Marqeta (MQ) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OTEX or MQ?

Open Text received 507 more outperform votes than Marqeta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 48.20% of users gave Marqeta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Open Text	Outperform Votes 574 66.59%	Underperform Votes 288 33.41%
Marqeta	Outperform Votes 67 48.20%	Underperform Votes 72 51.80%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OTEX or MQ?

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
Open Text	$5.61B	1.31	$465.09M	$1.73	15.95
Marqeta	$676.17M	2.79	-$222.96M	$0.02	187.50

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OTEX or MQ?

70.4% of Open Text shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Marqeta shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Open Text shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of Marqeta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OTEX or MQ 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
Open Text	8.35%	24.34%	6.60%
Marqeta	2.86%	1.20%	0.92%

Which has more risk & volatility, OTEX or MQ?

Open Text has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marqeta has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OTEX or MQ?

In the previous week, Marqeta had 34 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Marqeta and 11 mentions for Open Text. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Marqeta's score of 0.09 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Open Text	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Marqeta	4 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	30 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate OTEX or MQ?

Open Text presently has a consensus price target of $35.55, suggesting a potential upside of 28.79%. Marqeta has a consensus price target of $6.03, suggesting a potential upside of 60.89%. Given Marqeta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marqeta is more favorable than Open Text.

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

Summary

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