Don't Take a Position in Copart Stocks Without Knowing Its Fundamentals!

By Ken Smith • Wednesday, December 20 10:54 • Permanent Link

Copart logged a 0.6% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $48.88 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. CPRT's trading volume is 577,229 compared to the stock's average volume of 4,213,309.

Copart trades -11.14% away from its average analyst target price of $55.0 per share. The 7 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $48.0 to $58.0, and on average have given Copart a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in CPRT, you'll want to know the following:

Copart has moved 59.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 22.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.37, Copart has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
CPRT has a forward P/E ratio of 30.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.63 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.49 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Copart is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 7.32 compared to its sector average of 4.24
Copart, Inc. provides online auctions and vehicle remarketing services in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Finland, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, and Spain.
Based in Dallas, the company has 12,000 full time employees and a market cap of $46.93 Billion.

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