323,138235688,54446.9%
Oct 9, 2026553,742513846,48965.4%
Oct 8, 2026484,1511,079960,90550.4%
Oct 7, 2026719,317441,252,18157.4%
Oct 6, 2026308,7642532,53558.0%
Oct 5, 2026914,5236731,546,75459.1%
Oct 2, 2026796,739921,288,42261.8%
Oct 1, 2026646,299171,337,98548.3%
Sep 30, 20261,393,99362,150,93964.8%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in KMX
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T13,977,52973,3771,906,54215,58167.6%
Oct 12, 2026T14,403,74982,6791,443,67417,41175.3%
Oct 5, 2026T14,138,94175,0141,653,73417,01271.5%
Sep 28, 2026T19,581,102133,5825,057,26829,07665.5%
Sep 21, 2026T15,440,79989,9871,694,63017,82576.3%
Sep 14, 2026T13,004,74458,2791,165,48811,87972.1%
Sep 7, 2026T12,000,50246,526744,4858,61472.9%
Aug 31, 2026T12,093,89154,427736,10111,58974.0%
Aug 24, 2026T12,303,34045,685706,95511,64776.5%
Aug 17, 2026T13,110,37663,0541,070,35111,22374.4%
Aug 10, 2026T12,594,95664,289668,05711,31679.5%
Aug 3, 2026T13,052,23061,6501,266,97913,85970.7%