Copart (CPRT)

Industrials · Specialty Business Services · S&P 500
$26.45 -1.36% on the day Market cap $25.0B 52-week range $26.39 to $45.89 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
5% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $25.0B, Copart's free cash flow of $1.3B (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about 5% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Copart's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price4.8% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years16.5% a year
Revenue, same period13.9% a year
Price to free cash flow19.7x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from CPRT's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability8
Growth2
Financial health9
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)16.3x
P/E (forward)16.2x
Price / free cash flow20.3x
EV / EBITDA10.4x
Price / sales5.36x
Price / book2.68x
Revenue growth+2.4%
Operating margin35.4%
Net margin31.8%
Return on equity16.3%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.10x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Copart's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$3.5B$3.9B$4.2B$4.6B$4.7B
Net income$1.1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.5B
Free cash flow$839M$848M$962M$1.2B$1.3B
EPS (diluted)$1.13$1.28$1.40$1.59$1.55
Operating margin39.3%38.4%37.1%36.5%35.4%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2026.

Service revenues$4.0B85%
Vehicle sales$697M15%

Superinvestors who own CPRT

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 8 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $395M0.14%Q2 2026
Chuck Akre
Akre Capital Management
Trimmed $225M4.4%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $38M0.09%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $31M0.03%Q2 2026
David Rolfe
Wedgewood Partners
Trimmed $13M2.6%Q2 2026
Donald Yacktman
Yacktman Asset Management
Added $4M0.05%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Added $354,3480.00%Q2 2026
Francois Rochon
Giverny Capital Inc.
Trimmed $233,2440.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Copart's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$33.39—
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$33.39—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$40.28—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$40.28—
Jan 13, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$39.87—
Jan 13, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$39.87—
Jan 6, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$38.96—
Jan 6, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$38.96—
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$41.41—
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$41.41—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Copart's stock price imply?

At a market value of $25.0B, Copart would need its free cash flow to grow about 5% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 17% a year.

Are Copart insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of CPRT in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Copart?

8 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold CPRT in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Chuck Akre, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.