COPART, INC. vs The Home Depot, Inc., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CPRT and HD diverge most: on debt / equity, CPRT reads 0.00 and HD reads 3.18; on current ratio, CPRT reads 7.91 and HD reads 1.08. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CPRT price has a different growth bar priced in than HD (+6.6% implied for CPRT vs +2.5% for HD); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CPRT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What HD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CPRT | HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $27.32 | $290.75 |
| Market cap | $25.8B | $289.6B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +6.6% | +2.5% |
| P/E | 17.6 | 20.4 |
| P/B | 2.83 | 17.43 |
| P/S | 5.52 | 1.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.6 | 13.8 |
| Revenue growth | +0.4% | +2.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.7% |
| Operating margin | 32.0% | 14.3% |
| Net margin | 31.8% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 16.3% | 85.6% |
| Return on assets | 14.8% | 13.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.7% | 22.8% |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 5.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 3.18 |
| Current ratio | 7.91 | 1.08 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.28 | 4.91 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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