| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 4/6 |
| Future Growth | 3/6 |
| Past Performance | 4/6 |
| Financial Health | 4/6 |
| Dividends | 3/6 |
OTEX Overview
Open Text Corporation engages in the designs, develops, markets, and sells information management software and solutions.
Open Text Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$51.17 |
| 52 Week High | US$36.18 |
| 52 Week Low | US$55.25 |
| Beta | 0.95 |
| 1 Month Change | -2.65% |
| 3 Month Change | 2.92% |
| 1 Year Change | 22.04% |
| 3 Year Change | 34.06% |
| 5 Year Change | 55.72% |
| Change since IPO | 1,760.73% |
Recent News & Updates
Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) Is Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.22
Open Text Corporation's ( NASDAQ:OTEX ) dividend will be increasing to US$0.22 on 24th of September. This will take the...
Open Text's (NASDAQ:OTEX) Dividend Will Be Increased To US$0.22
Open Text Corporation's ( NASDAQ:OTEX ) dividend will be increasing to US$0.22 on 24th of September. This makes the...
Shareholder Returns
| OTEX | US Software | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -3.8% | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| 1Y | 22.0% | 42.9% | 33.8% |
Return vs Industry: OTEX underperformed the US Software industry which returned 42.9% over the past year.
Return vs Market: OTEX underperformed the US Market which returned 33.8% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| OTEX volatility | |
|---|---|
| OTEX Beta | 0.95 |
| Industry Beta | 0.95 |
| Market Beta | 1 |
Stable Share Price: OTEX is less volatile than 75% of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 2% a week.
Volatility Over Time: OTEX's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 14,300 | Mark Barrenechea | https://www.opentext.com |
Open Text Corporation engages in the designs, develops, markets, and sells information management software and solutions. It offers content services; business network that manages data within the organization and outside the firewall; security and protection solutions for defending against cyber threats, and preparing for business continuity and response in the event of a breach; digital investigation and forensic security solutions; OpenText security solutions to address information cyber resilience needs; Carbonite and Webroot products; and OpenText Information Management software platform. The company also provides Discovery platform that provides forensics and unstructured data analytics; OpenText Developer Cloud; key developer API services; AI and analytics that leverages structured or unstructured data; digital process automation solutions, which enables organizations to transform into digital data-driven businesses; and OpenText Digital Experience platform.
Open Text Fundamentals Summary
| OTEX fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | US$13.83b |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$310.67m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$3.39b |
44.5x
P/E Ratio4.1x
P/S RatioIs OTEX overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| OTEX income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$3.39b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$815.67m |
| Gross Profit | US$2.57b |
| Expenses | US$2.26b |
| Earnings | US$310.67m |
Last Reported Earnings
Jun 30, 2021
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 1.14 |
| Gross Margin | 75.91% |
| Net Profit Margin | 9.17% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 87.5% |
How did OTEX perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
1.7%
Current Dividend Yield68%
Payout RatioValuation
Is Open Text undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
36.8%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: OTEX ($51.17) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($80.92)
Significantly Below Fair Value: OTEX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: OTEX is good value based on its PE Ratio (44.5x) compared to the US Software industry average (55.9x).
PE vs Market: OTEX is poor value based on its PE Ratio (44.5x) compared to the US market (17.8x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: OTEX is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (1.4x)
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: OTEX is good value based on its PB Ratio (3.4x) compared to the US Software industry average (7.6x).
Future Growth
How is Open Text forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 8 analysts?
32.0%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: OTEX's forecast earnings growth (32% per year) is above the savings rate (2%).
Earnings vs Market: OTEX's earnings (32% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the US market (14.9% per year).
High Growth Earnings: earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: OTEX's revenue (1.9% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (9.8% per year).
High Growth Revenue: OTEX's revenue (1.9% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if OTEX's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time
Past Performance
How has Open Text performed over the past 5 years?
-33.0%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: OTEX has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: OTEX's current net profit margins (9.2%) are higher than last year (7.5%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: OTEX's earnings have declined by 33% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: OTEX's earnings growth over the past year (32.6%) exceeds its 5-year average (-33% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: OTEX earnings growth over the past year (32.6%) exceeded the Software industry 22.1%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: OTEX's Return on Equity (7.6%) is considered low.
Financial Health
How is Open Text's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: OTEX's short term assets ($2.2B) exceed its short term liabilities ($1.4B).
Long Term Liabilities: OTEX's short term assets ($2.2B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($4.1B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: OTEX's debt to equity ratio (87.5%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: OTEX's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 107.9% to 87.5% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: OTEX's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (24.4%).
Interest Coverage: OTEX's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (5.2x coverage).
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is Open Text current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
1.73%
Current Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: OTEX's dividend (1.73%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.33%).
High Dividend: OTEX's dividend (1.73%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (3.6%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Whilst dividend payments have been stable, OTEX has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years.
Growing Dividend: OTEX's dividend payments have increased, but the company has only paid a dividend for 8 years.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: With its reasonable payout ratio (68.2%), OTEX's dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: OTEX's dividends in 3 years are forecast to be well covered by earnings (27.6% payout ratio).
Next Steps
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
3.9yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Mark Barrenechea (56 yo)
9.67yrs
Tenure
US$20,962,629
Compensation
Mr. Mark J. Barrenechea has been the Chief Executive Officer of OpenText Public Sector Solutions, Inc. and served as its President since January 2, 2012. He has been Chief Technology Officer at OpenText si...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Mark's total compensation ($USD20.96M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD11.36M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Mark's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: OTEX's management team is considered experienced (3.9 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: OTEX's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 11.8 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: OTEX insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Open Text Corporation's employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Open Text Corporation
- Ticker: OTEX
- Exchange: NasdaqGS
- Founded: 1991
- Industry: Application Software
- Sector: Software
- Market Cap: US$13.825b
- Shares outstanding: 270.19m
- Website: https://www.opentext.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Open Text Corporation
- 275 Frank Tompa Drive
- Waterloo
- Ontario
- N2L 0A1
- Canada
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/09/18 22:03 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/09/17 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2021/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2021/06/30 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.