VNET Group (VNET) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer OTEX or VNET?

Open Text presently has a consensus price target of $35.18, suggesting a potential downside of 4.19%. VNET Group has a consensus price target of $9.96, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. Given VNET Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VNET Group is more favorable than Open Text.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Open Text	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
VNET Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Is OTEX or VNET more profitable?

Open Text has a net margin of 8.43% compared to VNET Group's net margin of 0.74%. Open Text's return on equity of 22.52% beat VNET Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Open Text	8.43%	22.52%	6.72%
VNET Group	0.74%	0.98%	0.19%

Does the media prefer OTEX or VNET?

In the previous week, Open Text had 3 more articles in the media than VNET Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Open Text and 15 mentions for VNET Group. VNET Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Open Text's score of 0.93 indicating that VNET Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Open Text	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VNET Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OTEX or VNET?

Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than VNET Group. VNET Group 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	$5.17B	1.81	$435.87M	$1.65	22.25
VNET Group	$1.13B	2.24	$25.10M	-$0.08	-118.06

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OTEX or VNET?

70.4% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of VNET Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Open Text shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of VNET Group shares are owned 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, OTEX or VNET?

Open Text has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VNET Group has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Open Text beats VNET Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.