Stocks · Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Copart, Inc. CPRT
$27.22 -0.26% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $25.20B
High qualityWeak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 19, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 17.6× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -39.6%, behind the S&P 500 by 54.7 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 42%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 14%
- Gross marginTop 18%
- Operating marginTop 1%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 22%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 23%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 18%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 12%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 15%
- 6-month returnBottom 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 12%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 41%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.0% | 0.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 5.9% | -3.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 45.2% | 44.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 36.5% | 35.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 26.5% | 27.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.4% | 1.0% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -3.1% | 5.9% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Gross margin | 44.7% | 45.2% | ↓ | Top 18% |
| Operating margin | 35.4% | 36.5% | ↓ | Top 1% |
| Net margin | 31.8% | 33.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 27.2% | 26.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 14.3% | — | Top 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.4% | — | Top 42% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.08×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.88×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -1.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $37.33
- Target vs current price
- +37.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 57%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | -8.7% | -4.0% | -3.8% | — | — |
| May 21, 2026 | +5.8% | +4.1% | +0.7% | -8.5% | -4.1% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -8.3% | -0.3% | -5.1% | -12.6% | -13.5% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | +5.2% | -0.8% | -6.3% | -5.2% | -8.8% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | +13.5% | +3.8% | +0.8% | -6.3% | -19.5% |
| May 22, 2025 | +0.8% | -0.7% | -15.8% | -21.5% | -22.5% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +7.6% | -2.5% | -5.8% | -9.8% | +5.4% |
| Nov 21, 2024 | +0.0% | +2.7% | +14.6% | +5.5% | +5.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.38 | -8.7% | $1.15B |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.41 | +5.8% | $1.24B |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.39 | -8.3% | $1.12B |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.39 | +5.2% | $1.16B |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.36 | +13.5% | $1.13B |
| May 22, 2025 | $0.42 | $0.42 | +0.8% | $1.21B |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.37 | +7.6% | $1.16B |
| Nov 21, 2024 | $0.37 | $0.37 | +0.0% | $1.15B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.6× | 33.6× | 5th | Top 13% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.3× | — | — | Top 23% |
| EV / Sales | 5.01× | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.03% | — | — | Top 30% |
| Earnings yield | 5.69% | — | — | Top 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.5× – 44.9× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -39.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -3.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -37.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.7%
- RSI (14)
- 31.1
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 39.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 96th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.75
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -40.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | Sep 29, 2026 | -57.5% | 343 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -35.4% | 146 days | 225 days (May 10, 2023) |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Mar 8, 2021 | -18.3% | 44 days | 54 days (May 24, 2021) |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Mar 13, 2025 | -18.0% | 71 days | 45 days (May 16, 2025) |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Aug 7, 2024 | -15.3% | 89 days | 76 days (Nov 22, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $25.20B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.55
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.67B
- 52-week range
- $26.74 – $45.89
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.50B | $3.87B | $4.24B | $4.65B | $4.67B |
| Gross profit | $1.61B | $1.74B | $1.91B | $2.10B | $2.08B |
| Operating income | $1.37B | $1.49B | $1.57B | $1.70B | $1.65B |
| Net income | $1.09B | $1.24B | $1.36B | $1.55B | $1.48B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.13 | $1.28 | $1.40 | $1.59 | $1.55 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.15B | $1.16B | $1.21B | $1.13B | $1.16B | $1.12B | $1.24B | $1.15B |
| Net income | $362.1M | $387.4M | $406.6M | $396.4M | $403.7M | $350.7M | $402.4M | $327.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.37 | $0.40 | $0.42 | $0.41 | $0.41 | $0.36 | $0.43 | $0.35 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.18B | $1.36B | $1.47B | $1.80B | $1.60B |
| Capital expenditure | -$337.4M | -$516.6M | -$511.0M | -$569.0M | -$337.4M |
| Free cash flow | $839.2M | $847.6M | $961.6M | $1.23B | $1.27B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $37.7M | $60.8M | $36.7M | $57.4M | -$1.60B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $4.49B
- Total assets
- $10.03B
- Total liabilities
- $913.9M
- Total debt
- $88.4M
- Net debt
- -$1.82B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $9.10B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 29, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 33,967,761
- Days to cover
- 3.54
- Change vs previous report
- -10.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 22, 2023
- 2-for-1
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2-for-1
- Apr 11, 2017
- 2-for-1
- Mar 29, 2012
- 2-for-1
- Jan 22, 2002
- 3-for-2