KAR Auction Services is an auto & truck dealerships business based in the US. KAR Auction Services shares (KAR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $19.66 – an increase of 0.46% over the previous week. KAR Auction Services employs 3,825 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.7 billion.
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| Latest market close | $19.66 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $12.86 - $20.45 |
| 50-day moving average | $16.71 |
| 200-day moving average | $16.74 |
| Wall St. target price | $20.83 |
| PE ratio | 108.7222 |
| Dividend yield | N/A |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.18 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $19.6 from 2024-11-19
| 1 week (2024-11-14) | 0.15% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-21) | 20.69% |
| 3 months (2024-08-21) | 12.97% |
| 6 months (2024-05-21) | 12.64% |
| 1 year (2023-11-21) | 31.90% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-21) | 45.51% |
| 3 years (2021-11-19) | 32.43% |
| 5 years (2019-11-21) | 20.9975 |
Valuing KAR Auction Services stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of KAR Auction Services's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
KAR Auction Services's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 109x. In other words, KAR Auction Services shares trade at around 109x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
KAR Auction Services's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.34. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into KAR Auction Services's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
KAR Auction Services's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $353.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a KAR Auction Services's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $1.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 16.33% |
| Gross profit TTM | $685.1 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 3.42% |
| Return on equity TTM | 3.69% |
| Profit margin | 4.26% |
| Book value | $12.42 |
| Market Capitalization | $2.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like KAR Auction Services.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 26.67
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and KAR Auction Services's overall score of 26.67 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 38th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like KAR Auction Services is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 9.07/100
KAR Auction Services's environmental score of 9.07 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that KAR Auction Services is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 14.89/100
KAR Auction Services's social score of 14.89 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that KAR Auction Services is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 11.71/100
KAR Auction Services's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that KAR Auction Services is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
KAR Auction Services Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 26.67 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 37.58 |
| Environmental score | 9.07 |
| Environmental score percentile | 7 |
| Social score | 14.89 |
| Social score percentile | 7 |
| Governance score | 11.71 |
| Governance score percentile | 7 |
We're not expecting KAR Auction Services to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
KAR Auction Services's shares were split on a 2642:1000 basis on 27 June 2019 . So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2642 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your KAR Auction Services shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 62.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for KAR Auction Services shares which in turn could have impacted KAR Auction Services's share price.
Over the last 12 months, KAR Auction Services's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.86 up to $20.45. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while KAR Auction Services's is 1.454. This would suggest that KAR Auction Services's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
OPENLANE, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital marketplace for used vehicles, which connects sellers and buyers in North America, Europe, the Philippines, and Uruguay. The company operates through two segments, Marketplace and Finance. The Marketplace segment offers digital marketplace services for buying and selling used vehicles. Its digital marketplaces include OPENLANE, a mobile-app enabled solutions that allows dealers to sell and source inventory in the United States. This segment also provides value-added ancillary services, including inbound and outbound transportation logistics, reconditioning, vehicle inspection and certification, titling, administrative, and collateral recovery services. This segment sells its products and services through vehicle manufacturers, fleet companies, rental car companies, finance companies, and others.
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