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OPENLANE, Inc. KAR

A comprehensive view of key metrics, scores, and financial health for OPENLANE, Inc.

Overview of OPENLANE, Inc.

KAR NYQ
Consumer Cyclical Auto & Truck Dealerships
OPENLANE, Inc. (KAR), in the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry.
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Quick Facts

Website https://corporate.openlane.com
HQ Carmel, IN
Employees 4,080
Fiscal year Dec 31

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Fair Value Snapshot

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Engine Room Money Flow™

Corporate Free Cash Flow - Where revenue goes and how value is created

Flow Steps
Revenue
$1.8B
5.5%%
Gross Profit
$708.7M
1.6%%
Operating Income
$150.6M
31%%
Net Income
$109.9M
171.3%%
Money Flow Bridge
Flow Direction: Money moves from left to right
Components: Breakdown shows composition of each stage
Industry-Specific: Corporate Free Cash Flow

Quality & Reliability Indicators

Cash Conversion Ratio
216.9%
Excellent

FCF / Net Income - measures how well earnings convert to cash

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Owner's Pocket - Capital Allocation

Total Returned to Shareholders

Combined dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction

$207.0M
86.8% of FCF

Where It Leaks

Cash Flow Health healthy
Strong cash conversion with minimal leakage across profit-to-cash-to-value chain.
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Moat Analysis Corporate Default

Competitive Advantage Assessment

Evaluating OPENLANE, Inc.'s durable competitive advantages across 6 defense dimensions

Overall Moat Strength
71
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Moderate
Scores based on quantitative metrics and qualitative factors

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Pricing Power

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Trade-Off Ledger™

Where management spends the performance budget - Growth, Profitability, or Safety

Generic Industrial / Default vs Industry Peers 93% Coverage
Trade-Off Triangle Visualization A ternary plot showing KAR's balance between Growth (37.1%), Profitability (36.1%), and Safety (26.9%). Growth 37% Safety 27% Profitability 36%

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Growth

71th percentile vs peers
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Key Signals
EPS Growth YoY 1.26 91p Rev Growth YoY 5.5% 60p Revenue CAGR 3Y 7.2% 60p EPS CAGR 3Y 43.0% 89p
Strengths
  • Eps Growth Yoy in top 20% of peers (1.26, 91th percentile)
  • Eps Cagr 3Y in top 20% of peers (43.0%, 89th percentile)
  • Interest Coverage Ratio in top 20% of peers (8.24, 83th percentile)
  • Growth above peer median with strong metric coverage (90%)
Risks

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Profitability

70th percentile vs peers
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Safety

52th percentile vs peers
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Scenario-based fair value ranges for OPENLANE, Inc..

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