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CopartCPRT

Diversified Support Services · Dallas, Texas · In the S&P 500
Solid businessCheaper than peers
$30.13+1.96%After hours: $30.04 (−0.30%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 29.1% over 1 year
Copart over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$35$40Nov2026MarMayJulSep$30.13$40NovMarJul$30.13
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$27.91B
Price to earnings19.4x
Forward P/E18.5x
Dividend yield–
Year to date−23.0%
One year−29.1%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorIndustrials
52-week range (closes)
$26.27$43.01

Quality and valuation

How Copart compares with other industrials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Copart and 7 diversified support services peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: cheaper than most

An average business among industrials companies, priced below most of them.

Copart trades at 18.5 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 21.4x for the 89 industrials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +0.4% vs +8.2%
  • More profitable (operating margin): 35.4% vs 17.5%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 27.2% vs 13.1%
CPRT trades at 18.5x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Diversified Support Services peers
CPRT18.5xLMT20.6xCAT21.6xUNP22.3xRTX26.8xDE32.3xGE35.7xGEV40.8xSector median 21.4xCPRT18.5xLMT20.6xCAT21.6xUNP22.3xRTX26.8xDE32.3xGE35.7xGEV40.8xSector median 21.4x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 19.4x earnings, CPRT is cheaper than its average since Sep 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
30x40xAverage 28.9x2025202619.4x40xAverage 28.9x2025202619.4x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Copart's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 31 Jul 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 2.4% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q4 ’26
$0.0bn$0.5bn$1.0bnQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$1.1bnQ4 ’26$0.0bn$0.5bn$1.0bnQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$1.1bnQ4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +2.4% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’262.4%Q4 ’260%10%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’262.4%Q4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 32.0% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%10%20%30%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’2632.0%Q4 ’260%20%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’2632.0%Q4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.3 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200m$400m$600mQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$279mQ4 ’26$0m$250m$500mQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$279mQ4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsCPRTSector median
Revenue growth+0.4%+8.2%
Operating margin35.4%17.5%
Free cash flow margin27.2%13.1%
Price to earnings19.4x25.8x

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