Copart vs Carvana
CPRT and CVNA side by side, both in retail-auto dealers & gasoline stations. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CPRT and CVNA compare
Carvana is the larger company, worth 2.7 times as much as Copart ($75.2B against $27.9B).
Carvana grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (54.0% versus 0.41% for Copart).
Copart keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 31.8% compared with 6.3% at Carvana.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CPRT | CVNA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $27.9B | $75.2B |
| Share price | $30.13 | $68.29 |
| Change, 1 year | −29.1% | −3.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −21.7% | 14.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.94 | 3.63 |
| Employees | 7,600 | 23K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 11 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.4× | – |
| P/S | 6.0× | 3.0× (better) |
| P/B | – | 18.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8× (better) | 35.2× |
| P/FCF | 22.0× (better) | 80.9× |
| PEG | 2.95 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.5% (better) | 1.2% |
| Fair value | $31.37 | $11.46 |
| Margin of safety | 4.0% (better) | −496% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.41% | 54.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.6% | 29.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −4.4% | 179% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −2.5% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 9.8% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 19.4% |
| Operating margin | 35.4% (better) | 8.9% |
| Net margin | 31.8% (better) | 6.3% |
| FCF margin | 27.2% (better) | 3.7% |
| Return on equity | – | 54.5% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 29.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.28 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 1.14 |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.3× |
| Current ratio | 7.91 (better) | 3.93 |
| Altman Z-score | 21.03 (better) | 7.56 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 5.8% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 5.8% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.1% | 67.2% |
| Held by insiders | 9.0% | 6.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.8M (better) | −$258M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 | 9 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.4% | 6.5% |
Go deeper
- CPRT stock overview
- CPRT income statement
- CPRT valuation and score
- CVNA stock overview
- CVNA income statement
- CVNA valuation and score
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