Copart

CPRT

Specialty Business Services · Industrials

Price

$27.61

-0.68 (-2.40%)

Market Cap

$25.56B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+1.7% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 961.2M (2021) → 977.6M (2025)

Copart, Inc. provides online auctions and vehicle remarketing services in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Finland, Oman, the Republic of Ireland, and Bahrain. It offers a range of services to process and sell vehicles over the internet through its virtual bidding third generation internet auction-style sales technology. The company's services include online seller access, salvage estimation, estimating, end-of-life vehicle processi

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-10.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

8.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$5.1B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Copart's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

43.9%

Healthy — 43.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

34.7%

Excellent — 34.7% operating margin

ROCE

4.0%

Weak — 4.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+5.7%

Slow sales growth (5.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

+6.0%

Modest earnings growth (6.0% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

94%

Modest — 94% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

22.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (22.6%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

17.4x

Fair value — P/E 17.4

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+2.6

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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