GIB.A vs. OTEX, DSG, CLS, CSU, SHOP, CTS, SFTC, ALYA, KXS, and NVEI
Should you be buying CGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CGI include Open Text (OTEX), The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Celestica (CLS), Constellation Software (CSU), Shopify (SHOP), Converge Technology Solutions (CTS), Softchoice (SFTC), Alithya Group (ALYA), Kinaxis (KXS), and Nuvei (NVEI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CGI (TSE:GIB.A) and Open Text (TSE:OTEX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
CGI has higher revenue and earnings than Open Text. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Open Text, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Open Text had 1 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Open Text and 0 mentions for CGI. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat CGI's score of 0.00 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CGI has a net margin of 11.37% compared to Open Text's net margin of 2.85%. CGI's return on equity of 19.51% beat Open Text's return on equity.
CGI received 267 more outperform votes than Open Text when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.89% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 71.62% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote.
68.8% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Open Text shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of CGI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Open Text shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CGI has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Open Text has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CGI currently has a consensus target price of C$161.27, indicating a potential upside of 12.73%. Open Text has a consensus target price of C$53.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.83%. Given Open Text's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Open Text is more favorable than CGI.
Summary
CGI beats Open Text on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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