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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricOTEXOPEN TEXT CORPCSU.TOCSU.TOHUT.TOHUT.TODSG.TODSG.TOMedian of the restexcluding OTEX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$27.94▲ 1.19 (4.45%)
C$3408.57▲ 124.81 (3.80%)
C$89.62▼ 18.35 (17.00%)
C$131.53▲ 5.60 (4.45%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/108.7/104.0/108.7/108.7/10
Market value$6.77B$72.23B$9.87B$11.31B
Revenue$5.25B$16.31B$330.0M$1.02B
Profit$643.0M$718.5M-$317.4M$229.8M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.1.5%15.5%44.8%12.0%15.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.73.7%37.6%54.2%77.1%54.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.20.6%18.1%-41.4%30.2%18.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.12.3%4.4%-96.2%22.5%4.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.15.4%22.9%-334.9%35.7%22.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.16.0%14.3%-15.9%10.1%10.1%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.9.2%62.0%-4.3%13.2%13.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.10.52x100.53x—49.23x74.88x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—14.25x1034.49x—524.37x
Price to book1.69x14.39x4.94x4.98x4.98x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.2.27x3.33x0.75x0.17x0.75x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.9/96/83/97/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greygreygreysafe

How OTEX compares with the others

  • OTEX's operating margin of 20.6% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (18.1%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 1.5% against 15.5%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 10.5x against 74.9x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 2.3x against 0.7x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.