Open Text Valuation

Is OTEX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of OTEX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: OTEX (CA$48.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$119.42)

Significantly Below Fair Value: OTEX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for OTEX?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

OTEX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.1x
PEG Ratio1.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does OTEX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for OTEX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average70.7x
DSG Descartes Systems Group
69.1x15.4%CA$11.0b
TOI Topicus.com
91.7xn/aCA$9.7b
CSU Constellation Software
99.2x10.4%CA$77.0b
ENGH Enghouse Systems
22.8x9.2%CA$1.7b
OTEX Open Text
74.7x56.1%CA$9.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: OTEX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (74.7x) compared to the peer average (70.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does OTEX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Software Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a16.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: OTEX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (74.7x) compared to the Canadian Software industry average (47.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is OTEX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

OTEX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio74.7x
Fair PE Ratio100.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: OTEX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (74.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (100.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst OTEX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$48.50
CA$68.74
+41.7%
10.5%CA$82.21CA$57.55n/a12
Apr ’25CA$52.12
CA$68.28
+31.0%
10.5%CA$81.67CA$57.17n/a12
Mar ’25CA$53.24
CA$68.10
+27.9%
10.0%CA$81.18CA$59.54n/a12
Feb ’25CA$59.04
CA$66.62
+12.8%
12.0%CA$80.98CA$51.29n/a11
Jan ’25CA$55.69
CA$66.62
+19.6%
12.0%CA$80.98CA$51.29n/a11
Dec ’24CA$54.94
CA$66.62
+21.3%
12.0%CA$80.98CA$51.29n/a11
Nov ’24CA$46.44
CA$65.76
+41.6%
13.6%CA$81.86CA$51.84n/a10
Oct ’24CA$47.67
CA$66.52
+39.5%
10.3%CA$80.31CA$56.22n/a10
Sep ’24CA$55.04
CA$66.52
+20.9%
10.3%CA$80.31CA$56.22n/a10
Aug ’24CA$56.36
CA$64.35
+14.2%
10.4%CA$79.11CA$54.06n/a10
Jul ’24CA$55.10
CA$63.52
+15.3%
11.2%CA$78.90CA$53.92n/a10
Jun ’24CA$55.95
CA$64.19
+14.7%
11.9%CA$80.24CA$54.83n/a10
May ’24CA$51.17
CA$60.92
+19.1%
13.9%CA$81.23CA$52.80n/a10
Apr ’24CA$52.13
CA$61.07
+17.2%
15.3%CA$82.35CA$48.04CA$52.1210
Mar ’24CA$46.58
CA$60.14
+29.1%
16.7%CA$80.41CA$46.91CA$53.248
Feb ’24CA$43.83
CA$57.73
+31.7%
20.5%CA$80.79CA$44.44CA$59.048
Jan ’24CA$40.12
CA$60.14
+49.9%
22.4%CA$81.70CA$40.85CA$55.699
Dec ’23CA$39.44
CA$61.25
+55.3%
22.4%CA$80.86CA$40.43CA$54.9410
Nov ’23CA$40.07
CA$65.46
+63.4%
18.1%CA$81.74CA$46.32CA$46.4410
Oct ’23CA$36.51
CA$66.81
+83.0%
15.8%CA$81.55CA$46.21CA$47.6710
Sep ’23CA$39.86
CA$65.56
+64.5%
15.9%CA$78.93CA$44.73CA$55.049
Aug ’23CA$52.38
CA$68.97
+31.7%
9.2%CA$77.35CA$60.59CA$56.369
Jul ’23CA$48.69
CA$68.97
+41.7%
9.2%CA$77.35CA$60.59CA$55.109
Jun ’23CA$50.99
CA$70.58
+38.4%
10.7%CA$82.77CA$60.32CA$55.959
May ’23CA$51.45
CA$72.50
+40.9%
6.8%CA$80.47CA$63.63CA$51.179
Apr ’23CA$53.31
CA$72.50
+36.0%
6.8%CA$80.47CA$63.63CA$52.139

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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