OPENLANE (KAR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for OPENLANE in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" KAR shares.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for OPENLANE's stock. Their KAR share price targets range from $13.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $19.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.5% from the stock's current price.
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OPENLANE's stock was trading at $14.81 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, KAR stock has increased by 19.7% and is now trading at $17.73.
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OPENLANE saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,640,000 shares, an increase of 6.1% from the April 15th total of 3,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 850,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 7th 2024.
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OPENLANE, Inc. (NYSE:KAR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 1st. The specialty retailer reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.02. The specialty retailer earned $416.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $425.19 million. OPENLANE had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.53% and a negative net margin of 9.04%. The company's revenue was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.12 earnings per share.

ETFs with the largest weight of OPENLANE (NYSE:KAR) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI).Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF (PRFZ).

OPENLANE updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.770-0.870 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.830. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

90 employees have rated OPENLANE Chief Executive Officer James P. Hallett on Glassdoor.com. James P. Hallett has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other OPENLANE investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Boeing (BA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Bank of America (BAC).

OPENLANE's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Paradice Investment Management LLC (2.14%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.32%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.52%), Sei Investments Co. (0.25%), Swiss National Bank (0.20%) and Texas Permanent School Fund Corp (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include J Mark Howell, James E Money II, James P Hallett, Michael T Kestner and Peter J Kelly.
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