NASDAQ:CPRT - Copart Stock Price, Forecast & News

Copart trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CPRT."

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 20th. The business services provider reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.06. The business services provider earned $554.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $544.46 million. Copart had a net margin of 32.59% and a return on equity of 34.06%. Copart's revenue was up 20.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.47 earnings per share. View Copart's Earnings History.

Copart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Copart.

5 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Copart's shares. Their forecasts range from $71.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Copart's stock price to reach $88.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Copart.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Copart in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Copart.

News headlines about CPRT stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Copart earned a media sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Copart.

Copart saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,180,000 shares, an increase of 31.2% from the December 15th total of 4,710,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Copart's Current Options Chain.

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Copart's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.12%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.07%), Ingalls & Snyder LLC (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.05%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Copart stock include A Jayson Adair, Daniel J Englander, Jeffrey Liaw, Matt Blunt, Steven D Cohan, Thomas N Tryforos and William E Franklin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Copart.

CPRT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Ingalls & Snyder LLC and Norris Perne & French LLP MI. Company insiders that have sold Copart company stock in the last year include A Jayson Adair, Matt Blunt, Steven D Cohan, Thomas N Tryforos and William E Franklin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Copart.

CPRT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Ambassador Advisors LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, First Hawaiian Bank, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Exane Derivatives, Paragon Advisors LLC and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Copart.

Shares of CPRT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CPRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $99.56.

Copart has a market capitalization of $23.14 billion and generates $2.04 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $591.69 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis. Copart employs 7,327 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Copart.

The official website for Copart is http://www.copart.com/.

Copart's mailing address is 14185 DALLAS PARKWAY SUITE 300, DALLAS TX, 75254. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 972-391-5000 or via email at [email protected]