CPRT
Daily closes · 1Y (252 sessions) · -38.3% · range 27.17–49.97
The Businesswhat the company reports
Business & cash flow
| FCF / assets | 12.2% |
|---|---|
| OCF / assets | 17.8% |
| FCF / revenue | 38.7% |
| Gross margin | 47.5% |
| ROIC | 18.0% |
| Forward P/E | 17.5 |
FCF/assets and OCF/assets are the cash-flow measures Brown Bear's own testing found to survive; FCF/revenue is shown alongside for context. Assets are from the latest annual filing (FY2025).
Price vs Earnings growth
Forward EPS growth has outpaced trailing price return by +41.6pp
Confidence 95.0/100
Drivers
| Forward EPS growth | +3.2% |
|---|---|
| Trailing price return (1y) | -38.3% |
| Forward P/E compression | +3.1% |
Figures
| Trailing EPS | 1.63 |
|---|---|
| Forward EPS | 1.68 |
| Trailing P/E | 18.03 |
| Forward P/E | 17.46 |
Revisions
Stable (+0.0%, 10 dates)
Takeaway Earnings growth is outpacing price — consistent with the stock not yet fully reflecting its improving forward estimates.
Reported earnings
Revenue Net incomeEPS (GAAP) (0.05–0.18, own scale) Derived Q4
12 quarters to Q3 18. Revenue and net income share one scale, so the gap between them is the margin. The line is GAAP EPS — it spans every quarter shown, where the reported figure only goes back as far as the consensus feed does.
| Quarter ending | Revenue | YoY | Net income | EPS (GAAP) | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-31 (derived) | 449.22m | +18.7% | 109.75m | 0.11 | 2018-10-01 |
| 2018-04-30 | 478.20m | +27.9% | 127.35m | 0.13 | 2018-05-25 |
| 2018-01-31 | 459.11m | +31.3% | 103.26m | 0.11 | 2018-02-27 |
| 2017-10-31 | 419.17m | +21.1% | 77.52m | 0.08 | 2017-11-28 |
| 2017-07-31 (derived) | 378.60m | +13.8% | 70.33m | 0.07 | 2017-09-28 |
| 2017-04-30 | 373.86m | +7.7% | 90.55m | 0.10 | 2017-05-25 |
| 2017-01-31 | 349.53m | +16.6% | 66.07m | 0.07 | 2017-02-28 |
| 2016-10-31 | 345.99m | +19.8% | 167.28m | 0.18 | 2016-11-30 |
| 2016-07-31 (derived) | 332.66m | — | 84.97m | 0.09 | 2016-09-28 |
| 2016-04-30 | 347.25m | — | 74.02m | 0.08 | 2016-05-26 |
| 2016-01-31 | 299.71m | — | 58.96m | 0.06 | 2016-02-25 |
| 2015-10-31 | 288.84m | — | 52.41m | 0.05 | 2015-11-24 |
Share count
Diluted shares Return since the previous filing
| Direction | Flat — little net change |
|---|---|
| Diluted shares | 977.1M as at 2025-10-31 |
| Change over 1 year | +0.6% |
| Change over 3 years | +2.4% |
| Public float | $51.16bn as at 2025-01-31 (10-K) |
History before 2012-04-30 is not shown. The share count jumps at that date by a ratio no ordinary issuance produces — a split whose factor is not in Brown Bear's split store — so earlier figures are on a different basis and cannot be compared with today's.
Counts are restated for the 2:1 split of 2022-11-04, 2:1 split of 2023-08-22, which would otherwise read as a share issuance.
The Pricewhat the chart is doingTop ↑
Price Levels
| Strategy | Current Price Reasonable |
|---|---|
| Reference band | 28.95 — 29.68 |
| Protective stop | 28.21 (Structure, 3.8% risk) |
| Support | 28.66 (2 touches, 2.5% away) |
| Resistance | 31.52 (7.2% away) |
Takeaway The shares are nearer the floor than the ceiling: about 2.5% above 28.66, a price buyers have stepped in at before, and 7.2% below 31.52, where sellers have turned up before. That floor has held 2 times, which is how it was spotted. If someone bought at today's price and sold if it dropped through the level below, they would be about 3.8% out of pocket. That is all this figure means — an illustration of the risk, not a price to sell at.
Levels are computed from price structure. They describe where the engine locates support and extension — they are not targets, and not advice.
Ichimoku Cloud (Adaptive)
| Daily cloud | Price INSIDE the cloud | periods 6/16/33 (63% of classic 9/26/52) |
|---|---|
| Lines | Tenkan/Kijun BULL | cloud twist BULL |
| Cloud thickness | 24% percentile (thin — little structure to fight through) |
| Chikou span | Above price from 26 periods ago |
| Weekly cloud | Price BELOW the weekly cloud (context only, not scored) |
Takeaway The stock is trading inside its cloud — a shaded band drawn from several of its own moving averages, currently 29.11 to 29.40. Inside the band those averages disagree with each other, so the indicator is not saying much either way. Its shorter-term averages point the other way, so this is a mixed reading rather than a clear one.
Trailing returns
| 21 days | +7.7% |
|---|---|
| 63 days | -10.8% |
| 126 days | -25.6% |
| 252 days | -37.7% |
| Below 252d high | 41.2% |
Trend context
| Position | At trend |
|---|---|
| Extension | Normal |
| Trend slope | Falling |
| Direction of travel | Holding its deviation |
Takeaway The share price is close to the level its own longer-run trend suggests is fair, and that fair level is drifting down. The gap between the two has been fairly steady. Neither is stretched far enough to stand out.
