Q1 Earnings Estimate for Carvana Issued By William Blair

Carvana Co. (NYSE:CVNA) – William Blair issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Carvana in a research report issued on Monday, January 6th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.48 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Carvana’s current full-year earnings is $0.76 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Carvana’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.67 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Carvana from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $330.00 price target on shares of Carvana in a research report on Tuesday. Citigroup upgraded shares of Carvana from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $195.00 to $277.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Wedbush lifted their price objective on shares of Carvana from $150.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, October 7th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of Carvana from $150.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 22nd. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $241.94.

Carvana Stock Down 0.7 %

Carvana stock opened at $197.00 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $40.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 19,719.72 and a beta of 3.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.99, a quick ratio of 2.12 and a current ratio of 3.25. Carvana has a fifty-two week low of $40.21 and a fifty-two week high of $268.34. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $234.92 and a 200-day simple moving average of $182.79.

Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.41. The company had revenue of $3.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.47 billion. Carvana’s revenue was up 31.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.23 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Carvana

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Carvana by 5.7% during the second quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 4,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $641,000 after acquiring an additional 270 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Carvana by 45.4% in the second quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 27,117 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,490,000 after buying an additional 8,467 shares during the last quarter. Quest Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Carvana by 738.7% during the second quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 780 shares of the company’s stock valued at $100,000 after buying an additional 687 shares during the period. ClariVest Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Carvana during the second quarter worth approximately $1,189,000. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. grew its stake in Carvana by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 9,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,205,000 after acquiring an additional 241 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 56.71% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Carvana

In other news, CFO Mark W. Jenkins sold 10,000 shares of Carvana stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.75, for a total transaction of $2,007,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 189,097 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $37,961,222.75. The trade was a 5.02 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Daniel J. Gill sold 44,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.47, for a total transaction of $11,416,680.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 191,225 shares in the company, valued at $49,617,150.75. This represents a 18.71 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 951,908 shares of company stock valued at $199,569,285. 17.12% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Carvana

Carvana Co, together with its subsidiaries, operates an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars in the United States. Its platform allows customers to research and identify a vehicle; inspect it using company's 360-degree vehicle imaging technology; obtain financing and warranty coverage; purchase the vehicle; and schedule delivery or pick-up from their desktop or mobile devices.