Copart Valuation

Is CPRT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CPRT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CPRT ($56.67) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($60.16)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CPRT is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CPRT?

Key metric: As CPRT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CPRT. This is calculated by dividing CPRT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CPRT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio40.1x
EarningsUS$1.36b
Market CapUS$54.59b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CPRT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CPRT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average49.5x
CTAS Cintas
53.2x8.4%US$86.8b
RBA RB Global
50.2x18.8%US$17.1b
UNF UniFirst
25x6.9%US$3.6b
69.6x47.5%US$2.4b
CPRT Copart
40.1x9.9%US$54.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CPRT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.1x) compared to the peer average (49.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CPRT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Commercial Services Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PGTK Pacific Green Technologies
3.9xn/aUS$31.04m
OMEX Odyssey Marine Exploration
0.6xn/aUS$8.03m
DGWR Deep Green Waste & Recycling
1.1xn/aUS$557.97k
IGOT Fomo Worldwide
0.00007xn/aUS$112.00
No more companies available in this PE range
CPRT 40.1xIndustry Avg. 29.2xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CPRT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.1x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (29.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CPRT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CPRT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio40.1x
Fair PE Ratio33.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CPRT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CPRT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$56.67
US$56.01
-1.2%
8.6%US$63.00US$50.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$51.49
US$56.01
+8.8%
8.6%US$63.00US$50.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$52.48
US$57.04
+8.7%
7.9%US$63.00US$50.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$52.96
US$57.42
+8.4%
9.4%US$65.00US$50.00n/a8
Aug ’25US$52.23
US$57.42
+9.9%
9.4%US$65.00US$50.00n/a8
Jul ’25US$53.35
US$57.42
+7.6%
9.4%US$65.00US$50.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$53.06
US$57.37
+8.1%
9.3%US$65.00US$50.00n/a8
May ’25US$54.44
US$54.93
+0.9%
7.0%US$58.98US$47.00n/a9
Apr ’25US$58.07
US$54.49
-6.2%
8.0%US$58.98US$47.00n/a9
Mar ’25US$53.58
US$54.49
+1.7%
8.0%US$58.98US$47.00n/a9
Feb ’25US$49.20
US$52.12
+5.9%
12.3%US$58.00US$39.10n/a9
Jan ’25US$49.00
US$51.46
+5.0%
12.4%US$58.00US$39.10n/a10
Dec ’24US$50.13
US$51.51
+2.8%
13.1%US$58.00US$39.10n/a9
Nov ’24US$43.82
US$47.18
+7.7%
10.9%US$53.00US$39.10US$51.499
Oct ’24US$43.09
US$47.81
+11.0%
10.7%US$53.00US$39.00US$52.488
Sep ’24US$44.98
US$45.28
+0.7%
8.8%US$53.00US$39.00US$52.969
Aug ’24US$44.42
US$45.17
+1.7%
8.8%US$52.50US$38.50US$52.239
Jul ’24US$45.61
US$43.75
-4.1%
9.7%US$47.50US$35.00US$53.358
Jun ’24US$43.90
US$44.50
+1.4%
9.0%US$47.50US$35.00US$53.067
May ’24US$39.20
US$40.07
+2.2%
7.3%US$45.50US$35.00US$54.447
Apr ’24US$37.61
US$39.69
+5.5%
7.3%US$45.50US$35.00US$58.078
Mar ’24US$34.90
US$39.69
+13.7%
7.3%US$45.50US$35.00US$53.588
Feb ’24US$34.76
US$37.56
+8.1%
9.3%US$45.50US$32.00US$49.208
Jan ’24US$30.45
US$37.31
+22.6%
9.4%US$45.50US$32.00US$49.008
Dec ’23US$33.84
US$37.53
+10.9%
8.5%US$45.50US$33.75US$50.138
Nov ’23US$28.78
US$36.97
+28.5%
11.1%US$45.50US$32.75US$43.828

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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