Key Focus for Copart Investors

By Naomi Wentworth • Thursday, July 10 10:02 • Permanent Link

Is it worth buying Copart stock at a price of $47.53? If this question is on your mind, make sure to check out the fundamentals of this Auto Retail Large-Cap company:

Copart has logged a -13.1% 52 week change, compared to 12.2% for the S&P 500
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.51, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 31.5. The Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/E ratio is 20.93
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.74 and its forward P/E ratio is 27.3
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 5.23 in contrast to the Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/B ratio is 2.93
The current ratio is currently 6.6, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
CPRT has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 7.7% and gross profit margins of 0.5%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $961.57 Million and the average free cash flow growth rate is 26.3%
Copart's revenues have an average growth rate of 14.8% with operating expenses growing at 70.2%. The company's current operating margins stand at 37.1%

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