Marqeta (MQ) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MQ or OTEX?

Open Text received 513 more outperform votes than Marqeta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 47.52% of users gave Marqeta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Marqeta	Outperform Votes 67 47.52%	Underperform Votes 74 52.48%
Open Text	Outperform Votes 580 66.74%	Underperform Votes 289 33.26%

Does the media favor MQ or OTEX?

In the previous week, Marqeta had 22 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Marqeta and 9 mentions for Open Text. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Marqeta's score of 0.06 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Marqeta	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Open Text	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

78.6% of Marqeta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Open Text shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of Marqeta 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, MQ or OTEX?

Marqeta has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more 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.

Do analysts rate MQ or OTEX?

Marqeta currently has a consensus target price of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 53.33%. Open Text has a consensus target price of $35.27, suggesting a potential upside of 26.97%. Given Marqeta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Marqeta is more favorable than Open Text.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marqeta	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Open Text	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is MQ or OTEX more profitable?

Open Text has a net margin of 8.35% compared to Marqeta's net margin of 2.86%. Open Text's return on equity of 24.34% beat Marqeta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marqeta	2.86%	1.20%	0.92%
Open Text	8.35%	24.34%	6.60%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MQ or OTEX?

Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than Marqeta. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marqeta, 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
Marqeta	$676.17M	2.79	-$222.96M	$0.02	187.50
Open Text	$5.77B	1.27	$465.09M	$1.73	16.06

Summary

Marqeta and Open Text tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.