C

Copart, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade C

CPRT · Industrials

Some red flags

Revenue
$4.6B
2025
Net Income
$1.6B
2025
Gross Margin
45.2%
Free Cash Flow
$1.2B
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Screening Summary

16
Passed
0
Watch
1
Failed
-2.55
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 16 days, change +1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 9.7%, CFFO 22.2%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory -9.1% vs COGS 9.3%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 11.4% vs revenue 9.7%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 19.2%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 45.2%, change +0.2pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.16. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $1.2B, FCF/NI = 0.79

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -2.5%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $4.8B covers debt $0.1B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.6B = 6% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 0.1x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -55.3% vs revenue 9.7%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -1% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.55 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.55
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.055
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.996
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.743
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.097
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.982
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.096
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0245
TATA
Accruals level
0.908
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

17.96
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.5026
Liquidity
0.802
Cumulative profit
0.1681
Operating efficiency
10.3995
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25

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Across the last 5–6 quarters, CPRT tripped 1 red flag.

  • Q2 · DSO driftDSO: 16 → 59 → 69 days

Updated 2026-05-19