OPENLANE Inc. (NYSE:KAR) saw an upside of 1.21% to close Friday at $15.11 after adding $0.18 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 616,560 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $15.22 in the past week and touched a new high 5 times within the past 5 days. An average of 587,340 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 605,408.
KAR’s 1-month performance is -4.97% or -$0.49 on its low of $14.44 reached on 08/11/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $11.15 and high of $16.49, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/12/23. YTD, KAR has achieved 15.79% or $2.06 and has reached a new high 13 times. However, the current price is down -8.37% from the 52-week high price.
Valuation Metrics
KAR stock has a beta of 1.45. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 1.02 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 1.24.
OPENLANE Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.20, with the current ratio over the same period at 1.20. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 0.15, while the total debt to equity was 0.29. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 46.50%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 15.87% while for the period ending June 29, OPENLANE Inc.’s operating margin was -0.90%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $685.1 million against revenue of $1.52 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 208.46% to -$193.8 million, while revenue of $12.7 million was 106.55% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected KAR to announce $0.12 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.25, representing a 108.30% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than -$165.5 million. KAR stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 3.56 billion, with total debt at $2.19 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $109.45 million.
Let’s look briefly at OPENLANE Inc. (KAR) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 18 August was 49.33% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 22.12%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $14.91, reflecting a +1.07% or $0.16 change from its current price. KAR is currently trading -2.33% above its 20-day SMA, +17.50% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -5.44% and SMA200 by+3.99%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 25.78% and 22.39% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.44. The RSI (14) points at 48.26%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 33.00% with the period’s ATR at 0.45. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at 0.01 and -0.16 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for OPENLANE Inc. (NYSE: KAR), BofA Securities downgraded it to an Underperform rating. They previously had a Buy rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for KAR stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate KAR as a “sell,”, while 4 advise that investors “Hold.” 1 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 1 rates the stock as overweight while 3 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is KAR’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $15.00 and a high of $25.00, with their median price target at $18.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for OPENLANE Inc. (KAR) stock is $18.00.
