- Prev close
- $32.48
- Day range
- $31.24 – $32.08
- Next earnings
- in 11 days
CPRT’s -0.4% session looks like ordinary noise against a broadly firmer market, while the business still shows high margins and near-flat growth; the main caution is that earnings growth is negative and the PEG of 5.71 is not a meaningful bargain signal.
CPRT
COPART INC
As of Nov 5, 2026
61/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreMove drivers
CPRT finished down -0.4% even as the S&P 500 rose +1.7% and the Nasdaq 100 rose +1.0%, so the move was not explained by the broad tape. The intraday path also mattered: it opened at $32.975, traded as high as $33, then slipped to a close of $32.48, which reads like a modest fade rather than a market-wide shock. With no sector peer move provided, the cleanest read is stock-specific relative weakness, but only at a small magnitude.
Volatility check
This looks like normal volatility, not a deterioration signal. The business still has gross margin +44.7%, operating margin +35.4%, and net margin +31.8%, while revenue is +0.4% YoY on a TTM basis and +2.4% YoY in the latest quarter; beta is 1.02, so the stock is not unusually unstable. Valuation is not cheap at PE 20.4 and forward PE 18.1, and the PEG is 5.71, but that PEG is not meaningful here because EPS growth is -2.3% YoY TTM. In other words, the fundamentals look intact, but the bar is not low and the move itself is modest.
Earnings setup
The next earnings date is 2026-11-18. The facts do not provide revenue or EPS consensus for this report, so I cannot cite a third-party estimate for growth or margins this period; the only stated expectation is that analysts see the bottom line as "unchanged." The market will be focused on whether revenue re-accelerates beyond +0.4% YoY TTM, whether EPS can move away from -2.3% YoY TTM, and whether CPRT can sustain its +44.7% gross margin and +35.4% operating margin. The only prior-event clue in the facts is a note that the stock had a +2.04% session tied to broader market strength, not a specific earnings reaction.
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