Openlane (OPLN) vs. Its Peers Head to Head Contrast

Openlane (NYSE:OPLN) is one of 355 publicly-traded companies in the “Commercial Services & Supplies” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Openlane to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Openlane and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Openlane	0	2	4	1	2.86
Openlane Competitors	1847	6123	9010	659	2.48

Openlane presently has a consensus price target of $43.83, suggesting a potential upside of 23.06%. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 11.34%. Given Openlane’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Openlane is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Openlane and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Openlane	$1.93 billion	$177.70 million	-41.91
Openlane Competitors	$2.41 billion	$139.00 million	16.26

Openlane’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Openlane. Openlane is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Openlane and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Openlane	9.67%	12.81%	3.62%
Openlane Competitors	-59.00%	-118.73%	-1.30%

Volatility and Risk

Openlane has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Openlane’s competitors have a beta of 2.45, meaning that their average stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.8% of Openlane shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Openlane shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Openlane beats its competitors on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Openlane Company Profile

OPENLANE Inc. provides sellers and buyers across the wholesale used vehicle industry with technology-driven remarketing solutions. The company’s end-to-end platform supports whole car, financing, logistics and other ancillary and related services. OPENLANE Inc., formerly known as KAR Auction Services Inc., is based in CARMEL, Ind.