Open Text trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 4.9x with a PEG of 0.05, making it attractively valued relative to its earnings beat history and 162% free-cash-flow conversion rate, but a death-cross technical pattern and high implied volatility of 77% keep near-term risk elevated.
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- Deep Value Fcf Conversion→Stable
- Earnings Beat Streak→Stable
- Piotroski Quality Signal→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Open Text Corporation (OTEX) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Technology · Software - Application
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $23.10, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 9.5%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.6): -1.0.
OpenText provides information management software across six cloud platforms — Content, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Business Network, Observability/Service Management, and Analytics — targeting global enterprises, SMBs, and governments. Content Cloud led at 40% of fiscal 2025... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $23.10, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 9.5%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.6): -1.0. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 60. Multiple concerning factors. Consider reducing position. | News modifier +1 (SELL_IF_HOLDING → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 34d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: speculative.
About Open Text Corporation
About Open Text Corporation
OpenText's six cloud platforms generated diversified revenue in fiscal year ended June 30, 2025: Content Cloud led at 40% of total revenues, Cybersecurity Cloud at 25%, and four remaining clouds at 10%, 10%, 10%, and 5% respectively. The January 2023 acquisition of Micro Focus for $6.2 billion substantially expanded the product portfolio, while the May 2024 divestiture of the Application Modernization and Connectivity business for $2.275 billion funded a $2.0 billion debt reduction that retired the Term Loan B entirely.
OpenText sells across three revenue categories — cloud services and subscriptions, perpetual and term licenses, and professional and managed services. Within cloud subscriptions, Business Network Cloud and Cybersecurity Cloud each contribute 30%, and Content Cloud 25%, of total cloud revenue. Customers span Global 10,000 enterprises, SMBs, and government agencies, with products designed to integrate into SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, Salesforce, and Microsoft Office 365 deployments. R&D investment is directed toward cloud-native and AI analytics capabilities across all six platforms. Post-divestiture capital allocation concentrates on organic growth in cloud subscriptions and selective acquisitions in the information management market, continuing a pattern of large inorganic moves — the Micro Focus deal doubled the company's scale.
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The 10-K identifies third-party platform compatibility as a material dependency: if OpenText cannot successfully integrate with software from providers such as SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft, its ability to develop and market products could be materially adversely affected. Simultaneously, evolving AI regulation and heightened cybersecurity exposure could increase compliance costs and R&D burden for the Cybersecurity and Content Clouds, which together account for 65% of total fiscal 2025 revenues — creating a scenario where the two largest platforms face the most acute regulatory and integration risk.
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From Open Text Corporation's most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-06Recent Developments — Open Text Corporation
Latest news
- NEWS Open Text Corp. stock outperforms market despite losses on the day - MarketWatch — MarketWatch positive
- NEWS Why OpenText (TSX:OTEX) Is Deepening Its AI Advantage? - Kalkine Media — Kalkine Media positive
- NEWS Open Text Corp. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market - MarketWatch — MarketWatch positive
- NEWS Open Text Corp. stock falls Wednesday, underperforms market - MarketWatch — MarketWatch negative
- NEWS Open Text Corp (OTEX) Earnings Forecast: Future EPS & Revenue Growth Estimates - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMProductContent Cloud40%10-K Item 1: 'total revenues is comprised of 40% from Content Cloud'
- MEDIUMProductCybersecurity Cloud25%10-K Item 1: 'total revenues is comprised of 40% from Content Cloud, 25% from Cybersecurity Cloud'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-20Item 5.02HIGHJames McGourlay transitions from Interim CEO to President, Chief Client Officer effective April 20, 2026. Paul Duggan steps down as President/Chief Customer Officer to EVP Special Advisor, departing July 1, 2026. No successor named for CEO role.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $23.10, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 9.5%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.6): -1.0. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 60. Multiple concerning factors. Consider reducing position. | News modifier +1 (SELL_IF_HOLDING → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Target $25.23 (+9.2%), stop $21.43 (−7.8%), A.R:R 0.7:1. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $25.23 (+9.5% upside). Target $25.23 (+9.2%), stop $21.43 (−7.8%), A.R:R 0.7:1. Stop-loss: $21.43.
Thin upside margin: 9.5%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.6): -1.0; Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.5%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Open Text Corporation trades at a P/E of 11.2 (forward 5.1). TrendMatrix value score: 8.7/10. Verdict: Hold.
9 analysts cover OTEX with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $29.
What does Open Text Corporation do?OpenText provides information management software across six cloud platforms — Content, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Business...
OpenText provides information management software across six cloud platforms — Content, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Business Network, Observability/Service Management, and Analytics — targeting global enterprises, SMBs, and governments. Content Cloud led at 40% of fiscal 2025 revenues; the company acquired Micro Focus for $6.2 billion in January 2023 and divested its AMC business for $2.275 billion in May 2024.