Short interest on KAR sees a significant increase on 2025-09-15

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Openlane Inc shares valued at $5,435,920 were sold by Coyle James P on Aug 07 ’25. At $27.94 per share, Coyle James P sold 194,575 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 36,851 shares worth approximately $1.05 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Coleman Charles S. sold 59,289 shares, netting a total of over 1,658,313 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $27.97 each, the insider now holds 53,474 shares.

Before that, Coyle James P had added 194,575 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $5,435,174, the Officer bought Openlane Inc shares for $27.93 each.

As published in a research note from JP Morgan on March 27, 2025, Openlane Inc [KAR] has been rated down from an Overweight to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $20 from $23. Analysts at Stephens upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late February. As of January 22, 2025, Stephens has initiated its “an Equal-weight” rating for KAR. Earlier on April 10, 2024, BofA Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for KAR stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.

Analyzing KAR Stock Performance

On last trading session, Openlane Inc [NYSE: KAR] plunged -0.63% to $28.6. The stock’s lowest price that day was $28.17, but it reached a high of $28.77 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.10%. Over the course of the year, Openlane Inc shares have jumped approximately 70.54%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $30.93 on 09/10/25 and a 52-week low of $17.08 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Openlane Inc (KAR)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 28.26, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 27.91. In the upper region, resistance lies at 28.86. The next price resistance is at 29.11. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 52.16 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Openlane Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Openlane Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 7177.0 shares to 3.25 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 3.24 million shares. A jump of 0.22% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.32 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.32.

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In terms of Openlane Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 26 in the next 12 months, down nearly -9.66% from the previous closing price of $28.78. Analysts anticipate Openlane Inc stock to reach 26 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 26. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Openlane Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On January 09, 2023, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “an Underperform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $17.

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