Open Text (OTEX) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OTEX or GDDY?

70.4% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of GoDaddy shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Open Text shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of GoDaddy 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.

Do analysts recommend OTEX or GDDY?

Open Text presently has a consensus target price of $35.18, indicating a potential upside of 31.13%. GoDaddy has a consensus target price of $213.20, indicating a potential upside of 22.66%. Given Open Text's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Open Text is more favorable than GoDaddy.

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
GoDaddy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OTEX or GDDY?

GoDaddy received 335 more outperform votes than Open Text when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.76% of users gave GoDaddy an outperform vote while only 66.63% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Open Text	Outperform Votes 583 66.63%	Underperform Votes 292 33.37%
GoDaddy	Outperform Votes 918 79.76%	Underperform Votes 233 20.24%

Is OTEX or GDDY more profitable?

GoDaddy has a net margin of 20.49% compared to Open Text's net margin of 12.21%. GoDaddy's return on equity of 176.06% beat Open Text's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Open Text	12.21%	23.23%	6.67%
GoDaddy	20.49%	176.06%	8.94%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OTEX or GDDY?

GoDaddy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Open Text. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GoDaddy, 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	$5.77B	1.23	$465.09M	$2.46	10.91
GoDaddy	$4.57B	5.34	$936.90M	$6.45	26.95

Which has more volatility and risk, OTEX or GDDY?

Open Text has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoDaddy has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to OTEX or GDDY?

In the previous week, GoDaddy had 32 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for GoDaddy and 6 mentions for Open Text. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat GoDaddy's score of 0.59 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GoDaddy	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

GoDaddy beats Open Text on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.