Is the business good?
How good a business is OPLN?
OPENLANE, Inc. earns 9.8% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
9.8%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 0.85 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 12%
Operating margin · Auto & Truck Dealerships median 5.3% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +7.9%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- Gross margin
- 46%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 5.2% |
| FY2021 | 8.8% |
| FY2022 | 6.2% |
| FY2023 | −8.0% |
| FY2024 | 10% |
| FY2025 | 10% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 46%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 12%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 9.7%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.08B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $201M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 9.8%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Auto & Truck Dealerships
Ranks #3 of 15 by Smart Score