OTEX vs. DSG, KXS, LSPD, CLS, NVEI, GIB.A, DCBO, ENGH, DND, and CMG
Should you be buying Open Text stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Open Text include The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Kinaxis (KXS), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Celestica (CLS), Nuvei (NVEI), CGI (GIB.A), Docebo (DCBO), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Dye & Durham (DND), and Computer Modelling Group (CMG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) and Open Text (TSE:OTEX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of 2.85%. Open Text's return on equity of 9.92% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group currently has a consensus price target of C$89.67, indicating a potential downside of 32.89%. Open Text has a consensus price target of C$53.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.64%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Open Text is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
Open Text received 11 more outperform votes than The Descartes Systems Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.62% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
87.8% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Open Text shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Open Text had 7 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Open Text and 3 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Open Text's score of -0.38 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Open Text has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Open Text beats The Descartes Systems Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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