OTEX vs. DSG, KXS, LWRK, LSPD, ENGH, ABST, DCBO, DND, BLN, and TCS
Should you be buying Open Text stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Open Text include The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Kinaxis (KXS), LifeWorks (LWRK), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Absolute Software (ABST), Docebo (DCBO), Dye & Durham (DND), Blackline Safety (BLN), and Tecsys (TCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Open Text vs. Its Competitors
The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) and Open Text (TSE:OTEX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Open Text has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.1% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Open Text shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 15 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 1 mentions for Open Text. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of -0.13 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Open Text's net margin of 12.21%. Open Text's return on equity of 15.83% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
Open Text received 8 more outperform votes than The Descartes Systems Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.62% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 64.09% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Open Text beats The Descartes Systems Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:OTEX) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
