NASDAQ:CPRT - Copart Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The business services provider reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.02. The business services provider had revenue of $478.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $434.74 million. Copart had a return on equity of 31.21% and a net margin of 21.81%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.38 earnings per share. View Copart's Earnings History.

Copart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Copart.

11 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Copart's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Copart's share price to reach $49.4286 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 20.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Copart.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Copart in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Copart.

Copart saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,011,586 shares, a decline of 34.7% from the July 13th total of 6,146,856 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,423,781 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Copart's Current Options Chain.

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News articles about CPRT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Copart earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider an impact score of 48.43 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Copart.

Copart's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.74%), FMR LLC (2.85%), Morgan Stanley (1.85%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (1.57%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.21%) and US Bancorp DE (1.19%). Company insiders that own Copart stock include A Jayson Adair, Daniel J Englander, James E Meeks, Jeffrey Liaw, Matt Blunt, Sean Eldridge, Steven D Cohan, Thomas N Tryforos, Vikrant Bhatia, Vincent W Mitz 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 BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Wasatch Advisors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Royce & Associates LP, Madison Investment Holdings Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Copart company stock in the last year include A Jayson Adair, Daniel J Englander, James E Meeks, Jeffrey Liaw, Matt Blunt, Steven D Cohan, Thomas N Tryforos, Vincent W Mitz and William E Franklin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Copart.

CPRT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Paloma Partners Management Co, Millennium Management LLC, Swiss National Bank, Arizona State Retirement System, Dai Ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CPRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.47.

Copart has a market capitalization of $14.16 billion and generates $1.45 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $394.22 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.29 on an earnings per share basis. Copart employs 5,323 workers across the globe.

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]