COPART, INC. vs Ross Stores, Inc., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Copart runs online auctions for wrecked and salvage vehicles, a $28.8B business with an unusual shape: 33.48% of revenue drops to net profit because it takes fees on cars it never owns. Ross Stores, a $68.5B off-price chain, keeps 9.74% by contrast, respectable for retail but a third of Copart's take. Ross returns more on equity, 36.73% against Copart's 17.7%, since it turns inventory hard and fast. Neither carries meaningful debt. Copart trades cheaper at 19.06 times earnings versus Ross at 29.78, and yields more free cash, 4.65% to 3.84%. Fee-taking auctioneer against rack-hunting discounter, both quietly profitable.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CPRT | ROST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $27.52 | $222.82 |
| Market cap | $25.9B | $71.6B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.4% | +24.3% |
| P/E | 17.2 | 31.1 |
| P/B | 2.96 | 11.35 |
| P/S | 5.59 | 3.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.9 | 20.0 |
| Revenue growth | +1.1% | +11.9% |
| Operating margin | 37.5% | 13.4% |
| Net margin | 33.5% | 9.7% |
| Return on equity | 17.7% | 36.7% |
| Return on assets | 16.1% | 14.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.4% | 29.8% |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | 3.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| Current ratio | 7.61 | 1.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.31 | 8.35 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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