Open Text (OTEX) Competitors

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

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

67.8% of Trade Desk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Open Text shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Trade Desk shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Open Text shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TTD or OTEX?

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

Is TTD or OTEX 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
Trade Desk	16.08%	16.38%	7.69%
Open Text	12.21%	23.23%	6.67%

Which has more volatility & risk, TTD or OTEX?

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

Does the media refer more to TTD or OTEX?

In the previous week, Trade Desk had 32 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Trade Desk and 12 mentions for Open Text. Trade Desk's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Open Text's score of 0.49 indicating that Trade Desk is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trade Desk	21 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Open Text	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate TTD or OTEX?

Trade Desk currently has a consensus price target of $101.32, indicating a potential upside of 88.93%. Open Text has a consensus price target of $33.64, indicating a potential upside of 24.12%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than Open Text.

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, TTD or OTEX?

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
Trade Desk	$2.44B	10.88	$393.08M	$0.78	68.76
Open Text	$5.41B	1.30	$465.09M	$2.46	11.02

Summary

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