As of today (2024-04-16), Copart's share price is $54.735.
Copart's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.88. Hence, Copart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 61.99.
The historical rank and industry rank for Copart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
CPRT'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.68 Med: 47.46 Max: 163.37
Current: 61.99
During the past 13 years, Copart's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 163.37. The lowest was 21.68. And the median was 47.46.
CPRT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 89.57% of 690
companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.575
vs CPRT: 61.99
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Copart was 7.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 37.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 33.10% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 24.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, Copart's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 79.20% per year. The lowest was -9.70% per year. And the median was 29.10% per year.
Copart Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Copart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Copart Annual Data
Trend
Jul14
Jul15
Jul16
Jul17
Jul18
Jul19
Jul20
Jul21
Jul22
Jul23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
68.25
68.37
66.94
36.81
50.39
Copart Quarterly Data
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
Jul22
Oct22
Jan23
Apr23
Jul23
Oct23
Jan24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
40.52
43.92
50.39
46.80
54.41
Competitive Comparison
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Copart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Copart Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Copart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Copart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Copart Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Copart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Copart's Share Price of today is $54.735.
Copart's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.88.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Based in Dallas, Copart operates an online salvage vehicle auction with operations in 11 countries across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, facilitating over 3.5 million transactions annually. The company utilizes its virtual bidding platform, VB3, to connect vehicle sellers with over 750,000 registered buyers around the world. Buyers primarily consist of vehicle dismantlers, rebuilders, individuals and used vehicle retailers. About 80% of Copart's vehicle volume is supplied by auto insurance companies holding vehicles deemed a total loss. Copart also offers services such as vehicle transportation, storage, title transfer, and salvage value estimation. The company primarily operates on a consignment basis and collects fees based on the vehicle's final selling price.
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