Unveiling the Buzz Surrounding CPRT Investment

By Susan Ramirez • Wednesday, May 21 10:03 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Copart over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Auto Retail stock at a price of $61.24? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Copart has moved 14.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 11.9%
CPRT has an average analyst rating of buy and is -1.05% away from its mean target price of $61.89 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.49
Copart has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 41.1 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.74 and its forward P/E ratio is 35.2
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 7.13 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Copart is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
CPRT has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 21.2% and gross profit margins of 0.5%
The company has a free cash flow of $700.64 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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. It offers a range of services for processing and selling vehicles over the internet through its virtual bidding third generation internet auction-style sales technology to vehicle sellers, insurance companies, banks and finance companies, charities, fleet operators, dealers, vehicle rental companies, and individuals. The company's services include online seller access, salvage estimation, estimating, end-of-life vehicle processing, transportation, vehicle inspection stations, on-demand reporting, title processing and express, loan payoff, flexible vehicle processing programs, buy it now, sales process, and dealer services. Its services also comprise services to sell vehicles through BluCar, CashForCars.com, CashForCars.ca, CashForCars.de, CashForCars.co.uk, and Cash-for-cars.ie; Copart Recycling service, which allows the public to purchase parts from salvaged and end-of-life vehicles; copart 360, a proprietary technology that captures clear 360-degree views of interiors and exteriors of cars, trucks, and vans; and membership tiers for those registering to buy vehicles through Copart.com. In addition, it provides IntelliSeller, an automated tool leveraging its vast and detailed vehicle and sales data to assist its sellers in making vital auction decisions; Purple Wave Inc., that offers wholesale construction, agriculture, and fleet remarketing services through no-reserve online auctions; non-salvage powersport vehicle remarketing services through live and online auction platforms. The company sells its products principally to licensed vehicle dismantlers, rebuilders, repair licensees, used vehicle dealers, and exporters, as well as to the public. Copart, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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