Portolan Capital Management LLC Makes New $7.75 Million Investment in Open Lending Corporation $LPRO

Portolan Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Open Lending Corporation (NASDAQ:LPRO) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,673,890 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,752,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. R Squared Ltd lifted its stake in Open Lending by 49.3% during the 3rd quarter. R Squared Ltd now owns 21,543 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,000 after acquiring an additional 7,111 shares in the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its position in shares of Open Lending by 6.4% during the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 159,855 shares of the company’s stock worth $310,000 after purchasing an additional 9,590 shares in the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Open Lending by 16.1% in the third quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 75,223 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,000 after purchasing an additional 10,452 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Open Lending by 84.0% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 23,683 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,000 after purchasing an additional 10,812 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prudential Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Open Lending in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.06% of the company’s stock.

Open Lending Stock Up 19.8%

Shares of NASDAQ:LPRO opened at $1.45 on Friday. Open Lending Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $0.70 and a fifty-two week high of $4.46. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $1.65 and its 200 day moving average price is $1.80. The company has a quick ratio of 5.59, a current ratio of 5.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74. The stock has a market cap of $171.38 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -48.33 and a beta of 2.05.

Open Lending (NASDAQ:LPRO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported $0.01 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.02 by ($0.01). Open Lending had a positive return on equity of 8.76% and a negative net margin of 4.54%.The firm had revenue of $19.35 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $21.92 million. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Open Lending Corporation will post 0.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on LPRO. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Open Lending in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. DA Davidson set a $4.00 target price on Open Lending in a research note on Friday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Open Lending has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $2.92.

Key Stories Impacting Open Lending

Here are the key news stories impacting Open Lending this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management emphasized strategic expansions, new platform launches and cost/efficiency initiatives on the Q4 earnings call, framing these as drivers of longer‑term growth and margin improvement. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Company set 2026 operational targets of roughly 100,000–110,000 certified loans and said it will tighten underwriting standards while rolling out new platform capabilities — a tradeoff that may compress near‑term volume but could improve loan quality and lifetime economics. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Full earnings release and the call transcript provide detail on product roadmaps and commercial initiatives; investors should review the call slides and transcript for cadence on customer wins and timing of platform rollouts. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reported Q4 EPS of $0.01 and revenue of $19.35M, missing consensus estimates (EPS ~$0.02, revenue ~$21.9M). The misses and softer top line are the primary negative drivers for near‑term sentiment. Read More.

Open Lending Profile

Open Lending Corporation is a financial technology company specializing in risk analytics and automated loan decisioning for the automotive finance industry. Through its proprietary platform, Open Lending enables banks, credit unions and finance companies to enhance underwriting accuracy, manage risk more effectively and streamline the loan origination process. The company’s solutions leverage machine learning and big-data analytics to deliver credit-based pricing models that help lenders optimize portfolio performance and reduce losses.

The core offerings of Open Lending include an automated underwriting engine, risk-based pricing tools and performance analytics dashboards.