CPRT Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own CPRT shares is 1513, representing 85% of the company's common stock.

CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CPRT by -15.21% restricting it's holding to 18.16 million shares of worth nearly $1.05B. CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS also lessened -2.72% of the CPRT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 15.58 million shares of worth $902.16M. JARISLOWSKY, FRASER LTD also shunned CPRT shares holding by -3.9% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.35 million shares worth $251.70M.

As per its latest 13F filing, BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ increased its stake in CPRT by 7.51% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 6.01 million shares having worth more than $347.99M. ARTEMIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP also added 39.29% more shares of CPRT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.63 million shares of worth $94.12M. WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP also increased its CPRT shares holding by 7.04% which brought its holding to 18.7 million shares worth $1.08B.

The insider with the most stakes in CPRT is JOHNSON WILLIS J , Chairman of the Board at the company. Additionally, CPRT stock is highly held by Executive Chairman ADAIR A JAYSON and President MITZ VINCENT W among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 8.69% percent of Copart, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 8 transaction(s) in which CPRT insiders have sold stock, totaling 5.98M shares. Insiders that have sold shares include ENGLANDER DANIEL J, BLUNT MATT, and MOREFIELD DIANE M.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Copart, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 28.66M Copart, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 8.69% of CPRT stock.

CPRT Chairman of the Board, JOHNSON WILLIS J holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CPRT shares owned by JOHNSON total nearly 50.68 million.

BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ is the largest institutional owner in CPRT which holds 6.01 million shares worth $347.99M or 0.63% of the total CPRT shares outstanding followed by ARTEMIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP with ownership of 1.63 million shares representing 0.17% of the CPRT ownership. WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP is the third largest stakeholder with 18.7 million shares or 1.95% of the ownership worth more than $1.08B.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the CPRT is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of CPRT shares short is 12.34M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 963.53M shares of CPRT are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, CPRT has 882.01M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for CPRT is 3.03.