- Prev close
- $28.80
- Day range
- $28.70 – $29.37
- From 52-wk high
- -37.3%
- Next earnings
- in 57 days
CPRT fell -3.8% in a session when the S&P 500 rose 1.1% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.7%, while peers were only modestly lower; the main stock-specific drag is the analyst downgrade alongside a tender offer for ACV that adds deal-execution uncertainty.
CPRT
COPART INC
As of Sep 17, 2026
42/100
Deserves your attentionHealth ScoreWhy it moved
The move looks stock-specific, not market-wide. CPRT closed -3.8% even as the S&P 500 rose 3.8% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 3.8%, and its peers were much milder at CTAS -0.8%, UNF -1.8%, and OPLN -2.3%. That gap points to company news and stock-specific sentiment, especially the announced tender offer to acquire ACV and the separate analyst downgrade, rather than the broad market backdrop.
Volatility read
This is more than ordinary noise because the stock is moving against a fundamentally mixed setup. Revenue is only +0.4% YoY on a TTM basis and +2.4% YoY in the latest quarter, while EPS is -2.3% YoY TTM, so earnings power is not accelerating. At the same time, margins remain strong at gross +44.7%, operating +35.4%, and net +31.8%, and beta is 1.04, which argues against extreme baseline volatility. Valuation is not cheap at PE 18.5 and forward PE 17.6, and the PEG is 6.58 — P/E divided by growth rate — but it is not meaningful here because EPS growth is negative. Taken together, the sell-off is not explained by a broad market wobble; it reflects a stock with intact margins but weak top-line and earnings momentum facing a richer multiple and fresh deal-related uncertainty.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-11-18. The facts do not give analyst consensus revenue or EPS estimates for that report, so I cannot state expected growth or margin numbers for the coming quarter. What the market will likely focus on, based on the facts available, is whether revenue can improve from +0.4% YoY TTM and +2.4% YoY in the latest quarter, whether EPS can recover from -2.3% YoY TTM, and whether operating margin can stay near +35.4% while the ACV tender offer is being pursued. Prior-print reaction data is not available in the supplied facts.
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