ADBE vs OTEX vs CMRC Stock Comparison

Adobe, Open Text and Commerce.com Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ADBE Adobe Inc.
$263.82 +9.6% 1M -25.5% 1Y
Market cap
$102.20B
P/E
14.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.97B
Div. yield
–
Creative Software Technology
6 wins
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.95 +21.1% 1M -28.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.88B
P/E
10.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
4 wins
CMRC Commerce.com, Inc.
$3.56 +9.9% 1M -27.9% 1Y
Market cap
$291.26M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$346.90M
Div. yield
–
E-commerce Software Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Adobe leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Adobe 6, Open Text 4, Commerce.com 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionADBEOTEXCMRCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $102.20B $6.88B $291.26M ADBE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.0x 10.7x -50.4x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.5x 6.9x 10.5x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.0% +1.5% +2.8% ADBE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.0% 12.3% -1.7% ADBE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 54.5% 8.1% 2.7% ADBE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 2.8x -10.4x CMRC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.5% -28.4% -27.9% ADBE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.3%/yr -11.1%/yr -41.3%/yr OTEX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.0% 38.7% 77.4% OTEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 57/100 54/100 ADBE

Percentile Scorecard

ADBEOTEXCMRC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisADBEOTEXCMRC
Valuation 59 #13 of 30 83 #6 of 30 69 #53 of 167
Growth 19 #22 of 27 42 #16 of 27 63 #58 of 153
Profitability 100 #1 of 26 68 #9 of 26 51 #76 of 153
Financial Health 61 #13 of 32 13 #28 of 32 69 #57 of 179
Shareholder Returns 88 #3 of 17 81 #4 of 17 17 #78 of 94
Overall 65 57 54
  • ADBE ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software
  • OTEX ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software
  • CMRC ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodADBEOTEXCMRCSPY
1 month +9.6%+21.1%+9.9% -1.0%
3 months +17.2%+24.9%+31.4% +2.9%
6 months +7.5%+24.7%+18.7% +6.4%
Year to date -24.6%-14.2%-13.6% +11.4%
1 year -25.5%-28.4%-27.9% +13.1%
3 years -51.1%-16.3%-63.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year -21.2%-5.8%-28.4% +21.5%
5 years -59.0%-44.4%-93.0% +67.7%
5 years, per year -16.3%-11.1%-41.3% +10.9%
10 years +142.0%-13.1%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +9.2%-1.4%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureADBEOTEXCMRCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.0%38.7%77.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.9%40.4%83.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.250.831.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.61-0.73-0.36 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.9%-61.7%-96.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.7%-29.6%-35.4% -2.5%
52-week high $359.91$39.69$5.51 $779.14
52-week low $193.41$20.01$2.06 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleADBEOTEXCMRC
P/E now vs peer median 14.3xmedian 32.3x 10.8xmedian 32.3x -50.9xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 2.4x 1.3xmedian 2.4x 0.9xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.9xmedian 11.5x 6.8xmedian 11.5x 9.8xmedian 14.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 14.2x 8.4xmedian 14.2x 15.1xmedian 11.2x
P/B now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 2.7x 1.7xmedian 2.7x 5.7xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.78median 0.77 0.16median 0.77 -0.81median 0.42

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsADBEOTEXCMRC
Revenue $25.97B $5.25B $346.90M
Gross profit $23.18B $3.87B $267.70M
Operating income $9.27B $1.08B $1.45M
Net income $7.28B $643.26M -$5.78M
Free cash flow $10.59B $807.52M $19.55M
R&D $4.69B $647.71M $71.21M
EPS (diluted) $18.42 $2.58 $-0.07
Cash & equivalents $4.36B $956.02M $57.17M
Total debt $1.60B $5.77B $12.13M
Shares (diluted) 395.50M 249.37M 82.79M
Enterprise value $77.45B $2.32B -$303.33M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricADBEOTEXCMRC
P/E 14.3x 10.8x -50.9x
P/FCF 9.7x 8.4x 15.1x
P/Operating cash flow 9.5x 6.7x 8.4x
P/S 4.0x 1.3x 0.9x
P/B 8.8x 1.7x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 9.5x 2.7x 6.8x
EV/EBITDA 9.9x 6.8x 9.8x
EV/EBIT 10.7x 10.7x 98.3x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 2.2x 0.4x
EV/FCF 9.4x 14.3x 7.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.2x 11.5x 4.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.78 0.16 -0.81

