ITRN vs KARO vs AMN Stock Comparison

Ituran Location & Control, Karooooo and Amn Healthcare Services Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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KARO Karooooo Ltd.
$64.73 +5.0% 1M +39.5% 1Y
Market cap
$1.99B
P/E
31.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$364.50M
Div. yield
–
Supply Chain Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Ituran Location & Control leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ituran Location & Control 7, Karooooo 2, Amn Healthcare Services 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionITRNKAROAMNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.05B $1.99B $1.83B KARO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.4x 31.1x 17.4x ITRN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.9x 26.3x 15.4x ITRN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +130.5% +31.4% +24.0% ITRN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 33.7% 17.6% 3.1% ITRN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 34.9% 8.7% KARO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +34.5% +39.5% +131.7% AMN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.0%/yr +12.7%/yr -12.6%/yr ITRN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.4% 36.5% 64.2% ITRN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 70/100 68/100 ITRN

Percentile Scorecard

ITRNKAROAMN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisITRNKAROAMN
Valuation 82 #17 of 90 58 #38 of 90 95 #7 of 112
Growth 58 #35 of 82 82 #16 of 82 57 #42 of 96
Profitability 99 #2 of 77 100 #1 of 77 66 #32 of 91
Financial Health 60 #39 of 96 57 #42 of 96 53 #59 of 125
Shareholder Returns 70 #17 of 54 51 #27 of 54 –
Overall 74 70 68
  • ITRN ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • KARO ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • AMN ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodITRNKAROAMNSPY
1 month -0.5%+5.0%+41.8% -0.8%
3 months -7.0%+2.0%+46.7% +3.5%
6 months -9.6%+29.9%+133.8% +7.0%
Year to date +19.6%+42.3%+211.2% +12.2%
1 year +34.5%+39.5%+131.7% +13.0%
3 years +112.2%+194.6%-35.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +28.5%+43.4%-13.5% +23.1%
5 years +100.9%+81.5%-49.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +15.0%+12.7%-12.6% +11.0%
10 years +92.6%—+48.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.8%—+4.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureITRNKAROAMNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.4%36.5%64.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.8%32.2%54.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.140.920.77 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.131.082.05 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -31.0%-54.4%-88.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.5%-5.8%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $66.37$68.71$49.05 $779.14
52-week low $36.06$41.60$15.10 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleITRNKAROAMN
P/E now vs peer median 16.0xmedian 42.4x 31.2xmedian 42.4x 18.2xmedian 21.9x
P/S now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 2.7x 5.5xmedian 2.7x 0.6xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.7xmedian 19.0x —median 19.0x 6.6xmedian 12.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.3xmedian 19.4x 15.5xmedian 19.4x 4.3xmedian 14.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 1.8x 10.4xmedian 1.8x 2.6xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.06median 1.75 —median 1.75 -0.58median 1.02

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsITRNKAROAMN
Revenue $189.86M $364.50M $3.43B
Gross profit $196.43M $245.35M $954.26M
Operating income $85.86M $92.48M $199.82M
Net income $66.00M $65.09M $104.92M
Free cash flow $109.73M $129.31M $439.13M
R&D $21.44M $16.89M –
EPS (diluted) $3.22 – $2.64
Cash & equivalents $103.70M $40.11M $361.84M
Total debt – $171.74M $3.10B
Shares (diluted) 19.87M – 39.73M
Enterprise value $637.44M $1.65B $816.42M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricITRNKAROAMN
P/E 16.0x 31.2x 18.2x
P/FCF 9.3x 15.5x 4.3x
P/Operating cash flow 10.1x 15.5x 4.0x
P/S 5.4x 5.5x 0.6x
P/B 4.5x 10.4x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 4.7x 10.4x 3.9x
EV/EBITDA 8.7x – 6.6x
EV/EBIT 10.7x 21.5x 11.4x
EV/Revenue 4.8x 5.5x 0.7x
EV/FCF 8.3x 15.4x 5.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.0x 15.4x 4.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.06 – -0.58

Growth

14 metrics
MetricITRNKAROAMN
Revenue growth (1Y) 130.5% 31.4% 24.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 19.1% -7.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.2% 27.8% 15.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.4% 21.6% -13.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 17.0% 17.7% 168.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.1% 21.9% -25.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 14.1% 15.9% 135.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.2% 22.6% -31.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.4% – 134.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.0% – -31.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 30.0% 45.0% 51.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 24.4% 0.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 26.9% 45.0% 71.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 31.7% 4.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricITRNKAROAMN
Gross margin 103.5% 67.3% 27.8%
EBITDA margin 55.4% – 10.1%
Operating margin 45.2% 25.4% 5.8%
Pretax margin 44.1% 24.2% 4.8%
Net margin 33.7% 17.6% 3.1%
FCF margin 57.8% 35.5% 12.8%
Operating cash flow margin 53.3% 35.5% 13.7%
Return on equity 30.0% 31.3% 14.4%
Return on assets 16.3% 16.8% 4.2%
Return on invested capital – 34.9% 8.7%
Return on capital employed 30.4% 38.5% 11.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.9x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 2.0x 4.5x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricITRNKAROAMN
Debt / assets – 17.4% 31.4%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.1x
Debt / FCF – 0.5x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 44.8% 50.2% 68.6%
Equity / assets 55.2% 49.8% 31.4%
Interest coverage 19.1x 14.9x 5.6x
Current ratio 2.0x 0.6x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.5x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 8.23 3.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricITRNKAROAMN
Dividend yield 5.8% 2.3% –
Net buyback yield 1.4% – –
Shareholder yield 7.2% 2.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusITRNKAROAMN
Forward P/E 14.9xFY2026 26.3xFY2026 15.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.46FY2026 $2.46FY2026 $3.18FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.5%FY2026 +21.2%FY2026 +133.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +16.2% +16.7% -69.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $390.51MFY2026 $418.13MFY2026 $3.49BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.8%FY2026 +22.3%FY2026 +28.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.3% +3.1% -28.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersITRNKAROAMN
Held by institutions 56.3% 14.4% 100.0%
Institutions holding 204 83 286
Change in shares held, QoQ -8.5% +18.4% +8.0%
Institutions buying 102 54 182
Institutions selling 59 13 76
Buyers to sellers 1.73 4.15 2.39

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ITRNKAROAMN
ITRN 1.00 0.09 0.09
KARO 0.09 1.00 0.10
AMN 0.09 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ITRN, KARO and AMN?

Karooooo (KARO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) $1.05B, Karooooo (KARO) $1.99B, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) $1.83B.

Which stock is cheaper, ITRN, KARO and AMN?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 16.4x, Karooooo (KARO) 31.1x, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) 17.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) is cheapest (Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 14.9x, Karooooo (KARO) 26.3x, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) 15.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +130.5%, Karooooo (KARO) +31.4%, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) +24.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) has the highest net margin (Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 33.7%, Karooooo (KARO) 17.6%, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) 3.1%). On return on invested capital, Karooooo (KARO) leads (Karooooo (KARO) 34.9%, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) 8.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) returned the most: Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +34.5%, Karooooo (KARO) +39.5%, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) +131.7%. Over five years, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) compounded fastest (Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +15.0%/yr, Karooooo (KARO) +12.7%/yr, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) -12.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) has been the steadiest (Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 30.4%, Karooooo (KARO) 36.5%, Amn Healthcare Services (AMN) 64.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ITRN, KARO and AMN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.