NASDAQ:CPRTCopart Stock Price, Forecast & News

Copart's stock was trading at $75.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CPRT shares have increased by 30.5% and is now trading at $98.86.
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9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Copart in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Copart is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 2nd 2020.
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Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 20th. The business services provider reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.06. The business services provider earned $550.36 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $547.05 million. Copart had a return on equity of 29.08% and a net margin of 30.95%. Copart's revenue for the quarter was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.66 earnings per share.
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9 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Copart's shares. Their forecasts range from $73.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Copart's share price to reach $86.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.9%.
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Media headlines about CPRT stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Copart earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Copart saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,180,000 shares, an increase of 12.1% from the July 15th total of 3,730,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,800,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Copart trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CPRT."

Copart's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.32%), US Bancorp DE (1.81%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.51%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.41%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.37%) and Swiss National Bank (0.35%). Company insiders that own Copart stock include A Jayson Adair, Daniel J Englander, Jeffrey Liaw, Matt Blunt, Steven D Cohan, Thomas N Tryforos, William E Franklin and Willis J Johnson.
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CPRT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., First Trust Advisors LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Bowie Capital Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc., and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Copart company stock in the last year include A Jayson Adair, Daniel J Englander, Jeffrey Liaw, Matt Blunt, Steven D Cohan, Thomas N Tryforos, and Willis J Johnson.
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CPRT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Alta Capital Management LLC, Baskin Financial Services Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Manning & Napier Group LLC, and TIAA FSB.
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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 $98.86.

Copart has a market capitalization of $23.21 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.

The official website for Copart is 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]