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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Description of Business | Description of Business Copart, Inc. (“the Company”) provides vehicle sellers with a full range of services to process and sell vehicles over the internet through the Company’s Virtual Bidding Third Generation (“VB3”) internet auction-style sales technology. Vehicle sellers consist primarily of insurance companies, but also include dealers, individuals, charities, rental car companies, banks, finance companies, and fleet operators. The Company sells principally to licensed vehicle dismantlers, rebuilders, repair licensees, used vehicle dealers, exporters, and directly to the general public.
Basis of Presentation | Basis of Presentation In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments of a normal recurring nature considered necessary for fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of April 30, 2026 and July 31, 2025, its consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in redeemable noncontrolling interests and stockholders’ equity for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, and its cash flows for the nine months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025. These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2025 (the "2025 Form 10-K"). The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the parent company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and affiliates in which the Company holds a controlling financial interest as of the financial statement date.
Use of Estimates | Use of Estimates The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP. Those principles require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments | Fair Value of Financial Instruments The Company records its financial assets and liabilities at fair value in accordance with the framework for measuring fair value in U.S. GAAP. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, the Company considers fair value as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants under current market conditions. This framework establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value:
Level I |  | Observable inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities traded in active markets.
Level II |  | Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level I that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
Level III |  | Inputs that are generally unobservable. These inputs may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management’s best estimate.
The amounts recorded for financial instruments in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which included cash, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximated their fair values as of April 30, 2026 and July 31, 2025, due to the short-term nature of those instruments and are classified within Level II of the fair value hierarchy. Cash equivalents are classified within Level II of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices of the underlying investments. Held to maturity investments are classified within Level I of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued at quoted prices for identical assets that are traded in active markets. See NOTE 3 – Fair Value Measurements.
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest | Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Redeemable noncontrolling interest represents a 20% noncontrolling ownership in Purple Wave, Inc., a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. Redeemable noncontrolling interests are presented outside of permanent equity on the consolidated balance sheet as they are redeemable by the holders of the noncontrolling interest and the redemption is outside the control of the Company. The redeemable noncontrolling interests were initially recorded at their issuance date fair value of $25.2 million. We record the carrying amount of the redeemable noncontrolling interests at the greater of (i) the initial carrying amount, increased or decreased for the noncontrolling interest’s share of net income or loss and its share of other comprehensive income or loss, and dividends or (ii) the redemption value. For interests that are redeemable in the future, we recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur. Shares are redeemable at adjusted fair value from the third anniversary of the acquisition through the 10th anniversary of the acquisition, and are redeemable at fair value thereafter.
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash | Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash include cash held in checking, U.S. Treasury Bills, and money market accounts. The Company periodically invests its excess cash in money market funds and U.S. Treasury Bills. The Company’s cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash are placed with high credit quality financial institutions. The Company had held to maturity securities comprised of U.S. Treasury Bills as of April 30, 2026 and July 31, 2025. These investments were classified as held to maturity as the Company had the intent and ability to hold these investments until they matured. The table below shows the amortized cost, associated gross unrealized gains and associated fair value of held to maturity securities.
(In thousands) |  | April 30, 2026 |
|  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Fair Value |
Investment in held to maturity securities |  | $ | 845,570 |  |  | $ | 878 |  |  | $ | 846,448 |
(In thousands) |  | July 31, 2025 |
|  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Fair Value |
Investment in held to maturity securities |  | $ | 2,008,539 |  |  | $ | 15,575 |  |  | $ | 2,024,114 |

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