Open Text (OTEX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OTEX or BIDU?

Baidu received 1042 more outperform votes than Open Text when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.73% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Open Text	Outperform Votes 574 66.59%	Underperform Votes 288 33.41%
Baidu	Outperform Votes 1616 75.73%	Underperform Votes 518 24.27%

Does the media prefer OTEX or BIDU?

In the previous week, Baidu had 4 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Baidu and 11 mentions for Open Text. Baidu's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Open Text's score of 0.59 indicating that Baidu is being referred to more favorably in the news 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
Baidu	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OTEX or BIDU?

70.4% of Open Text shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Open Text shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Baidu shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, OTEX or BIDU?

Open Text has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate OTEX or BIDU?

Open Text currently has a consensus price target of $35.55, suggesting a potential upside of 28.79%. Baidu has a consensus price target of $113.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.58%. Given Baidu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Baidu 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
Baidu	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is OTEX or BIDU more profitable?

Baidu has a net margin of 15.82% compared to Open Text's net margin of 8.35%. Open Text's return on equity of 24.34% beat Baidu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Open Text	8.35%	24.34%	6.60%
Baidu	15.82%	9.05%	5.71%

Which has better valuation & earnings, OTEX or BIDU?

Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than Open Text. Baidu 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	$5.61B	1.31	$465.09M	$1.73	15.95
Baidu	$134.84B	0.22	$2.86B	$8.17	10.50

Summary

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