Free Trial

OPENLANE (KAR) Competitors

OPENLANE logo
$19.00 +0.38 (+2.04%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$18.98 -0.02 (-0.08%)
As of 05/2/2025 04:20 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

KAR vs. UNF, MGRC, HCSG, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, LAD, AN, GPI, and RUSHB

Should you be buying OPENLANE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPENLANE include UniFirst (UNF), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), and Rush Enterprises (RUSHB).

OPENLANE vs.

OPENLANE (NYSE:KAR) and UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

99.8% of OPENLANE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of OPENLANE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of UniFirst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

OPENLANE has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

OPENLANE currently has a consensus target price of $23.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.56%. UniFirst has a consensus target price of $180.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.07%. Given OPENLANE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OPENLANE is more favorable than UniFirst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OPENLANE
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
UniFirst
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

OPENLANE received 415 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.87% of users gave OPENLANE an outperform vote while only 52.55% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OPENLANEOutperform Votes
652
70.87%
Underperform Votes
268
29.13%
UniFirstOutperform Votes
237
52.55%
Underperform Votes
214
47.45%

OPENLANE pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. OPENLANE pays out 143.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UniFirst pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, UniFirst had 3 more articles in the media than OPENLANE. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for UniFirst and 5 mentions for OPENLANE. UniFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat OPENLANE's score of 0.89 indicating that UniFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OPENLANE
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UniFirst
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

OPENLANE has a net margin of 6.27% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 6.00%. OPENLANE's return on equity of 9.20% beat UniFirst's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OPENLANE6.27% 9.20% 2.62%
UniFirst 6.00%7.40%5.80%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OPENLANE$1.79B1.14-$154.10M$0.5335.85
UniFirst$2.45B1.36$145.47M$8.0422.37

Summary

OPENLANE beats UniFirst on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get OPENLANE News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KAR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

KAR vs. The Competition

MetricOPENLANEAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.04B$8.74B$17.14B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/A1.52%3.07%4.00%
P/E Ratio35.8522.6817.2233.45
Price / Sales1.142.419.8529.18
Price / Cash9.8419.0310.9417.52
Price / Book1.514.461.794.55
Net Income-$154.10M$310.64M$1.41B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.93%-0.89%2.20%2.25%
1 Month Performance0.98%3.88%5.06%2.90%
1 Year Performance7.41%-0.05%-11.23%4.62%

OPENLANE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KAR
OPENLANE
3.4747 of 5 stars
$19.00
+2.0%
$23.67
+24.6%
+8.1%$2.04B$1.79B35.853,960Short Interest ↑
Positive News
UNF
UniFirst
3.1415 of 5 stars
$178.20
+0.5%
$180.00
+1.0%
+14.6%$3.31B$2.45B22.7914,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
MGRC
McGrath RentCorp
4.9673 of 5 stars
$106.32
+2.9%
$145.50
+36.9%
+0.9%$2.62B$918.53M11.271,220Insider Trade
Positive News
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
1.6567 of 5 stars
$13.79
+0.9%
$14.80
+7.3%
+38.3%$1.01B$1.74B25.5435,700News Coverage
Positive News
CTAS
Cintas
4.5389 of 5 stars
$208.28
-0.1%
$213.62
+2.6%
+27.8%$84.10B$10.14B50.2243,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CPRT
Copart
2.8665 of 5 stars
$59.81
-1.8%
$58.00
-3.0%
+12.5%$57.78B$4.51B40.1411,700Positive News
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.6819 of 5 stars
$88.48
+0.9%
$121.29
+37.1%
+24.2%$26.10B$6.15B145.0526,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.6066 of 5 stars
$290.48
-0.8%
$361.20
+24.3%
+17.9%$7.64B$36.80B9.7921,900
AN
AutoNation
4.0641 of 5 stars
$171.84
-1.9%
$200.75
+16.8%
+8.1%$6.74B$26.77B10.1423,600Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.6388 of 5 stars
$408.23
+0.4%
$449.86
+10.2%
+40.7%$5.32B$20.97B11.1115,500Insider Trade
Positive News
RUSHB
Rush Enterprises
1.8147 of 5 stars
$57.29
-1.6%
N/A+37.8%$4.54B$7.80B15.368,040Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
High Trading Volume

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:KAR) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners