Why Copart, Inc. (CPRT) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term

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Why This 1 Growth Stock Should Be On Your Watchlist

For growth investors, a company's financial strength, overall health, and future outlook take precedence, so they'll want to zero in on the Growth Style Score. This Score examines things like projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow to find stocks that will generate sustainable growth over time.

Copart, Inc. (CPRT)

Based in Dallas, TX, Copart, Inc. was founded in 1982. The company provides online auctions and a wide range of remarketing services to process and sell salvage and clean-title vehicles. This is done mainly over the Internet, through its Virtual Bidding Third Generation (VB3) Internet auction-style sales technology. Sellers are primarily insurance companies, banks and financial institutions, charities, car dealerships, fleet operators and vehicle rental companies. Buyers include licensed vehicle dismantlers, rebuilders, repair licensees, used vehicle dealers and exporters, along with the general public.

CPRT sits at a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), holds a Growth Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of B. Earnings and sales are forecasted to increase 15.1% and 9.6% year-over-year, respectively.

Four analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.03 to $1.45 per share. CPRT also boasts an average earnings surprise of 10.3%.

On a historic basis, Copart, Inc. has generated cash flow growth of 22.7%, and is expected to report cash flow expansion of 13.2% this year.

Investors should take the time to consider CPRT for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Rank rating, notable growth metrics, and impressive Growth and VGM Style Scores.

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