Copart
CPRTCopart has retired 37.3% of its shares since 2002, from 1,476,237,744 to 926,330,452.
37.3%retired since 2002
2.3%last 5 years
4.3%last 12 months
926Mshares today
Copart has retired 37.3% of its shares since 2002, from 1,476,237,744 to 926,330,452.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-10-13 | 1,288,726,512 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-10-13 | 1,309,322,256 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-09-27 | 1,336,347,048 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-10-14 | 1,476,237,744 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-10-16 | 1,422,644,992 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-10-12 | 1,441,349,376 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-10-14 | 1,447,298,016 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-10-30 | 1,448,851,648 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-09-27 | 1,413,717,744 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-09-26 | 1,332,542,368 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-09-29 | 1,345,313,808 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-07-31 | 1,349,809,008 | 10-K/A | |
| 2011 | 2011-09-27 | 1,056,488,272 | 10-K/A | |
| 2012 | 2012-09-28 | 992,750,952 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-09-30 | 1,004,121,432 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-09-29 | 1,009,955,616 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-09-24 | 961,495,872 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-09-27 | 913,289,592 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-09-26 | 923,093,368 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-09-28 | 935,664,760 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-09-27 | 929,000,576 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-09-25 | 943,887,680 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-09-23 | 948,402,076 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-09-26 | 952,227,024 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-09-27 | 957,355,633 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-09-26 | 963,287,376 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-09-25 | 967,731,528 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-09-25 | 926,330,452 | 10-K | cover page |
Source: all 10-K filings of Copart on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Copart has 4.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 926,330,452 as of September 25, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 2.3%.
Net of every new share it issued, Copart has 549.9 million fewer shares than at its 2002 peak. That is 37.3% of the company.
926,330,452 shares, as of September 25, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-K. At the 2002 peak it had 1,476,237,744.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Copart stock in 2002 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Copart ranks No. 55 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Innoviva (38.1%), Jefferies (37.4%), Columbia Sportswear (36.5%), Aon (36.3%).
Every answer is computed from Copart's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-K on EDGAR.
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