Online vehicle auction company Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

Copart missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.16 billion, flat year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Copart’s revenue to grow 1.5% year on year to $1.18 billion, slowing from the 14% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.39 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Copart has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.

Looking at Copart’s peers in the business services & supplies segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. RB Global delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.7%, and CoreCivic reported revenues up 26%, topping estimates by 6%. CoreCivic traded down 3.5% following the results.

Read our full analysis of RB Global’s results here and CoreCivic’s results here.

The euphoria surrounding Trump’s November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the business services & supplies stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 5.7% on average over the last month. Copart is down 8.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $48.89 (compared to the current share price of $37.12).

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