OPENLANE (KAR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KAR or UNF?

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, 0.7% of UniFirst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KAR or UNF more profitable?

UniFirst has a net margin of 5.44% compared to OPENLANE's net margin of 3.39%. OPENLANE's return on equity of 7.85% beat UniFirst's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OPENLANE	3.39%	7.85%	2.20%
UniFirst	5.44%	6.93%	5.42%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KAR or UNF?

OPENLANE received 408 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.14% of users gave OPENLANE an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OPENLANE	Outperform Votes 641 71.14%	Underperform Votes 260 28.86%
UniFirst	Outperform Votes 233 52.83%	Underperform Votes 208 47.17%

Which has more risk & volatility, KAR or UNF?

OPENLANE has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KAR or UNF a better dividend stock?

OPENLANE pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. OPENLANE pays out -42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UniFirst pays out 19.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. OPENLANE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer KAR or UNF?

OPENLANE presently has a consensus price target of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 17.61%. UniFirst has a consensus price target of $186.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.32%. Given OPENLANE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe OPENLANE is more favorable than UniFirst.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OPENLANE	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
UniFirst	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KAR or UNF?

UniFirst has higher revenue and earnings than OPENLANE. OPENLANE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UniFirst, 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
OPENLANE	$1.66B	1.09	-$154.10M	-$1.79	-9.31
UniFirst	$2.36B	1.49	$103.67M	$6.85	27.52

Does the media favor KAR or UNF?

In the previous week, OPENLANE had 1 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for OPENLANE and 0 mentions for UniFirst. OPENLANE's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat UniFirst's score of 0.00 indicating that OPENLANE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
OPENLANE	Neutral
UniFirst	Neutral

Summary

OPENLANE beats UniFirst on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.