Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2024

Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]

Acquisitions

Acquisitions

Fiscal Year 2024 Transactions

On October 6, 2023, the Company acquired an 80% controlling ownership in Purple Wave, an online offsite heavy equipment auction company. The Company acquired the controlling ownership by issuing 2.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock which was equal to the $108.0 million acquisition price divided by the 10-day volume average weighted price of the Company’s common stock prior to closing. Under U.S. GAAP, the fair value of the merger consideration paid for Purple Wave was $112.1 million and was determined on the basis of the closing price of the Company’s common stock on October 6, 2023. Substantially all of the merger consideration has preliminarily been allocated to intangible assets, including goodwill. The fair value of the 20% redeemable noncontrolling interest in Purple Wave was $25.2 million, and was estimated by applying the transaction method. Refer to Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for more details regarding the redeemable noncontrolling interests. Acquisition costs reflected in the general administrative line on the income statement were $1.2 million. The Company has finalized the allocation of fair value for acquired assets and liabilities. The resulting impact to the balance sheet and income statement were immaterial.

Fiscal year 2022 Transactions

On July 5, 2022, the Company acquired 100% of the voting stock of ILT Project Limited which conducts business primarily as Hills Motors Co. the Green Parts Specialists (“Hills”), which is a leading parts recycler in the U.K. Hills predominantly sells recycled parts to the public. The purchase price paid for Hills was $106.6 million paid with cash on hand.

On July 14, 2023 the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority approved the merger of Copart and Hills. With the approval of the merger the Company finalized the allocation of the fair value for acquired assets and liabilities. The resulting impact to the balance sheet and income statement were immaterial.