Copart, Inc.

Copart, Inc. is an online vehicle auction company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, founded in 1982. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker CPRT, and the company is a member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 indices. The company operates a common digital auction marketplace for the sale of vehicles.

Sellers include insurance companies, car rental firms, financial institutions, charities and fleet operators. A significant share of the vehicles offered are those damaged in an accident or disaster and declared a total loss by the insurance company. Buyers are used car dealers, repairers, dismantlers and individuals. Vehicles are kept at the company's storage yards, auctions take place online, and buyers can bid from many countries around the world. Besides the United States, the company operates in various markets such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil and the Gulf region.

Those following Copart stock typically track insurers' total loss ratios, accident frequency, used vehicle price trends and developments in auction yard capacity. On the CPRT page at Lzzo.com the price is shown in US dollars, and a price chart and technical indicators appear on the same page.