Copart (CPRT) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2024)
Copart (CPRT) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 17.00% in fiscal Q4 2024 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2024), down 3.39 percentage points from 20.39% a year earlier and down 1.43 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Copart (CPRT) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2024) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024 (ended Jul 31, 2024), Copart reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 18.47%, down 3.81 percentage points from FY2023.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for five straight fiscal years, with a five-year change of -10.43 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 22.28% in FY2023 (-3.85 pp), 26.13% in FY2022 (-1.71 pp), 27.84% in FY2021 (-0.31 pp) and 28.15% in FY2020 (-0.75 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2024 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since fiscal Q2 2016.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for ten consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.88 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 8.39 percentage points in fiscal Q1 2020, against a drop of 8.58 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 18.43% (Q3 2024), 19.16% (Q2 2024) and 20.12% (Q1 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 165.28 Bn | 159.81 Bn | - | 15.51% |
| 2 | Csx | 87.86 Bn | 84.08 Bn | - | 11.65% |
| 3 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 75.56 Bn | 75.27 Bn | - | 5.85% |
| 4 | Norfolk Southern | 71.27 Bn | 65.91 Bn | - | 9.62% |
| 5 | United Parcel Service | 69.70 Bn | 46.62 Bn | - | 12.85% |
| 6 | Fedex | 68.71 Bn | 34.65 Bn | - | 7.44% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 55.32 Bn | 37.50 Bn | - | 11.82% |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 37.44 Bn | 36.71 Bn | - | 24.14% |
| 9 | United Airlines Holdings | 36.52 Bn | -19.85 Bn | - | 9.15% |
| 10 | Copart | 25.21 Bn | 9.63 Bn | 645.66 Mn | - |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2024 | 17.00% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 18.43% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 19.16% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 20.12% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 20.39% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 21.11% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 21.66% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 23.17% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 23.83% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 23.67% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 25.40% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 24.87% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 25.05% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 24.57% |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 22.20% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 23.06% |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 25.59% |
| Apr 30, 2020 | 26.89% |
| Jan 31, 2020 | 30.78% |
| Oct 31, 2019 | 31.37% |
API Access
Copart Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=CPRT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "CPRT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=CPRT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();