KAR vs. FOXF, DRVN, PSNY, PHIN, DAN, BLBD, GTX, THRM, LVWR, and ADNT
Should you be buying OPENLANE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPENLANE include Fox Factory (FOXF), Driven Brands (DRVN), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), PHINIA (PHIN), Dana (DAN), Blue Bird (BLBD), Garrett Motion (GTX), Gentherm (THRM), LiveWire Group (LVWR), and Adient (ADNT). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Fox Factory (NASDAQ:FOXF) and OPENLANE (NYSE:KAR) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Fox Factory has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPENLANE has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fox Factory has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Fox Factory's net margin of -9.04%. OPENLANE's return on equity of 10.56% beat Fox Factory's return on equity.
99.8% of OPENLANE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Fox Factory shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of OPENLANE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fox Factory had 8 more articles in the media than OPENLANE. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fox Factory and 1 mentions for OPENLANE. OPENLANE's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Fox Factory's score of -0.41 indicating that Fox Factory is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fox Factory has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OPENLANE. OPENLANE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fox Factory, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fox Factory currently has a consensus price target of $46.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.91%. OPENLANE has a consensus price target of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.43%. Given Fox Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OPENLANE is more favorable than Fox Factory.
OPENLANE received 232 more outperform votes than Fox Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.08% of users gave OPENLANE an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave Fox Factory an outperform vote.
Summary
Fox Factory beats OPENLANE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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