BOX vs SSNC vs OTEX Stock Comparison

Box, SS&C Technologies Holdings and Open Text Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BOX Box Inc
$42.79 +36.5% 1M +31.1% 1Y
Market cap
$5.91B
P/E
61.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.22B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
3 wins
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.13 +22.1% 1M -31.6% 1Y
Market cap
$6.73B
P/E
10.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Open Text leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Open Text 4, SS&C Technologies Holdings 3, Box 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBOXSSNCOTEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.91B $19.13B $6.73B SSNC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 61.1x 22.5x 10.5x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.1x 11.6x 6.5x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.6% +8.7% +1.5% SSNC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.9% — 12.3% OTEX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 86.6% — 8.1% BOX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +31.1% -5.7% -31.6% BOX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.6%/yr +0.3%/yr -11.6%/yr BOX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.4% 29.4% 38.7% SSNC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 52/100 58/100 OTEX

Percentile Scorecard

BOXSSNCOTEX

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

AxisBOXSSNCOTEX
Valuation 29 #21 of 29 82 #19 of 101 86 #5 of 29
Growth 31 #19 of 27 31 #67 of 97 42 #16 of 27
Profitability 72 #8 of 26 62 #36 of 94 68 #9 of 26
Financial Health 23 #24 of 31 – 13 #27 of 31
Shareholder Returns – 32 #44 of 64 81 #4 of 17
Overall 39 52 58
  • BOX ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • SSNC ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • OTEX ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBOXSSNCOTEXSPY
1 month +36.5%+3.2%+22.1% +0.9%
3 months +31.9%+2.8%+4.8% +5.9%
6 months +73.5%+15.8%+21.3% +8.5%
Year to date +43.1%-7.9%-16.7% +13.3%
1 year +31.1%-5.7%-31.6% +12.4%
3 years +77.8%+65.2%-16.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year +21.2%+18.2%-5.8% +23.5%
5 years +65.7%+1.3%-46.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year +10.6%+0.3%-11.6% +11.0%
10 years +194.7%+155.4%-12.1% +263.4%
10 years, per year +11.4%+9.8%-1.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBOXSSNCOTEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.4%29.4%38.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.2%30.9%40.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.230.460.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.81-0.19-0.82 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -44.6%-44.8%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.0%-10.2%-31.6% -0.9%
52-week high $43.22$89.62$39.69 $779.14
52-week low $21.37$62.05$20.01 $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.

MultipleBOXSSNCOTEX
P/E now vs peer median 60.8xmedian 31.0x 22.5xmedian 27.6x 10.5xmedian 31.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 2.5x 2.8xmedian 2.7x 1.3xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.2x —median 17.4x 6.6xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.6x 10.4xmedian 15.8x 8.1xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median -16.7xmedian 3.2x —median 3.2x 1.6xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.17median 0.74 1.74median 0.84 0.16median 0.74

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 monthsBOXSSNCOTEX
Revenue $1.22B $6.69B $5.25B
Gross profit $970.97M $3.22B $3.87B
Operating income $109.49M $1.59B $1.08B
Net income $126.41M $853.70M $643.26M
Free cash flow – – $807.52M
R&D $300.64M $530.10M $647.71M
EPS (diluted) $0.69 $3.52 $2.58
Cash & equivalents $342.87M $525.40M $956.02M
Total debt $452.21M – $5.77B
Shares (diluted) 139.72M 242.00M 249.37M
Enterprise value $3.50B $19.13B $2.17B

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
MetricBOXSSNCOTEX
P/E 60.8x 22.5x 10.5x
P/FCF – 10.4x 8.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 10.2x 6.5x
P/S 4.8x 2.8x 1.3x
P/B -16.7x – 1.6x
P/Tangible book -12.9x – 2.6x
EV/EBITDA – – 6.6x
EV/EBIT 53.7x – 10.5x
EV/Revenue 4.8x 2.8x 2.2x
EV/FCF – – 14.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 10.2x 11.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.17 1.74 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBOXSSNCOTEX
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.6% 8.7% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 7.2% 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.2% 8.0% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 7.7% 6.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 60.4% 11.7% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.8% 10.7% 28.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -44.7% 0.1% 47.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.6% 11.2% 62.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -44.2% 4.4% 56.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 52.1% 13.0% 66.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 17.1% 21.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 15.8% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBOXSSNCOTEX
Gross margin 79.4% – 73.7%
EBITDA margin – – 32.6%
Operating margin 9.0% – 20.6%
Pretax margin 9.6% – 16.4%
Net margin 7.9% – 12.3%
FCF margin – – 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 27.8% 19.2%
Return on equity – – 16.1%
Return on assets 8.6% 4.2% 4.9%
Return on invested capital 86.6% – 8.1%
Return on capital employed 14.4% – 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.3x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.2x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 19.7% 4.0% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBOXSSNCOTEX
Debt / assets 32.2% – 44.0%
Debt / equity -1.3x – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.8x
Debt / FCF – – 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 125.0% 66.8% 69.4%
Equity / assets -25.0% – 30.6%
Interest coverage 10.5x – –
Current ratio 1.1x 0.8x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x – 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.6x – 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.36 – 1.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBOXSSNCOTEX
Dividend yield – 1.4% 4.1%
Net buyback yield – – 6.3%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.4% 10.4%
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.

ConsensusBOXSSNCOTEX
Forward P/E 29.1xFY2026 11.6xFY2026 6.5xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.47FY2026 $6.91FY2026 $4.15FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +2.1%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +7.5% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.21BFY2026 $7.18BFY2026 $5.05BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +2.3%FY2026 +14.3%FY2026 -2.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +22.6% -7.0% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBOXSSNCOTEX
Held by institutions 99.4% 84.8% 81.5%
Institutions holding 396 724 270
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5% +1.7% +6.5%
Institutions buying 215 385 159
Institutions selling 128 259 82
Buyers to sellers 1.68 1.49 1.94

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.

BOXSSNCOTEX
BOX 1.00 0.49 0.60
SSNC 0.49 1.00 0.59
OTEX 0.60 0.59 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BOX, SSNC and OTEX?

SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Box (BOX) $5.91B, SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) $19.13B, Open Text (OTEX) $6.73B.

Which stock is cheaper, BOX, SSNC and OTEX?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Box (BOX) 61.1x, SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) 22.5x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Box (BOX) 29.1x, SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) 11.6x, Open Text (OTEX) 6.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Box (BOX) +8.6%, SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) +8.7%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Open Text (OTEX) has the highest net margin (Box (BOX) 7.9%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%). On return on invested capital, Box (BOX) leads (Box (BOX) 86.6%, Open Text (OTEX) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Box (BOX) returned the most: Box (BOX) +31.1%, SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) -5.7%, Open Text (OTEX) -31.6%. Over five years, Box (BOX) compounded fastest (Box (BOX) +10.6%/yr, SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) +0.3%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) has been the steadiest (Box (BOX) 38.4%, SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) 29.4%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BOX, SSNC and OTEX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Open Text (OTEX) leads on 4. 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.