Copart, Inc. (CPRT) Key Metrics
CPRT valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $25.82B
- Enterprise value
- $22.32B
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.0 10-yr median 31.7
- Forward P/E
- 17.2
- PEG ratio
- 2.83
- Price / sales
- 5.5 10-yr median 9.3
- Price / book
- 2.9 10-yr median 7.0
- EV / EBITDA
- 11.8 10-yr median 22.2
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.06
CPRT key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended July 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsCPRT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
CPRT returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
CPRT per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
CPRT financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
CPRT efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
CPRT valuation history
CPRT returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
CPRT debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
CPRT cash returned to shareholders
CPRT price vs earnings per share
CPRT key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $27.86B | $44.31B | $51.01B | $42.72B | $30.89B | $35.32B | $22.25B | $18.64B | $13.88B | $7.46B |
| Enterprise value | $23.46B | $39.63B | $47.71B | $40.48B | $29.63B | $34.79B | $22.30B | $18.86B | $14.01B | $7.89B |
| P/E ratio | 18.8 | 28.5 | 37.4 | 34.5 | 28.3 | 37.7 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 33.2 | 18.9 |
| Price / sales | 6.0 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 13.1 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 5.2 |
| Price / book | 3.1 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 6.8 |
| Price / free cash flow | 22.0 | 36.0 | 53.0 | 50.4 | 36.8 | 66.9 | 70.8 | 68.5 | 58.2 | 23.3 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 17.4 | 24.6 | 34.6 | 31.3 | 26.3 | 35.6 | 24.3 | 28.8 | 25.9 | 15.2 |
| EV / sales | 5.0 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 12.9 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 5.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.4 | 18.8 | 25.0 | 23.6 | 19.8 | 27.5 | 24.2 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 15.1 |
| EV / free cash flow | 18.5 | 32.2 | 49.6 | 47.8 | 35.3 | 65.9 | 71.0 | 69.3 | 58.8 | 24.7 |
| Earnings yield | 5.3% | 3.5% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 5.3% |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.5% | 2.8% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 5.9% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $29.12 | $45.33 | $52.33 | $44.20 | $32.02 | $36.75 | $23.31 | $19.38 | $14.35 | $7.87 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $4.88 | $4.75 | $4.35 | $4.00 | $3.63 | $2.80 | $2.31 | $2.12 | $1.87 | $1.53 |
| Earnings per share | $1.55 | $1.59 | $1.40 | $1.28 | $1.13 | $0.97 | $0.73 | $0.62 | $0.43 | $0.42 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $1.68 | $1.84 | $1.51 | $1.41 | $1.22 | $1.03 | $0.96 | $0.67 | $0.55 | $0.52 |
| Free cash flow per share | $1.32 | $1.26 | $0.99 | $0.88 | $0.87 | $0.55 | $0.33 | $0.28 | $0.25 | $0.34 |
| Cash per share | $4.69 | $4.90 | $3.51 | $2.45 | $1.44 | $1.09 | $0.50 | $0.19 | $0.28 | $0.22 |
| Book value per share | $9.51 | $9.40 | $7.72 | $6.19 | $4.80 | $3.67 | $2.61 | $1.85 | $1.63 | $1.16 |
| Tangible book value per share | $8.92 | $8.80 | $7.12 | $5.72 | $4.32 | $3.25 | $2.20 | $1.45 | $1.22 | $0.72 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.11 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Capex per share | $0.35 | $0.58 | $0.52 | $0.53 | $0.35 | $0.48 | $0.63 | $0.39 | $0.31 | $0.18 |
| Debt per share | $0.09 | $0.11 | $0.12 | $0.12 | $0.12 | $0.54 | $0.54 | $0.42 | $0.41 | $0.67 |
| Shares outstanding | 956.9M | 977.6M | 974.8M | 966.6M | 964.6M | 961.2M | 954.6M | 961.8M | 967.5M | 948.1M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −2.1% | +0.3% | +0.8% | +0.2% | +0.4% | +0.7% | −0.7% | −0.6% | +2.0% | −3.0% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 16.2% | 18.6% | 20.2% | 23.3% | 26.7% | 31.1% | 32.8% | 35.2% | 31.2% | 42.1% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 29.0% | 31.8% | 31.4% | 33.3% | 35.2% | 34.3% | 31.5% | 32.5% | 26.9% | 29.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 14.8% | 16.8% | 18.0% | 20.5% | 22.1% | 23.4% | 23.3% | 24.4% | 19.5% | 21.7% |
| Return on tangible assets | 15.7% | 16.3% | 17.4% | 19.7% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 22.8% | 27.4% | 21.9% | 25.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 27.2% | 26.5% | 22.7% | 21.9% | 24.0% | 19.6% | 14.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% | 22.1% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.08 | 1.16 | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.31 | 1.09 | 1.28 | 1.25 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $88.4M | $103.7M | $118.7M | $120.5M | $119.5M | $518.1M | $518.6M | $401.2M | $399.9M | $633.0M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $4.49B | $4.79B | $3.42B | $2.36B | $1.38B | $1.05B | $477.7M | $186.3M | $274.5M | $210.1M |
| Net debt | −$4.40B | −$4.69B | −$3.30B | −$2.24B | −$1.26B | −$530.2M | $40.9M | $214.9M | $125.4M | $422.9M |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.58 |
| Debt / assets | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.32 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −2.13 | −2.22 | −1.73 | −1.31 | −0.85 | −0.42 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.81 |
| Current ratio | 7.91 | 8.25 | 7.03 | 6.62 | 5.00 | 4.04 | 2.71 | 2.44 | 2.56 | 1.94 |
