Financing
Tax on Share Settlement
Copart Tax on Share Settlement decreased by 35.3% to $860.00K in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 51.2%, from $1.76M to $860.00K. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Tax on Share Settlement shows a downward trend with a -3.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryEfficiency
SignalLower is better
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ4 2013
Last reportedQ4 2025
How to read this metric
Increases generally track with rising stock prices or larger employee equity grants, reflecting the cost of maintaining a share-based incentive program.
Detailed definition
Cash outflows related to the withholding of taxes on behalf of employees during the settlement of share-based compensati...
Peer comparison
Common in Silicon Valley and high-growth tech firms where equity is a primary component of total compensation.
Metric ID:
taxes_paid_for_sharesHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q1 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $151.00K | $5.21M | $249.00K | $350.00K | $273.00K | $1.05M | $295.00K | $536.00K | $2.20M | $1.68M | $711.00K | $1.45M | $2.45M | $1.95M | $720.00K | $1.76M | $874.00K | $1.92M | $1.33M | $860.00K |
| QoQ Change | — | >999% | -95.2% | +40.6% | -22.0% | +285.7% | -72.0% | +81.7% | +309.5% | -23.3% | -57.8% | +104.4% | +68.5% | -20.6% | -63.0% | +145.0% | -50.5% | +120.1% | -30.9% | -35.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +80.8% | -79.8% | +18.5% | +53.1% | +704.0% | +59.8% | +141.0% | +171.1% | +11.6% | +15.6% | +1.3% | +21.4% | -64.3% | -1.1% | +84.7% | -51.2% |
Range$151.00K – $5.21M
CAGR+44.2%
Avg YoY Growth+72.9%
Median YoY Growth+19.9%
Current Streak2 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Copart's tax on share settlement?
- Copart (CPRT) reported tax on share settlement of $860.00K in Q4 2025.
- How has Copart's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?
- Copart's tax on share settlement decreased by 51.2% year-over-year, from $1.76M to $860.00K.
- What is the long-term trend for Copart's tax on share settlement?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Copart's tax on share settlement has grown at a -3.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.15M to $5.28M.
- What does tax on share settlement mean?
- The cash a company pays to the government to cover taxes on employee stock bonuses.