Open Text (OTEX) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate OTEX or SPSC?

Open Text currently has a consensus price target of $41.20, suggesting a potential upside of 30.79%. SPS Commerce has a consensus price target of $216.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.47%. Given Open Text's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Open Text is more favorable than SPS Commerce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Open Text	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
SPS Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has better earnings & valuation, OTEX or SPSC?

Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, 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	$4.48B	1.88	$150.38M	$0.62	50.81
SPS Commerce	$536.91M	14.41	$65.82M	$1.83	114.21

Does the media favor OTEX or SPSC?

In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 13 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for SPS Commerce and 11 mentions for Open Text. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Open Text's score of 0.68 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Open Text	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SPS Commerce	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, OTEX or SPSC?

Open Text has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

70.4% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Open Text shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OTEX or SPSC?

SPS Commerce received 62 more outperform votes than Open Text when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.86% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 67.33% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Open Text	Outperform Votes 571 67.33%	Underperform Votes 277 32.67%
SPS Commerce	Outperform Votes 633 73.86%	Underperform Votes 224 26.14%

Is OTEX or SPSC more profitable?

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Open Text's net margin of 2.85%. Open Text's return on equity of 24.45% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Open Text	2.85%	24.45%	5.96%
SPS Commerce	12.31%	12.61%	10.18%

Summary

SPS Commerce beats Open Text on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.