NASDAQ:CPRT - Copart Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced its quarterly earnings data 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 the consensus estimate of $544.46 million. Copart had a return on equity of 34.06% and a net margin of 32.59%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 20.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $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 1 year target prices for Copart's stock. 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 11.3%. 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 articles about CPRT stock have been trending somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Copart earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Copart.

Copart saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,180,000 shares, an increase of 31.2% from the December 31st total of 4,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the company 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), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Fortinet (FTNT), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Copart's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.20%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.12%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.10%), Weybosset Research & Management LLC (0.09%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.07%). 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., California Public Employees Retirement System, 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 and Sheets Smith Wealth Management. 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 Jag Capital Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Ambassador Advisors LLC, Empowered Funds LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, New York State Teachers Retirement System, First Hawaiian Bank and Wealthfront Advisers 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 $99.50.

Copart has a market capitalization of $23.13 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]