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Openlane, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Openlane, Inc. had return on equity of 13.8%, an operating margin of 10.2%, debt equal to 44.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.16. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin15.8%14.6%13.9%11.3%5.2%8.8%6.2%−8.0%10.2%10.2%11.5%
Net margin7.1%16.2%13.4%6.8%0.0%4.6%15.8%−9.1%6.1%9.2%9.7%
Free-cash-flow margin7.1%22.0%25.3%7.9%8.8%11.7%−3.7%10.9%13.4%17.4%17.1%
Return on equity15.9%25.1%22.2%12.1%0.0%4.3%15.9%−10.8%8.2%13.8%14.3%
Return on assets3.4%5.3%4.6%2.7%0.0%0.9%3.8%−3.1%2.4%3.8%4.1%
Asset turnover0.480.330.340.400.200.200.240.340.380.410.43
Current ratio1.221.311.261.291.411.131.141.151.111.161.17
Debt to equity179.1%182.0%183.4%116.2%117.8%124.6%32.8%27.5%17.2%44.3%34.8%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)3.6x2.0x1.8x1.7x0.5x1.0x2.4xn/m8.4x10.9x7.7x
Effective tax rate37.4%−9.8%22.6%29.0%——25.9%—30.4%7.5%6.3%
SG&A as % of revenue18.5%23.7%24.9%23.8%28.2%29.0%28.5%24.9%22.8%23.0%22.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue4.9%4.3%5.4%5.8%4.7%4.4%4.0%3.1%3.0%2.9%2.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income100.2%135.8%188.6%116.3%>999%255.2%−23.5%—218.2%189.4%176.4%
Dividends ÷ net income70.6%48.3%57.4%87.2%>999%0.0%0.0%————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow106.5%66.1%54.7%129.6%50.9%106.6%—12.0%12.5%13.6%23.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $5.0bn
Short-term assets $3.3bnLonger-term assets $1.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $4.4bn
Short-term liabilities $2.9bnShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.3bn of assets due within a year against $2.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $190m of cash against $535m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 34% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 122% to 34% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $410m of operating cash flow against $535m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $239m against $31m of interest.

From Openlane, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

43 /100

Weak moat

How hard Openlane's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 3 / 20

    Net income has been a median 3.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.5%; its worst year was -3.3%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 9 years, at a median 11.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 14.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (48 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Openlane, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Openlane, Inc.