Company Dossier · Industrials
Copart
- S&P 500
- Nasdaq-100
- Russell 1000
What Copart is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $4.67 billion, up 0.4% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $1.27 billion, up 3.3% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $0.34 billion, down 40% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to July 31, 2026: $1.63 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (September 10, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.85 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed September 29, 2026): 2 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $3.0 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,063 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−19 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 46 (49 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 2 — latest OSHA inspection, Jul 2, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Copart is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Retrenching · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Retrenching
- Capital spending9th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings44th pct
- Deals and private raises40th pct
- Patent publications43rd pct
- − Capital spending
- − Deals and private raises
- − Hiring filings
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment69th pct
- Call confidence83rd pct
- Guidance changes—
- Risk factors added12th pct
- Insider open-market trades44th pct
- + Call confidence
- − Risk factors added
- + Call sentiment
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver20th pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Copart's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$0.0B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $0.0B
- Default point $0.0B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jul 31, 2024 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Copart: earnings call confidence
Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Copart, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralCopart: Cyclical U.S. Weakness Masks Long-Term Growth And Valuation Upside (NASDAQ:CPRT)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 8, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 16, 20268-KAcquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
- Oct 16, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Sep 29, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Sep 10, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Aug 19, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 18, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 8, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 2, 2026Risk event
- Jun 29, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 18, 2026Risk event
- Jun 9, 2026Trademark
- Jun 9, 2026Trademark
- May 26, 2026Patent
- Mar 18, 2026Trademark
- Mar 18, 2026Trademark
- Jan 26, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Dec 11, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Nov 18, 2025PatentPatent granted: UNDERCARRIAGE IMAGING ROVERUS 12474718
- Sep 26, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Aug 6, 2025Trademark
- Jan 7, 2025Patent
- Dec 12, 20248-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Oct 29, 2024Risk event
- Sep 30, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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