Copart (CPRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT) is a global provider of online vehicle auction and remarketing services, focused primarily on the sale of salvage and clean-title vehicles. The company operates a technology-driven auction platform that connects sellers — including insurance companies, vehicle finance firms, rental car companies, dealerships and fleet owners — with a broad buyer base consisting of vehicle dismantlers, recyclers, rebuilders and retail buyers. Copart’s business model centers on efficient vehicle disposition using digital bidding and logistics services to maximize recovery value for its clients.

Core services include hosting live and timed online auctions, vehicle listing and inspection support, title processing, and transportation and storage solutions. The company also provides ancillary remarketing services such as vehicle condition reporting and administrative processing to streamline transfers and resales. By leveraging a proprietary online auction interface and integrated back-end systems, Copart enables bidders to view inventory remotely, submit offers, and complete transactions without attending physical auctions in person.

Since its founding in the early 1980s, Copart has expanded from a domestic salvage yard operator into a multinational remarketing platform. It maintains a network of physical facilities that support its online operations and services a diverse set of geographic markets across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The company’s customers include insurance carriers and other institutional sellers that require timely, compliant disposition of damaged, totaled and surplus vehicles, as well as independent buyers seeking parts or vehicles for repair and resale.

Copart positions itself as a technology and logistics partner for the vehicle remarketing industry, emphasizing speed, transparency and scale in the disposition process. The firm’s combination of digital auction capabilities and on-the-ground vehicle processing helps sellers recover value from damaged and surplus vehicles while providing buyers with broad access to inventory through online channels.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $33.65 to $35.66
• 50-Day Range: $32.30 to $34.40
• 52-Week Range: $32.20 to $58.07
• Volume: 15.03 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.92 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $32.55 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.99
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $44.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Copart Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Copart scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 49th out of 297 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Copart has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.38, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Copart has a consensus price target of $44.50, representing about 31.7% upside from its current price of $33.79.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Copart has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.92%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Copart are expected to grow by 8.92% in the coming year, from $1.57 to $1.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Copart is 20.99, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.78.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Copart is 20.99, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 30.49.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Copart has a P/B Ratio of 3.56. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.76% of the float of Copart has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Copart has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.91, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Copart has recently increased by 7.99%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Copart does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Copart does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.14

News Sentiment

Copart has a news sentiment score of 1.14. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 23 news articles for Copart this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

11 people have searched for CPRT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 57% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Copart to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Copart insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $869,747.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.60% of the stock of Copart is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.78% of the stock of Copart is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/21/2026
• Today: 5/24/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 7/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Auction/Valuation Services
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Support Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CPRT
• CIK: 900075
• Web: www.copart.com
• Phone: 972-391-5000
• Fax: 707-644-7355
• Employees: 11,600
• Year Founded: 1982

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Copart: $44.50
• High Price Target: $62.00
• Low Price Target: $32.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +31.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.38
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.61
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.99
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.52
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $1.55 billion
• Net Margins: 33.48%
• Pretax Margin: 41.39%
• Return on Equity: 16.31%
• Return on Assets: 14.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 10.06
• Quick Ratio: 9.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.65 billion
• Price / Sales: 7.00
• Cash Flow: $1.83 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.46
• Book Value: $9.50 per share
• Price / Book: 3.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 963,310,000
• Free Float: 870,830,000
• Market Cap: $32.55 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.02