Volatility
| State | No recent compression |
|---|---|
| Current band width | 15.4% of price |
| Recent tightest | 15.4% (0 sessions ago, narrower than 36.0% of its history) |
| Expansion since | 1.00× |
| Band | 26.68 — 31.14 |
Takeaway Lately this share price has been swinging around inside a range roughly 15% wide. That is normal for this stock, so there is nothing unusual to read into it either way.
Historical trends
History begins when the site started recording, not when the company listed, so a short line means a short record and nothing more.
Repair Pathway
- Nearest Trigger EMA50 reclaim +1.1% gap is improving · Broadly stable
- Trigger 2 Volume confirmation above 1.2x +0.20x volume confirmation would improve confidence in the pathway · Broadly stable
- Trigger 3 Relative momentum rank back above 0.45 repair trigger repair engine identifies this as the nearest technical repair catalyst · Broadly stable
- Trigger 4 MACD histogram acceleration turns positive secondary repair secondary repair catalyst could add confirmation if the primary trigger develops · Broadly stable
- Trigger 5 Relative strength stabilisation state change relative momentum rank does not yet confirm RS improvement · Broadly stable
Who's Tradingthe flow behind the priceTop ↑
Insider activity
| Activity | No filings in the window |
|---|---|
| Buy filings | 0 |
| Sell filings | 0 |
Open-market Form 4 purchases and sales over the last 75 days, read from SEC EDGAR Form 4. Grants, option exercises, gifts and shares withheld for tax are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not a decision to buy or sell. Reported Form 4 activity. Brown Bear tested insider cluster-buying as a return signal and rejected it as era-unstable; shown as fact, not signal.
Volume confirmation
| Volume-price trend | Above its signal line |
|---|---|
| Confirmation | Marginal |
No absorption or distribution event in the recent window.
Takeaway Slightly more shares change hands on rising days than on falling ones, but the gap is too small to read anything into.
Options Positioning
No binary-event flag
CPRT: no binary-event flag. Near IV 34%, far IV 38% (ratio 0.90), implied move 4.0%.
| Implied volatility | 34% near (8d) · 38% far (99d) |
|---|---|
| Term structure | 0.90× near/far |
| Historical volatility | 36% |
| Implied vs historical | 0.94× |
| Implied move | ±4.0% by 2026-08-21 |
| Implied move vs ATR | 0.46× |
| Skew | Call Skew (0.89×) |
| Call wall | 35.00 (+19.1% away) |
| Put wall | 27.50 (-6.4% away) |
| Gamma pin | 27.50 |
Takeaway Insuring against a move in this stock costs less for the next few weeks than for the next few months, which is the normal state of affairs and suggests no particular date is worrying anyone. Options traders are positioned for a move of around 4.0% in either direction by 2026-08-21.
Chain as at 2026-08-13. This is a risk read on whether a specific event is being priced — not a directional view.
Context & Methodthe record, and how it was builtTop ↑
Relative Rotation
Mixed Rotation Phase
Rotation health 33.3/100; Negative Rotation.
| Rotation health | 33.3 |
|---|---|
| Rotation strength | 73.9 |
| Leg | Quadrant | RS-Ratio | RS-Mom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock vs sector | Weakening | 109.3 | 85.4 |
| Stock vs SPY | Weakening | 107.3 | 80.5 |
| Sector vs SPY | Lagging | 85.1 | 94.5 |
Direction of travel: South-West / deteriorating rotation
Position only. Brown Bear's RRG redesign programme is closed — five constructions, none beat an appropriate null — so this section describes where the name sits, and is not a signal.
News Headlines
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Detailed Scoring
Positive signals
- Piotroski F-score 5/9 (+10.0)
- Altman Z-score 33.11 (+10.0)
- Insider conviction score (+5.0)
- Gross margin quality: 47.5% (+10.1)
- ROIC quality: 18.0% (+11.2)
- FCF margin quality: 38.7% (+20.0)
- Gross margin improving by 2.5 pts (+2.0)
- FCF margin improving by 4.0 pts (+2.0)
- High earnings quality (accrual ratio -0.025) (+2.0)
- Accrual ratio improving (-0.01 -> -0.02) (+5.0)
- Track 1: MACD histogram state (0.08) (+3.0)
- Track 1: 20-day momentum acceleration 0.12 (+6.0)
- Track 1: bullish DI spread 17.0 (+5.0)
- Track 1: ADX 38.0 and rising (+8.0)
- Track 1: EMA20 reclaim distance 0.8% (+7.3)
- Track 1: EMA20 slope improving 0.5% (+1.3)
- Track 1: MACD line/signal repair quality (+8.0)
- Track 1: MACD slope improving (+3.0)
- Track 1: VPT strength 0.06 (+1.2)
- Track 1: EMA50 support proximity 1.1% (+4.1)
- Track 1: Bollinger position 0.61 (+3.1)
Negative signals
- Weak relative momentum rank (0.03)
- Track 1: Bearish MACD divergence
- Track 1: RSI deterioration/extension 60.1, 5-day change -0.4
- Track 1: price below EMA50 by 1.1%
- Track 1: EMA50 slope deteriorating -0.7%
- ROIC improving by -2.1 pts (+-5.0)
Chase risk is not elevated for this name, so extension penalties are omitted from the negative signals above.