NASDAQ:CPRT - Copart Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 20th. The business services provider reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 return on equity of 34.06% and a net margin of 32.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 20.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Copart's shares. Their forecasts range from $71.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Copart's share price to reach $88.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.0%. 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 coverage about CPRT stock has been trending extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Copart earned a daily sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Copart.

Copart saw a increase in short interest during 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 shares are sold short. View Copart's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Copart investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Mastercard (MA), Adobe (ADBE), Fortinet (FTNT), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Copart's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.12%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.07%), Ingalls & Snyder LLC (0.06%), Sheets Smith Wealth Management (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%). 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, Sheets Smith Wealth Management and Ingalls & Snyder LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Ambassador Advisors LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, New York State Teachers Retirement System, First Hawaiian Bank, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Exane Derivatives and Paragon Advisors 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 $100.29.

Copart has a market capitalization of $23.31 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]