OPENLANE, Inc.

NYSE:OPLN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.1b

OPENLANE Valuation

Is OPLN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of OPLN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: OPLN ($29.21) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($23.5)

Significantly Below Fair Value: OPLN is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for OPLN?

Key metric: As OPLN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for OPLN. This is calculated by dividing OPLN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is OPLN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio32.8x
EarningsUS$94.60m
Market CapUS$3.10b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does OPLN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for OPLN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.9x
UNF UniFirst
23.6x3.27%US$3.5b
HCSG Healthcare Services Group
30.8x27.14%US$1.2b
LQDT Liquidity Services
32.3xn/aUS$906.6m
RBA RB Global
49x23.90%US$19.2b
OPLN OPENLANE
32.8x27.74%US$3.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: OPLN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.8x) compared to the peer average (33.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does OPLN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Commercial Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
COLD.F Cardno
1.4xn/aUS$6.64m
QH Quhuo
3.6xn/aUS$1.11m
No more companies available in this PE range
OPLN 32.8xIndustry Avg. 24.2xNo. of Companies10PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: OPLN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.8x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (24.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is OPLN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

OPLN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio32.8x
Fair PE Ratio30.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: OPLN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst OPLN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$29.21
US$31.81
+8.91%
7.03%US$35.00US$28.00n/a8
Dec ’26US$25.69
US$31.81
+23.83%
7.03%US$35.00US$28.00n/a8
Nov ’26US$26.42
US$31.36
+18.69%
7.66%US$35.00US$28.00n/a7
Oct ’26US$28.60
US$30.93
+8.14%
10.09%US$35.00US$25.00n/a7
Sep ’26US$28.92
US$30.50
+5.46%
8.89%US$34.00US$25.00n/a7
Aug ’26US$24.33
US$24.43
+0.41%
5.30%US$26.00US$22.00n/a7
Jul ’26US$24.74
US$24.29
-1.84%
4.78%US$26.00US$22.00n/a7
Jun ’26US$22.93
US$23.86
+4.04%
5.68%US$26.00US$22.00n/a7
May ’26US$18.62
US$23.43
+25.82%
7.86%US$26.00US$20.00n/a7
Apr ’26US$20.13
US$23.71
+17.81%
7.38%US$26.00US$20.00n/a7
Mar ’26US$22.30
US$23.86
+6.98%
5.22%US$26.00US$22.00n/a7
Feb ’26US$20.31
US$21.86
+7.62%
9.61%US$25.00US$19.00n/a7
Jan ’26US$19.84
US$22.17
+11.73%
9.54%US$25.00US$19.00US$29.786
Dec ’25US$20.20
US$21.50
+6.44%
9.59%US$25.00US$19.00US$25.696
Nov ’25US$15.90
US$20.50
+28.93%
11.53%US$25.00US$17.00US$26.426
Oct ’25US$16.63
US$20.17
+21.27%
11.95%US$25.00US$17.00US$28.606
Sep ’25US$17.33
US$19.83
+14.45%
12.83%US$25.00US$17.00US$28.926
Aug ’25US$17.92
US$19.83
+10.68%
12.83%US$25.00US$17.00US$24.336
Jul ’25US$16.37
US$19.83
+21.16%
12.83%US$25.00US$17.00US$24.746
Jun ’25US$17.25
US$19.83
+14.98%
12.83%US$25.00US$17.00US$22.936
May ’25US$17.45
US$19.17
+9.84%
15.77%US$25.00US$15.00US$18.626
Apr ’25US$17.16
US$18.50
+7.81%
17.31%US$25.00US$15.00US$20.136
Mar ’25US$15.86
US$18.33
+15.59%
17.44%US$25.00US$15.00US$22.306
Feb ’25US$14.35
US$18.29
+27.43%
17.22%US$25.00US$15.00US$20.317
Jan ’25US$14.81
US$18.29
+23.47%
17.22%US$25.00US$15.00US$19.847
US$31.81
Fair Value
8.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
8
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/05 17:19
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/02 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

OPENLANE, Inc. is covered by 17 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Craig KennisonBaird
John BabcockBarclays
Manav PatnaikBarclays