With 5.73 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.83 million shares. The 52-week range on CPRT shows that it touched its highest point at $64.38 and its lowest point at $48.05 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $63.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.10.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CPRT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.24%, but this was down by -18.76% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.79% while six-month performance fell -18.65%. The stock lost -6.06% in the past year, while it has lost -12.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CPRT yields 1.51 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.70. For the next quarter, that number is 0.36. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.45% for this year and 10.02% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.20% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 17.85%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 966.81 million CPRT shares are outstanding with a float of 884.34 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CPRT since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.45342 being high and $1.40125 being low. For CPRT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.44333.