| Quick ratio | 7.84 | 8.19 | 6.96 | 6.54 | 4.86 | 3.94 | 2.65 | 2.36 | 2.50 | 1.91 |
| Interest coverage | — | 9.5 | 10.8 | 22.5 | 82.4 | 56.1 | 40.3 | 36.2 | 28.7 | 19.4 |
| Working capital | $4.86B | $4.96B | $3.79B | $2.77B | $1.76B | $1.28B | $607.7M | $405.2M | $431.9M | $285.1M |
| Invested capital | $4.70B | $4.50B | $4.22B | $3.74B | $3.36B | $3.00B | $2.53B | $1.99B | $1.71B | $1.52B |
| Tangible asset value | $8.55B | $8.63B | $6.96B | $5.53B | $4.17B | $3.13B | $2.10B | $1.39B | $1.18B | $682.4M |
| Net current asset value | $4.65B | $4.76B | $3.54B | $2.51B | $1.52B | $669.7M | −$2.0M | −$82.1M | −$17.5M | −$296.6M |
| Graham number | $18.22 | $18.32 | $15.58 | $13.36 | $11.04 | $8.97 | $6.56 | $5.06 | $3.99 | $3.29 |
| Graham net-net per share | $4.40 | $4.60 | $3.24 | $2.24 | $1.25 | $0.43 | −$0.20 | −$0.29 | −$0.17 | −$0.45 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | $4.7M | $1.9M | $6.1M | $103.5M | — | $235,000 | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $1.63B | — | $6.6M | $4.7M | $1.9M | $6.1M | $103.5M | $365.0M | $1.1M | $135.4M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 14.8% | — | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 128.8% | — | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 2.3% | 65.8% | 134.2% | 0.6% | 42.3% |
| Capex / revenue | 7.2% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 13.4% | 9.6% | 17.2% | 27.4% | 18.3% | 16.4% | 11.9% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 21.0% | 31.6% | 34.7% | 37.9% | 28.7% | 46.7% | 66.0% | 57.9% | 55.5% | 35.0% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.47 | 2.64 | 2.69 | 3.24 | 2.43 | 3.76 | 5.79 | 4.39 | 3.75 | 3.00 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| R&D / revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9% | 1.3% |
| SG&A / revenue | 9.2% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 7.7% | 8.7% | 8.9% | 9.5% | 10.8% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 61.5 | 60.8 | 64.4 | 63.1 | 58.9 | 59.5 | 63.2 | 67.4 | 69.3 | 76.0 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| Days payables outstanding | 60.0 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 31.4 | 33.8 | 40.1 | 37.6 | 39.5 | 35.8 | 32.4 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 7.9 | 37.6 | 41.7 | 40.1 | 35.1 | 28.2 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 38.1 | 48.1 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.93 | 6.00 | 5.67 | 5.79 | 6.20 | 6.14 | 5.78 | 5.42 | 5.27 | 4.80 |
| Payables turnover | 6.08 | 12.49 | 12.48 | 11.62 | 10.81 | 9.11 | 9.70 | 9.24 | 10.18 | 11.25 |
| Inventory turnover | 56.73 | 61.16 | 55.72 | 43.18 | 36.52 | 41.49 | 58.40 | 60.71 | 77.58 | 81.07 |
| Asset turnover | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.80 |
| Average receivables | $786.3M | $774.6M | $747.2M | $668.5M | $564.5M | $438.8M | $381.9M | $376.9M | $342.6M | $301.6M |
| Average payables | $424.5M | $203.9M | $186.7M | $183.6M | $175.2M | $148.1M | $123.4M | $123.8M | $102.4M | $74.1M |
| Average inventory | $45.5M | $41.6M | $41.8M | $49.4M | $51.9M | $32.5M | $20.5M | $18.8M | $13.4M | $10.3M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 5.6% | 5.8% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 11.3% | 15.2% | 17.4% | 21.0% |
Computed from CPRT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed September 29, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
CPRT valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (July 31, 2026), Copart traded at 18.8 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 31.7. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 18.0 and the forward P/E is 17.2. Copart earned a return on equity of 16.2% and a return on invested capital of 29.0% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $88.4 million of debt and $4.5 billion in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $4.4 billion. It returned $1.6 billion to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $1.6 billion in share buybacks, 129% of free cash flow.
See the CPRT income statement, the CPRT chart for price history, or the CPRT stock overview for the latest quote and news.
CPRT key metrics FAQ
What is Copart's P/E ratio?
Copart's trailing P/E ratio is 18.0 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 17.2. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 18.8, compared with a 10-year median of 31.7.
What is Copart's EV/EBITDA?
Copart's enterprise value was 11.4 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $23.5 billion, EBITDA $2.1 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 11.8.
What is Copart's return on equity?
Copart's return on equity (ROE) was 16.2% in fiscal 2026: net income of $1.5 billion on average shareholders' equity of $9.1 billion.
What is Copart's ROIC?
Copart's return on invested capital was 29.0% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Copart have?
Copart had total debt of $88.4 million at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01 and more cash than debt.
Does Copart buy back its shares?
Yes. Copart spent $1.6 billion on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed −2.1% over the year, to 956.9M..
What is Copart's free cash flow yield?
Copart generated $1.3 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 4.5% on its market value at year-end ($27.9 billion).
What is Copart's current ratio?
Copart's current ratio was 7.91 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 7.91 times current liabilities.