OPLN OPENLANE, Inc.
Last updated: Mar 16, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 2/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $30M, Q2 2025: $0M, Q1 2025: $0M, Q3 2023: $50M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $30M vs trailing avg $17M (+80%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-171M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 914,800 shares = 1.7% of 106,849,134 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Need both buyback and insider purchase data
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $12M (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 11933009.5x more than bought. 1 C-suite officers among sellers
- Coyle James P (EVP & President, Marketplace) sold 17,689 shares on 2026-02-20
- Coyle James P (EVP & President, Marketplace) sold 70,755 shares on 2026-02-20
- Coyle James P (EVP & President, Marketplace) sold 140,576 shares on 2025-08-07
- Coyle James P (EVP & President, Marketplace) sold 933 shares on 2025-08-07
- Coyle James P (EVP & President, Marketplace) sold 52,676 shares on 2025-08-07
- Coyle James P (EVP & President, Marketplace) sold 390 shares on 2025-08-07