KAR vs. UNF, MGRC, HCSG, VVI, PFMT, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, LAD, and AN
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), Viad (VVI), Performant Financial (PFMT), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), Lithia Motors (LAD), and AutoNation (AN).
OPENLANE (NYSE:KAR) and UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
UniFirst has a net margin of 4.92% compared to OPENLANE's net margin of -9.04%. OPENLANE's return on equity of 8.53% beat UniFirst's return on equity.
OPENLANE presently has a consensus target price of $19.60, suggesting a potential upside of 14.09%. UniFirst has a consensus target price of $177.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. Given OPENLANE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe OPENLANE is more favorable than UniFirst.
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.
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 0.67 beat UniFirst's score of 0.00 indicating that OPENLANE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OPENLANE received 407 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.08% of users gave OPENLANE an outperform vote while only 53.21% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.
OPENLANE has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OPENLANE beats UniFirst on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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