Open Text (OTEX) Competitors

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

Is OTEX or BIDU more profitable?

Baidu has a net margin of 17.90% compared to Open Text's net margin of 12.21%. Open Text's return on equity of 23.23% beat Baidu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Open Text	12.21%	23.23%	6.67%
Baidu	17.90%	8.67%	5.51%

Do analysts recommend OTEX or BIDU?

Open Text currently has a consensus price target of $32.30, suggesting a potential upside of 12.27%. Baidu has a consensus price target of $107.82, suggesting a potential upside of 23.15%. Given Baidu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Baidu is more favorable than Open Text.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Open Text	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Baidu	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Which has more volatility and risk, OTEX or BIDU?

Open Text has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OTEX or BIDU?

In the previous week, Baidu had 2 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Baidu and 6 mentions for Open Text. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Baidu's score of 1.25 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Open Text	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Baidu	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

70.4% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Open Text shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Baidu shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OTEX or BIDU?

Baidu received 1039 more outperform votes than Open Text when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.52% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 65.99% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Open Text	Outperform Votes 584 65.99%	Underperform Votes 301 34.01%
Baidu	Outperform Votes 1623 75.52%	Underperform Votes 526 24.48%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, OTEX or BIDU?

Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than Open Text. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Open Text, 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	$5.22B	1.43	$465.09M	$2.45	11.74
Baidu	$134.06B	0.23	$3.26B	$10.08	8.69

Summary

Baidu beats Open Text on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.