Carvana ( NYSE: CVNA) is down 15.1% over the past week, extending a brutal month that has seen shares fall 25.2% since mid-January. Yet Wall Street analysts still see the online used car retailer climbing to an average target of $481.05, implying 40.3% upside from current levels. That gap between price and target is now one of the widest among major consumer stocks,
Over the past month, investors have seen Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) shares fall over 20%, while retail investor sentiment on Reddit and X shifted from cautious optimism to deeply bearish. The stock trades a little over $360 today, down from almost $490 weeks earlier. The selloff intensified after Gotham City Research published a report at the end of January, alleging that Carvana overstated earnings by more than $1 billion through undisclosed related-party transactions with DriveTime and Bridgecrest.
The stock trades at $350.74 per share, fueled by a rebound in used-car demand, cost-cutting measures, and record-breaking second-quarter results with $4.84 billion in revenue and GAAP operating income of $511 million - up over 100% from the year-ago period.
