CarGurus, Inc. (CARG) vs OPENLANE, Inc. (OPLN)

CarGurus, Inc. and OPENLANE, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. OPENLANE, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.2B against $2.8B — 1.5× the size. OPENLANE, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; CarGurus, Inc. trades at 16.7×. CarGurus, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.2% against 11.8%. CarGurus, Inc. has the higher net margin (18.2% vs −3.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (103.9% vs 7.90%). Across the 21 metrics below, CarGurus, Inc. leads on 18 and OPENLANE, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CARG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 16.71 n/m 16.07
P/S 2.91 1.92 0.43
P/B 10.65 2.54 2.36
Price to free cash flow 9.67 11.29 10.48
EV/EBITDA 9.44 9.68 8.50
EV/Sales 2.79 2.08 0.89
Earnings yield 5.98% (2.38%) 2.72%
Free cash flow yield 10.34% 8.86% 2.83%

Profitability

Metric CARG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 92.32% 45.85% 19.56%
Operating margin 24.43% 16.61% 3.73%
Net margin 18.19% (3.08%) 1.07%
Free cash flow margin 30.11% 17.05% 2.34%
Return on equity 50.28% (4.29%) 10.04%
Return on assets 27.46% (1.33%) 0.61%
Return on invested capital 103.85% 7.90% 6.85%

Growth

Metric CARG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.24% 11.77% 1.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 675.00% (313.33%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.46% 7.83% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.99% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CARG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.34 0.55
Current ratio 1.85 1.17 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA (0.66) 0.86 1.34

Dividend

Metric CARG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — — 1.37%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CARG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 2.76b 4.24b 2.10b

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