Contrasting Openlane (OPLN) & Its Rivals

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Openlane	$1.93 billion	$177.70 million	-41.76
Openlane Competitors	$2.42 billion	$139.09 million	15.21

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

Risk & Volatility

Openlane has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Openlane’s peers have a beta of 2.41, indicating that their average share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Openlane and its peers’ 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	-59.03%	-118.79%	-1.31%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Openlane and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Openlane	0	2	4	1	2.86
Openlane Competitors	1852	6128	9016	660	2.48

Openlane currently has a consensus target price of $43.83, suggesting a potential upside of 23.47%. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 11.48%. Given Openlane’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Openlane is more favorable than its peers.

Insider and 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

About Openlane

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.