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How CARVANA CO. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$20.3B · 100%Cost of revenue$16.1B · 79%Gross profit$4.2B · 21%Operating income$1.9B · 9%Income before tax−$1.4B · −7%Income tax−$2.8B · −14%Net income$1.4B · 7%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$20.3B100%
Cost of revenue$16.1B79%
$4.2B21%
$1.9B9%
Income before tax−$1.4B−7%
Income tax−$2.8B−14%
$1.4B7%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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