Return on Equity (ROE)

A Return on Equity (ROE) of 17.6% means that for every dollar of shareholders’ equity, the company generated 17.6 cents in profit over the past year — a measure of how efficiently it uses investor capital.

This exceeds the sector median of 13.8%, placing CPRT in the 61st percentile among its peers, indicating above-average profitability relative to similar companies. The trend data is not available: year-over-year change, quarter-over-quarter change, and the last eight quarters are all listed as N/A, with only a single historical value of 17.6% provided. Because the current ROE sits above the sector median but no trend can be evaluated, the lack of directional information limits any conclusion about improving or deteriorating performance. This combination of a solid level with no trend data neither signals a clear risk nor an opportunity, as the metric stands in isolation. The above-median ROE supports the neutral verdict by showing acceptable profitability without evidence of momentum to raise or lower the stock’s assessment.

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