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Open Text Corporation

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 300% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesQuiet on X (12 mentions/wk)
$OTEX·$5.5B·Software - Application·Technology
$22.31+0.4%YTD-31.9%1Y-40.9%
Price updated 3h ago·X counts updated 2d ago
OTOTEX
$OTEXOpen Text Corporation
$22.31+0.41%12 posts
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12X posts · last 7 days
Sep 12Sep 27

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TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $OTEX — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-09-29

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

OpenText is down 32% year-to-date but three straight beats and a coordinated debt-refinancing effort — the compounder narrative is coiled ahead of November 4.

OpenText is a $5.5B-cap enterprise information-management software company that has spent the year in a compressed multiple while operating results have held up.

  • Down 32% year to date and 41% over the last twelve months, at 12% of its 52-week range and 11% below the 200-day moving average.
  • Q4 revenue $5.25B was flat year over year at 74% gross margin and 21% operating margin, EPS $2.58 and $38B of free cash flow (fiscal-year adjustments).
  • Q3 revenue $1.28B grew 2% year over year — the quarterly cadence is uneven but positive.
  • Trailing P/E 6 and free-cash-flow yield 6% — one of the cheapest large-cap software names.
  • Debt-to-equity 0.06 (after recent refinancing) and beta 1.03 — clean balance sheet with normal volatility.
  • Three straight beats of 9-21% surprise magnitude — earnings execution has been strong.
  • Multiple senior-secured-notes and tender-offer 8-Ks reflect active balance-sheet management.

November 4 earnings (est. $0.94 EPS) will show whether the fundamentals warrant a re-rate to the historic value-plus-growth multiple.

What to watch: November 4 print — revenue growth trajectory, operating margin trend, and any updated commentary on the AI-cloud-content pivot and the debt-refinancing completion.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — fiscal Q1 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Enterprise information management software company offering content services, business networks, and security platforms to large organizations.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Application sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $OTEX.

Software - Application · Technology

No material change from last week — Adobe Q3 lifted guidance with triple-digit AI-first ARR, validating the AI upsell bifurcation: vendors embedding AI agents into core workflows (NOW, CRM, SAP, WDAY, TEAM, ADBE) are re-accelerating whi.

What this means for $OTEX

Partial — Enterprise information management software company offering content services, business networks, and security platforms to large organizations.; AI feature integration (Agentforce, AI Copilot) into core platform defends ARR while pricing for AI add-ons lifts ACV.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
5.7How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
14.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
21.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
6.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
28.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
73.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$1.23$1.02+20.6%
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$1.01$0.90+11.7%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$1.13$1.04+8.7%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$1.05$0.99+6.2%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $0.94

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$5.2B+300.3%73.7%20.6%$2.58$38.1B
Q3 FY26$1.3B+2.2%73.1%21.4%$0.70$301.5M
Q2 FY26$1.3B-0.6%74.0%22.0%$0.67$279.4M
Q1 FY26$1.3B+1.5%72.8%21.0%$0.57$101.2M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$5.1B$5.1B – $5.1B$4.15$4.12 – $4.187
FY27$5.1B$5.1B – $5.1B$3.83$3.80 – $3.857
FY28$5.2B$5.2B – $5.2B$4.17$4.14 – $4.207
FY29$5.2B$5.2B – $5.3B$0.00$0.00 – $0.003

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.12%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-7.4%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-10.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 238.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.035-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 178-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

OTEX (OTEX) disclosed an officer or director change (Item 5.02) on 2026-07-17. Also disclosed: Item 8.01. Details: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Executive transitions are administrative disclosures; materiality depends on the seniority of the affected position. No new financial terms were disclosed in this filing.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 208-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 16 other (6 13Gs · 5 routine 8-Ks · 2 8-Ks · 1 10-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

OpenText Announces Amendments to its Previously Announced Tender Offer for a Portion of its Outstanding 3.875% Senior Notes due 2028prnewswire.com·5d agoOpenText Announces Pricing of Senior Secured Notes Offering to Redeem its Outstanding 2027 Notes and Fund Tender Offer for a Portion of its Outstanding 2028 Notesprnewswire.com·6d agoOpenText Announces Senior Secured Notes Offering to Redeem its Outstanding 2027 Notes and Fund Tender Offer for a Portion of its Outstanding 2028 Notesprnewswire.com·7d agoOpenText Announces Cash Tender Offer for a Portion of its Outstanding 2028 Notesprnewswire.com·7d agoOpenText Announces Conditional Notice of Redemption of its Outstanding 2027 Notes and Potential Offering of Senior Secured Notesprnewswire.com·8d ago

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