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

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), Murphy USA (MUSA), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), and Group 1 Automotive (GPI).

OPENLANE vs.

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

OPENLANE received 416 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.90% of users gave OPENLANE an outperform vote while only 52.55% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UniFirstOutperform Votes
237
52.55%
Underperform Votes
214
47.45%
OPENLANEOutperform Votes
653
70.90%
Underperform Votes
268
29.10%

UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. OPENLANE pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. UniFirst pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OPENLANE pays out 115.2% 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 has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

In the previous week, UniFirst had 4 more articles in the media than OPENLANE. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for UniFirst and 8 mentions for OPENLANE. OPENLANE's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat UniFirst's score of 1.15 indicating that OPENLANE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

UniFirst has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPENLANE has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
UniFirst$2.45B1.40$145.47M$8.0422.95
OPENLANE$1.82B1.32-$154.10M$0.6633.89

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
UniFirst6.00% 7.40% 5.80%
OPENLANE 6.27%9.20%2.62%

UniFirst presently has a consensus target price of $180.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.45%. OPENLANE has a consensus target price of $23.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.81%. 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
UniFirst
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
OPENLANE
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

78.2% of UniFirst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of OPENLANE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of UniFirst shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of OPENLANE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

OPENLANE beats UniFirst on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KAR vs. The Competition

MetricOPENLANEAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.40B$9.08B$18.79B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A1.40%2.95%3.83%
P/E Ratio42.2024.4019.4634.53
Price / Sales1.322.728.6534.84
Price / Cash9.8419.0310.9417.51
Price / Book1.784.771.904.69
Net Income-$154.10M$310.64M$1.41B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.40%-2.44%-2.57%-2.43%
1 Month Performance20.38%0.49%8.29%6.27%
1 Year Performance34.34%4.17%-5.22%5.78%

OPENLANE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KAR
OPENLANE
3.1303 of 5 stars
$22.37
+1.1%
$23.67
+5.8%
+32.2%$2.40B$1.82B42.203,960Positive News
UNF
UniFirst
3.2973 of 5 stars
$188.68
+0.7%
$180.00
-4.6%
+11.0%$3.50B$2.45B24.1314,000News Coverage
Positive News
MGRC
McGrath RentCorp
4.9216 of 5 stars
$115.77
+0.0%
$145.50
+25.7%
+2.9%$2.85B$918.53M12.281,220Positive News
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
1.3735 of 5 stars
$14.67
-0.9%
$14.80
+0.9%
+25.8%$1.07B$1.74B27.1735,700Positive News
CTAS
Cintas
4.643 of 5 stars
$223.03
+1.0%
$213.88
-4.1%
+26.3%$90.06B$10.14B53.7743,000Positive News
CPRT
Copart
2.8631 of 5 stars
$63.43
-0.6%
$58.00
-8.6%
+12.4%$61.28B$4.51B42.5711,700Trending News
Earnings Report
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.459 of 5 stars
$101.01
+0.4%
$121.29
+20.1%
+18.3%$29.80B$6.27B165.5926,000Positive News
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.7812 of 5 stars
$458.76
+0.3%
$526.29
+14.7%
-0.3%$9.07B$19.93B18.9615,100Positive News
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.632 of 5 stars
$322.05
-0.5%
$361.20
+12.2%
+18.4%$8.38B$36.80B10.8521,900Positive News
AN
AutoNation
4.157 of 5 stars
$188.18
-1.0%
$200.75
+6.7%
+7.1%$7.09B$26.97B11.1123,600Positive News
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.6316 of 5 stars
$440.68
-0.8%
$454.43
+3.1%
+39.1%$5.70B$20.97B11.9915,500Positive News

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