COPART, INC. vs 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 0.25; on p/b, CPRT reads 3.13 and HD reads 23.84. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CPRT price has a different growth bar priced in than HD (+9.5% implied for CPRT vs +7.2% 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 | $29.13 | $332.02 |
| Market cap | $27.5B | $330.7B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.5% | +7.2% |
| P/E | 18.2 | 23.6 |
| P/B | 3.13 | 23.84 |
| P/S | 5.92 | 1.99 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.7 | 13.7 |
| Revenue growth | +1.1% | +2.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.0% |
| Operating margin | 37.5% | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 33.5% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 17.7% | 101.0% |
| Return on assets | 16.1% | 13.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.4% | 89.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.25 |
| Current ratio | 7.61 | 1.04 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.31 | 5.06 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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