OPENLANE (KAR) Competitors

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 media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

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 9.23% beat UniFirst's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OPENLANE	6.27%	9.23%	2.62%
UniFirst	6.00%	7.40%	5.80%

Which has more volatility & risk, KAR or UNF?

OPENLANE has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

99.8% of OPENLANE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of OPENLANE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of UniFirst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KAR or UNF?

OPENLANE received 413 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.12% of users gave OPENLANE an outperform vote while only 53.02% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OPENLANE	Outperform Votes 650 71.12%	Underperform Votes 264 28.88%
UniFirst	Outperform Votes 237 53.02%	Underperform Votes 210 46.98%

Which has preferable 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	1.25	-$154.10M	$0.53	39.54
UniFirst	$2.44B	1.60	$145.47M	$7.82	26.84

Do analysts prefer KAR or UNF?

OPENLANE presently has a consensus price target of $21.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.08%. UniFirst has a consensus price target of $197.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.91%. Given OPENLANE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	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

Does the media prefer KAR or UNF?

In the previous week, OPENLANE had 19 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for OPENLANE and 4 mentions for UniFirst. UniFirst's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat OPENLANE's score of 0.55 indicating that UniFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OPENLANE	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UniFirst	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

OPENLANE beats UniFirst on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.