How to buy Copart (CPRT) stocks

Copart is a specialty business services business based in the US. Copart shares (CPRT) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $58.22 – a decrease of 4.92% over the previous week. Copart employs 13,086 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $4.2 billion.

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Copart stock price (NASDAQ: CPRT)

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Copart stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$58.22
52-week range	$46.21 - $64.38
50-day moving average more info button	$57.12
200-day moving average more info button	$54.46
Wall St. target price	$61.06
PE ratio more info button	41.2378
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.43

Is it a good time to buy Copart stock?

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Copart price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $58.22 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-4.92%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-7.15%
3 months (2024-09-20)	13.18%
6 months (2024-06-21)	7.34%

1 year (2023-12-22)	19.28%
2 years (2022-12-22)	94.13%
3 years (2021-12-22)	60.17%
5 years (2019-12-20)	156.70%

Is Copart stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Copart stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Copart's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Copart's P/E ratio

Copart's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 41x. In other words, Copart shares trade at around 41x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Copart's PEG ratio

Copart's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.2057. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Copart's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Copart's EBITDA

Copart's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.8 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Copart's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Copart financials

Revenue TTM	$4.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	33.63%
Gross profit TTM	$1.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	12.97%
Return on equity TTM	20.13%
Profit margin	32.17%
Book value	$7.81
Market Capitalization more info button	$56.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Copart stock dividends

We're not expecting Copart to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Copart's stocks ever split?

Copart's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 21 August 2023 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Copart stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Copart stocks, which in turn could have impacted Copart's stock price.

Copart stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Copart's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $46.21 up to $64.38. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Copart's is 1.271. This would suggest that Copart's stocks are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Copart overview

Copart, Inc. provides online auctions and vehicle remarketing services in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Finland, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, and Spain. It offers a range of services for processing and selling vehicles over the internet through its virtual bidding third generation internet auction-style sales technology to vehicle sellers, insurance companies, banks and finance companies, charities, fleet operators, dealers, vehicle rental companies, and individuals. The company's services include online seller access, salvage estimation, estimating, end-of-life vehicle processing, transportation, vehicle inspection stations, on-demand reporting, title processing and express, loan payoff, flexible vehicle processing programs, buy it now, sales process, and dealer services. Its services also comprise services to sell vehicles through BluCar, CashForCars.com, CashForCars.ca, CashForCars.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Copart is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 8.693% of Copart stocks are held by insiders and 84.995% by institutions. How many people work for Copart?
Latest data suggests 13,086 work at Copart. When does the fiscal year end for Copart?
Copart's fiscal year ends in July. Where is Copart based?
Copart's address is: 14185 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX, United States, 75254 What is Copart's ISIN number?
Copart's international securities identification number is: US2172041061 What is Copart's CUSIP number?
Copart's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 217204106

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