ACV Auctions (ACVA) Competitors

ACV Auctions (NASDAQ:ACVA) and OPENLANE (NYSE:KAR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ACVA or KAR?

88.6% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of OPENLANE shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of OPENLANE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACVA or KAR?

OPENLANE received 588 more outperform votes than ACV Auctions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.08% of users gave OPENLANE an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave ACV Auctions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ACV Auctions	Outperform Votes 51 50.50%	Underperform Votes 50 49.50%
OPENLANE	Outperform Votes 639 71.08%	Underperform Votes 260 28.92%

Do analysts rate ACVA or KAR?

ACV Auctions presently has a consensus price target of $20.36, suggesting a potential upside of 5.70%. OPENLANE has a consensus price target of $19.60, suggesting a potential upside of 15.43%. Given OPENLANE's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OPENLANE is more favorable than ACV Auctions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ACV Auctions	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
OPENLANE	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media refer more to ACVA or KAR?

In the previous week, ACV Auctions had 2 more articles in the media than OPENLANE. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ACV Auctions and 1 mentions for OPENLANE. ACV Auctions' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat OPENLANE's score of -0.41 indicating that ACV Auctions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ACV Auctions	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OPENLANE	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, ACVA or KAR?

ACV Auctions has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPENLANE has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ACVA or KAR more profitable?

OPENLANE has a net margin of -9.04% compared to ACV Auctions' net margin of -15.28%. OPENLANE's return on equity of 8.53% beat ACV Auctions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACV Auctions	-15.28%	-13.50%	-6.50%
OPENLANE	-9.04%	8.53%	2.36%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ACVA or KAR?

ACV Auctions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OPENLANE. ACV Auctions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPENLANE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ACV Auctions	$481.23M	6.50	-$75.26M	-$0.48	-39.46
OPENLANE	$1.65B	1.12	-$154.10M	-$1.79	-9.53

Summary

ACV Auctions and OPENLANE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.