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Open Text (Open Text) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 13.67 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Open Text Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-26), Open Text's share price is $35.84. Open Text's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.62. Hence, Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 13.67.

The historical rank and industry rank for Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

OTEX' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.85   Med: 15.15   Max: 25.5
Current: 13.82

During the past 13 years, Open Text's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 25.50. The lowest was 8.85. And the median was 15.15.

OTEX's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
71.02% of 1470 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.24 vs OTEX: 13.82

Open Text's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.12. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $2.62.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Open Text was -5.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 1.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, Open Text's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 62.20% per year. The lowest was -9.90% per year. And the median was 18.40% per year.


Open Text Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Open Text Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Open Text Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.51 13.11 17.34 11.63 17.11

Open Text Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.75 13.54 17.11 16.67 15.71

Competitive Comparison of Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Open Text Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Open Text's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=35.84/2.622
=13.67

Open Text's Share Price of today is $35.84.
Open Text's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.62.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Open Text  (NAS:OTEX) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Open Text (Open Text) Business Description

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275 Frank Tompa Drive, Waterloo, ON, CAN, N2L 0A1
Open Text Corp grew out of a technology project involving the Oxford English Dictionary at Canada's University of Waterloo in the mid-1980s. Its software allows clients to archive, aggregate, retrieve, and search unstructured information (such as documents, e-mail, and presentations). The OpenText Information Management platform and services provide secure and scalable solutions for global enterprises, SMBs, governments, and consumers around the world. It also accelerates transformations with intelligent tools and services. The company is based in Ontario, Canada.