Open Text (OTEX) Competitors

Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts rate OTEX or TTD?

Open Text currently has a consensus target price of $33.64, suggesting a potential upside of 30.12%. Trade Desk has a consensus target price of $101.32, suggesting a potential upside of 90.96%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than Open Text.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Open Text	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Trade Desk	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Which has more volatility & risk, OTEX or TTD?

Open Text has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trade Desk has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to OTEX or TTD?

In the previous week, Trade Desk had 29 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Trade Desk and 15 mentions for Open Text. Trade Desk's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Open Text's score of 0.37 indicating that Trade Desk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Open Text	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Trade Desk	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OTEX or TTD?

Trade Desk received 268 more outperform votes than Open Text when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.39% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Open Text	Outperform Votes 583 66.33%	Underperform Votes 296 33.67%
Trade Desk	Outperform Votes 851 76.39%	Underperform Votes 263 23.61%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OTEX or TTD?

70.4% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Trade Desk shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Open Text shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Trade Desk shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OTEX or TTD?

Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than Trade Desk. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trade Desk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Open Text	$5.41B	1.24	$465.09M	$2.46	10.51
Trade Desk	$2.44B	10.77	$393.08M	$0.78	68.03

Is OTEX or TTD more profitable?

Trade Desk has a net margin of 16.08% compared to Open Text's net margin of 12.21%. Open Text's return on equity of 23.23% beat Trade Desk's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Open Text	12.21%	23.23%	6.67%
Trade Desk	16.08%	16.38%	7.69%

Summary

Trade Desk beats Open Text on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.