Currently, there are 963.52M common shares owned by the public and among those 880.11M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -2.37% and 17.32% over the past three months. CPRT shares are trading 27.02% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 24.16% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $46.21 and touched a high of $64.38 over the same period. CPRT has an average intraday trading volume of 4.64 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 6.12%, 12.68%, and 15.35% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Copart, Inc (NASDAQ: CPRT) shares accounts for 82.59% of the company’s 963.52M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $59.97B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.31. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 43.62, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $1.43. The company has a PEG of 3.23 and a Quick Ratio of 6.34 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.01. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.51% over the week and 1.94% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 11.90%, and 12.91% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 13.50% over the next five years, compared to 17.85% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the CPRT, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. JP Morgan stated their Neutral rating for the stock in a research note on February 27, 2024, with the firm’s price target at $48. HSBC Securities coverage for the Copart, Inc (CPRT) stock in a research note released on December 04, 2023 offered a Hold rating with a price target of $51. Stephens on their part issued Overweight rating on February 12, 2021.
