KAR vs. FOXF, PHIN, DRVN, DAN, GTX, THRM, BLBD, LVWR, CARG, and ADNT
Should you be buying OPENLANE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPENLANE include Fox Factory (FOXF), PHINIA (PHIN), Driven Brands (DRVN), Dana (DAN), Garrett Motion (GTX), Gentherm (THRM), Blue Bird (BLBD), LiveWire Group (LVWR), CarGurus (CARG), 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Fox Factory has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPENLANE has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, OPENLANE had 6 more articles in the media than Fox Factory. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for OPENLANE and 3 mentions for Fox Factory. Fox Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat OPENLANE's score of 0.38 indicating that OPENLANE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
99.8% of OPENLANE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Fox Factory shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of OPENLANE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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 presently has a consensus target price of $46.83, indicating a potential downside of 0.29%. OPENLANE has a consensus target price of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.36%. Given Fox Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OPENLANE is more favorable than Fox Factory.
Summary
OPENLANE beats Fox Factory on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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