OPENLANE (KAR) Competitors

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

Is KAR or UNF a better dividend stock?

OPENLANE pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, KAR or UNF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OPENLANE	$1.79B	1.10	-$154.10M	$0.53	34.58
UniFirst	$2.45B	1.29	$145.47M	$8.04	21.13

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KAR or UNF?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OPENLANE	Outperform Votes 652 70.87%	Underperform Votes 268 29.13%
UniFirst	Outperform Votes 237 52.55%	Underperform Votes 214 47.45%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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, 0.9% of UniFirst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, KAR or UNF?

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.

Is KAR or UNF more profitable?

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
OPENLANE	6.27%	9.20%	2.62%
UniFirst	6.00%	7.40%	5.80%

Do analysts rate KAR or UNF?

OPENLANE currently has a consensus price target of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.12%. UniFirst has a consensus price target of $180.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.96%. Given OPENLANE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
UniFirst	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Does the media favor KAR or UNF?

In the previous week, UniFirst had 34 more articles in the media than OPENLANE. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for UniFirst and 9 mentions for OPENLANE. OPENLANE's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat UniFirst's score of 0.81 indicating that OPENLANE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OPENLANE	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UniFirst	15 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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