Copart, Inc (NASDAQ: CPRT) is -0.31% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $48.05 and a high of $64.38 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CPRT stock was last observed hovering at around $56.59 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.62%.
Currently trading at $57.21, the stock is 5.56% and 1.66% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.96 million and changing 1.10% at the moment leaves the stock 4.02% off its SMA200. CPRT registered -1.23% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 9.89%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $56.2762 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $54.99715.
The stock witnessed a 4.68% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.14%, and is 2.91% 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 2.66% over the week and 2.14% over the month.
Copart, Inc (CPRT) has around 11700 employees, a market worth around $55.27B and $4.51B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 38.43 and Fwd P/E is 32.06. Profit margin for the company is 32.27%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.06% and -11.14% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (17.32%).
with sales reaching $1.23B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 12.54% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 11.29% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 9.01% in year-over-year returns.
Copart, Inc (CPRT) Top Institutional Holders
1591.0 institutions hold shares in Copart, Inc (CPRT), with institutional investors hold 93.09% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 966.05M, and float is at 883.56M with Short Float at 1.61%. Institutions hold 85.03% 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 7.079 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 MEEKS JAMES E, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that MEEKS JAMES E sold 100,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 19 ’25 at a price of $54.00 per share for a total of $5.4 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 28 ’25, MEEKS JAMES E (Director) Proposed Sale 100,000 shares at an average price of $56.77 for $5.68 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Copart, Inc (CPRT).
