United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund boosted its position in Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT – Free Report) by 20.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 570,155 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 95,509 shares during the quarter. United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund owned approximately 0.06% of Copart worth $29,876,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of CPRT. Optimum Investment Advisors grew its position in shares of Copart by 141.5% during the 3rd quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 512 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Eastern Bank bought a new position in shares of Copart during the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Crewe Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Copart by 98.6% during the 2nd quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 564 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 280 shares during the period. Meeder Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Copart by 283.3% in the 2nd quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 575 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 425 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its position in Copart by 477.7% during the 2nd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 595 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 492 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.78% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on Copart from $58.00 to $56.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 5th.
Copart Trading Up 1.3 %
CPRT opened at $57.93 on Thursday. Copart, Inc. has a twelve month low of $46.21 and a twelve month high of $58.58. The stock has a market cap of $55.81 billion, a PE ratio of 41.68 and a beta of 1.27. The business’s 50 day moving average is $52.69 and its 200-day moving average is $53.08.
Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 4th. The business services provider reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by ($0.03). The business had revenue of $1.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.07 billion. Copart had a net margin of 32.17% and a return on equity of 19.55%. Copart’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.34 earnings per share. As a group, analysts forecast that Copart, Inc. will post 1.54 EPS for the current year.
Copart Company Profile
Copart, Inc provides online auctions and vehicle remarketing services. It offers a range of services for processing and selling vehicles over the Internet through its Virtual Bidding Third Generation Internet auction-style sales technology on behalf of vehicle sellers, insurance companies, banks and finance companies, charities, and fleet operators and dealers, as well as individual owners.
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