Growth

14 metrics
MetricADBEOTEXCMRC
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.0% 1.5% 2.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.2% 5.4% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.2% 3.6% 1.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.8% 6.9% 6.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.3% 21.3% 105.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.1% 28.0% 26.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.7% 47.5% 68.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.5% 62.3% 61.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 12.3% 56.0% 69.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 66.8% 63.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.4% 21.2% 9.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.4% 8.9% 37.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.3% 17.5% -29.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.6% 7.2% 32.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricADBEOTEXCMRC
Gross margin 89.3% 73.7% 77.2%
EBITDA margin 38.6% 32.6% 4.2%
Operating margin 35.7% 20.6% 0.4%
Pretax margin 35.7% 16.4% -1.3%
Net margin 28.0% 12.3% -1.7%
FCF margin 40.8% 15.4% 5.6%
Operating cash flow margin 41.6% 19.2% 10.1%
Return on equity 62.6% 16.1% -11.8%
Return on assets 24.3% 4.9% -1.8%
Return on invested capital 54.5% 8.1% 2.7%
Return on capital employed 51.3% 10.2% 0.7%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.4x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.6x -6.1x
Stock comp / revenue 8.0% 1.5% 5.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricADBEOTEXCMRC
Debt / assets 5.3% 44.0% 1.2%
Debt / equity 0.1x 1.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 2.8x -10.4x
Debt / FCF 0.2x 7.1x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 60.8% 69.4% 84.1%
Equity / assets 39.2% 30.6% 15.9%
Interest coverage 35.7x – 0.1x
Current ratio 0.8x 0.8x 2.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 2.0x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.4x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 7.54 1.29 -0.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricADBEOTEXCMRC
Dividend yield – 4.0% –
Net buyback yield 8.8% 6.1% -0.4%
Shareholder yield 8.8% 10.1% -0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusADBEOTEXCMRC
Forward P/E 10.5xFY2026 6.9xFY2027 10.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $25.10FY2026 $4.05FY2027 $0.34FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.9%FY2026 -7.1%FY2027 +30.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.7% -0.2% +76.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $24.94BFY2026 $4.96BFY2027 $356.73MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.9%FY2026 -4.2%FY2027 +4.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.2% +1.2% -11.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersADBEOTEXCMRC
Held by institutions 82.5% 81.5% 74.0%
Institutions holding 1,982 270 154
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% +6.5% +3.3%
Institutions buying 838 159 88
Institutions selling 928 82 40
Buyers to sellers 0.90 1.94 2.20

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ADBEOTEXCMRC
ADBE 1.00 0.61 0.32
OTEX 0.61 1.00 0.39
CMRC 0.32 0.39 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ADBE, OTEX and CMRC?

Adobe (ADBE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Adobe (ADBE) $102.20B, Open Text (OTEX) $6.88B, Commerce.com (CMRC) $291.26M.

Which stock is cheaper, ADBE, OTEX and CMRC?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Adobe (ADBE) 14.0x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.7x, Commerce.com (CMRC) -50.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Adobe (ADBE) 10.5x, Open Text (OTEX) 6.9x, Commerce.com (CMRC) 10.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Adobe (ADBE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Adobe (ADBE) +12.0%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%, Commerce.com (CMRC) +2.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Adobe (ADBE) has the highest net margin (Adobe (ADBE) 28.0%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%, Commerce.com (CMRC) -1.7%). On return on invested capital, Adobe (ADBE) leads (Adobe (ADBE) 54.5%, Open Text (OTEX) 8.1%, Commerce.com (CMRC) 2.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Adobe (ADBE) returned the most: Adobe (ADBE) -25.5%, Open Text (OTEX) -28.4%, Commerce.com (CMRC) -27.9%. Over five years, Open Text (OTEX) compounded fastest (Adobe (ADBE) -16.3%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.1%/yr, Commerce.com (CMRC) -41.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Open Text (OTEX) has been the steadiest (Adobe (ADBE) 42.0%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.7%, Commerce.com (CMRC) 77.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ADBE, OTEX and CMRC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Adobe (ADBE) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.