COPART, INC. vs THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CPRT and SHW diverge most: on debt / equity, CPRT reads 0.00 and SHW reads 3.13; on ev/ebitda, CPRT reads 14.7 and SHW reads 253.0. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CPRT price has a different growth bar priced in than SHW (+9.5% implied for CPRT vs +10.1% for SHW); 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 SHW'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 | SHW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.13 | $340.76 |
| Market cap | $27.5B | $83.8B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.5% | +10.1% |
| P/E | 18.2 | 31.4 |
| P/B | 3.13 | 21.75 |
| P/S | 5.92 | 3.43 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.7 | 253.0 |
| Revenue growth | +1.1% | +5.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 49.2% |
| Operating margin | 37.5% | — |
| Net margin | 33.5% | 11.0% |
| Return on equity | 17.7% | 69.7% |
| Return on assets | 16.1% | 10.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.4% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 3.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 3.13 |
| Current ratio | 7.61 | 0.73 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.31 | 6.89 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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