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Is Copart, Inc. (CPRT) a good stock to buy now?

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPRT) is 3.51% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $42.41 and a high of $58.58 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CPRT stock was last observed hovering at around $49.75 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.97%.

Currently trading at $50.72, the stock is -1.33% and -2.06% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.21 million and changing 1.95% at the moment leaves the stock -2.99% off its SMA200. CPRT registered 15.59% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -9.57%.

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The stock witnessed a -1.15% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.68%, and is 2.44% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.08% over the week and 1.78% over the month.

Copart, Inc. (CPRT) has around 10200 employees, a market worth around $48.81B and $4.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 36.28 and Fwd P/E is 28.84. Profit margin for the company is 32.17%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.59% and -13.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (17.88%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 11.27% this year.

Copart, Inc. (CPRT) Top Institutional Holders

1502.0 institutions hold shares in Copart, Inc. (CPRT), with institutional investors hold 93.82% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 957.34M, and float is at 874.26M with Short Float at 1.32%. Institutions hold 85.19% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 100.64 million shares valued at $5.45 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.4636% of the CPRT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 69.18 million shares valued at $3.75 billion to account for 7.1932 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. which holds 38.44 million shares representing 3.9962% and valued at over $2.08 billion, while PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC holds 3.9441 of the shares totaling 37.93 million with a market value of $2.05 billion.

Copart, Inc. (CPRT) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by ADAIR A JAYSON, the company’s Executive Chairman. SEC filings show that ADAIR A JAYSON sold 600,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 28 ’24 at a price of $57.77 per share for a total of $34.66 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 19.69 million shares.

Copart, Inc. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 13 ’24 that TRYFOROS THOMAS N (Director) sold a total of 285,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 13 ’24 and was made at $55.27 per share for $15.75 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 35000.0 shares of the CPRT stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 26 ’24, Blunt Matt (Director) disposed off 100,000 shares at an average price of $51.06 for $5.11 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Copart, Inc. (CPRT).

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