
OpenText Corporation
Canada's largest software company — an information-management roll-up now shrinking to grow, converting a decline into strong free cash flow and a chunky dividend.
L'entreprise
Enterprise Information Management (EIM): content management, business network/EDI, security & digital investigation, and AI/analytics under the OpenText Aviator brand.
Grew by acquisition (Documentum, Micro Focus, and dozens more); reports in US dollars.
Heavily recurring: cloud subscriptions plus large maintenance/support base give predictable revenue.
In 2025 it divested its Application Modernization & Connectivity (AMC/Micro Focus mainframe) unit to Rocket Software, deliberately shrinking revenue to sharpen focus and cut debt.
Les avantages concurrentiels
Mission-critical, deeply embedded content and data-exchange systems carry very high switching costs.
Large installed base and multi-year maintenance contracts produce durable, high-margin recurring cash flow.
Broad EIM portfolio and business-network reach are hard for point-solution rivals to replicate.
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Aperçu financier
Période déclarée la plus récente : FY2025 (ended Jun 30 2025); cash-flow TTM to Mar 31 2026. Les chiffres reflètent la date de révision — confirmez les chiffres actuels avant d'agir.
| Revenue (FY2025) | US$5.17B (-10.4% YoY, post-AMC divestiture) |
| Net income (TTM) | US$516M |
| Operating cash flow (TTM) | US$979M (+14.2%) |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | US$810M (+14.2%) |
| Capex (TTM) | US$170M |
| Market cap | US$6.41B (~243M shares) |
| P/E | ~12.9x trailing |
Rendement du flux de trésorerie disponible et croissance durable
Rendement du flux de trésorerie disponible : ≈12.6%TTM free cash flow US$810M ÷ market cap US$6.41B ≈ 12.6%.
Operating cash flow +14.2% and FCF +14.2% on a TTM basis even as reported revenue fell — a leaner, higher-conversion business post-divestiture.
Capex is light (~3% of revenue); FCF/revenue conversion is strong.
Divestiture proceeds are directed to debt paydown and buybacks, improving per-share cash economics.
Voir le classement complet du rendement du flux de trésorerie disponible →
Valorisation et points à surveiller
FCF yield ~12.6% on TTM free cash flow — very high, reflecting the market's skepticism about the top-line decline.
Trailing P/E ~12.9x is a low-teens multiple for a sticky software franchise.
Analyst consensus is 'Hold' (~US$29 target vs ~US$26 price); the debate is organic growth, not cash generation.
Dividende
Pays US$1.10/share annualized (~US$0.275 quarterly) for a ~4.2% yield; the dividend has been raised over time and is well covered by ~US$810M of free cash flow. A rare software name that pays a real income yield.
Risques et scénario baissier
- Revenue is declining (down ~10% after selling AMC) — the company must prove it can return the remaining base to organic growth.
- Carries meaningful debt from the Micro Focus acquisition; deleveraging is a priority and a constraint.
- Cloud transition and AI (Aviator/Titanium X) execution risk against larger cloud and AI-native competitors.
- Serial-acquisition model means integration and impairment risk can resurface.
Faits récents
Completed the sale of the AMC (Micro Focus mainframe/connectivity) business to Rocket Software, the main driver of the ~10% revenue decline.
Applied proceeds to reduce debt and repurchase shares; continued its dividend.
TTM free cash flow rose to ~US$810M (+14%) as the slimmer portfolio improved conversion.
Pushed its AI layer (OpenText Aviator) and the Titanium X cloud platform across the product line.
Verdict
OpenText is a classic 'melting-ice-cube-or-value' debate: reported revenue is shrinking after deliberate divestitures, yet the remaining business gushes free cash flow, funding a ~4% dividend and buybacks at a ~13% FCF yield. The thesis hinges entirely on whether management can stabilize organic growth and de-lever; if it can, the valuation is cheap, if not, the multiple is justified. CoinCompass publishes analysis, not advice — confirm the latest quarter and judge the growth trajectory yourself.
Sources
- StockAnalysis — OpenText (OTEX) overview
- StockAnalysis — OpenText cash-flow statement
- OpenText Investor Relations
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