Copart vs CoreCivic
Copart reported revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal 2026, 2.1 times CoreCivic's $2.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Copart's revenue grew 0.4% in its latest year, and CoreCivic's grew 12.7%. Free cash flow was $1.3 billion at Copart and $53 million at CoreCivic. Their fiscal years end in different months (July 31 and December 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Copart | CoreCivic | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2026, Jul 31, 2026 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $4.7B | $2.2B |
| Revenue growth | 0.4% | 12.7% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 11.6% | 3.0% |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 35.4% | — |
| Net margin | 31.8% | 5.3% |
| Free cash flow | $1.3B | $53M |
| Free cash flow margin | 27.2% | 2.4% |
| Return on capital | 19.6% | 6.6% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −1.0x | 3.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.6B | $229M |
| Change in diluted share count | −2.1% | −3.5% |
| Last close | $29.15 | $29.87 |
| P/E at the last close | 18.8× | 24.1× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $9.4 million | sold $17.6 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 of 8 | 7 of 8 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Free cash flow
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