Bath & Body Works Inc vs CarMax, Inc — how do they compare? Bath & Body Works Inc trades at $18.9 (market cap $3.89B), while CarMax, Inc trades at $58.03 (market cap $8.34B). The key difference: CarMax, Inc is far larger — about 2.1× Bath & Body Works Inc's market cap, and Bath & Body Works Inc pays a 4.14% dividend while CarMax, Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBWI | KMX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $3.89B | $8.34B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $31.87 | $62.17 |
52-Week Low | $14.85 | $30.88 |
Enterprise Value | $7.79B | $26.85B |
Dividend Yield | 4.14% | — |
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Bath & Body Works is a specialty home fragrance and fragrant body care retailer operating under the Bath & Body Works, C.O. Bigelow, and White Barn brands. The company generates most of its business in North America, with less than 5% of sales from international markets in fiscal 2021. For fiscal 2021, 72% of sales stemmed from the brick-and-mortar network (which is composed of more than 1,700 retail stores), up from 65% in 2020, as consumer shopping patterns began to return to normal. Future growth is expected from store reformatting, digital and international channels, as well as new category expansion.
Read more on BBWI →CarMax sells, finances, and services used and new cars through a chain of over 230 used retail stores. It was formed in 1993 as a unit of Circuit City and spun off into an independent company in late 2002. Used-vehicle sales typically account for about 83% of revenue and wholesale about 13%, with the remaining portion composed of extended service plans and repair. In fiscal 2022, the company retailed and wholesaled 924,338 and 706,212 used vehicles, respectively. CarMax is the largest used-vehicle retailer in the U.S. but still estimates that it has only about 4% U.S. market share of vehicles 0-10 years old in 2021. It seeks over 5% share by the end of calendar 2025 and revenue between $33 billion to $45 billion by fiscal 2026. CarMax is based in Richmond, Virginia.
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