Copart Inc CPRT
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Copart Inc is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Specialty Business Services), with a market value of $25.2B, based in the USA.
It employs about 21,000 people and has been listed since Mar 16, 1994.
Copart, Inc. provides online auctions and vehicle remarketing services in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Finland, Oman, the Republic of Ireland, and Bahrain. It offers a range of services to process and sell vehicles over the internet through its virtual bidding third generation internet auction-style sales technology.
Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 17.6 versus 29.0 for the median of the Industrials sector in our universe (21 companies) — relatively cheap.
Revenue is growing 2% versus the same quarter last year.
The average analyst price target is 39.00, 43% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 3% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The stock is 41% below its one-year high.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 28 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (2% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (7 vs 1).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 1.3% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLI -0.3%).
It set a new one-year low this week.
The company published its quarterly report this week — see the plain-language summary above.
This week's news
- Copart Announces Extension of Tender Offer to Acquire ACV finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- 1 Cash-Producing Stock to Keep an Eye On and 2 Facing Challenges finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.