OPENLANE, Inc. (OPLN) vs Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (PAG)

OPENLANE, Inc. and Penske Automotive Group, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. Penske Automotive Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.9B against $4.5B — 3.1× the size. OPENLANE, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Penske Automotive Group, Inc. trades at 15.6×. OPENLANE, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.8% against −1.55%. Penske Automotive Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.81% vs −3.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.18% vs 7.90%). Across the 21 metrics below, Penske Automotive Group, Inc. leads on 11 and OPENLANE, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric OPLN PAG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E n/m 15.64 15.92
P/S 2.05 0.43 0.27
P/B 2.70 2.39 2.00
Price to free cash flow 12.00 22.39 10.69
EV/EBITDA 10.25 11.77 8.59
EV/Sales 2.20 0.51 0.68
Earnings yield (2.24%) 6.39% 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 8.33% 4.47% 2.80%

Profitability

Metric OPLN PAG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 45.85% 16.15% 19.56%
Operating margin 16.61% 3.77% 3.73%
Net margin (3.08%) 2.81% 1.18%
Free cash flow margin 17.05% 1.94% 2.34%
Return on equity (4.29%) 15.80% 10.04%
Return on assets (1.33%) 5.05% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 7.90% 9.18% 6.85%

Growth

Metric OPLN PAG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.77% (1.55%) 3.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (313.33%) 2.84% 2.35%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.83% 9.24% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 11.47% 0.00%

Health

Metric OPLN PAG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.34 0.43 0.55
Current ratio 1.17 0.98 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 1.45 1.34

Dividend

Metric OPLN PAG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — 2.66% 1.03%
Payout ratio — 0.42 0.24

Size

Metric OPLN PAG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 4.54b 13.92b 2.14b

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