OPENLANE, Inc. · Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations

OPLN

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 15% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable
Buying back shares: share count down 8.1% in 3 years

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 2.6% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (198 bought, 132 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$37.44-0.7% that day

Company value: $4.6B; Share price times all shares
Price vs sales: 2.2x; No profit over the last year, so this compares value with sales instead
Cash vs value: 4%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 12%; Debt as a share of company value

From OPLN's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$554.6M+15% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $2.1B, up 12% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 7.8% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of OPLN. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+12% a yearRecently: +12% a yearProfit margin10%Last 12 months: 9.7%P/E at the end15xMany steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-3% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$3.7B

Profit in 5 years$366M

Price these guesses point to$52.02+39% vs $37.44 todayAbout +6.8% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 10% margin and a 15x P/E, sales would have to grow about 4.9% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

2/5Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.13.8%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.44x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.9.2%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.9 of 10 years
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-8.1% in 3 years

Revenue: $1.9B; +8.2% vs prior year
5-year growth: +7.8%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $550.0M; 0.44x equity
Current ratio: 1.16x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: free cash flow positive, gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.