DSGX vs ITRN vs OTEX Stock Comparison

Descartes Systems, Ituran Location & Control and Open Text Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.63 +22.7% 1M -29.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.78B
P/E
10.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Ituran Location & Control leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ituran Location & Control 6, Open Text 2, Descartes Systems 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDSGXITRNOTEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.91B $1.05B $6.78B DSGX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 42.1x 16.4x 10.5x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 43.1x 14.9x 6.7x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +130.5% +1.5% ITRN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.3% 33.7% 12.3% ITRN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 8.1% –
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 -1.7% +34.5% -29.8% ITRN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.3%/yr +15.0%/yr -11.1%/yr ITRN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.4% 30.4% 38.8% ITRN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 74/100 58/100 ITRN

Percentile Scorecard

DSGXITRNOTEX

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

AxisDSGXITRNOTEX
Valuation 43 #52 of 90 82 #17 of 90 86 #5 of 29
Growth 65 #29 of 82 58 #35 of 82 42 #16 of 27
Profitability 97 #3 of 77 99 #2 of 77 68 #9 of 26
Financial Health 83 #17 of 96 60 #39 of 96 13 #27 of 31
Shareholder Returns 45 #30 of 54 70 #17 of 54 81 #4 of 17
Overall 67 74 58
  • DSGX ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • ITRN ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • 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

PeriodDSGXITRNOTEXSPY
1 month +20.6%-0.5%+22.7% -0.8%
3 months +33.3%-7.0%+17.0% +3.5%
6 months +33.4%-9.6%+22.7% +7.0%
Year to date +8.1%+19.6%-15.2% +12.2%
1 year -1.7%+34.5%-29.8% +13.0%
3 years +35.8%+112.2%-14.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +10.7%+28.5%-5.2% +23.1%
5 years +17.5%+100.9%-44.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.3%+15.0%-11.1% +11.0%
10 years +351.3%+92.6%-11.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +16.3%+6.8%-1.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDSGXITRNOTEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.4%30.4%38.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.4%28.8%40.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.341.140.83 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.041.13-0.77 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.7%-31.0%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.9%-22.5%-30.4% -1.8%
52-week high $96.58$66.37$39.69 $779.14
52-week low $62.82$36.06$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.

MultipleDSGXITRNOTEX
P/E now vs peer median 43.3xmedian 42.4x 16.0xmedian 42.4x 10.7xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 10.5xmedian 2.7x 5.4xmedian 2.7x 1.3xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.7xmedian 19.0x 8.7xmedian 19.0x 6.7xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.4xmedian 19.4x 9.3xmedian 19.4x 8.3xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.8x 4.5xmedian 1.8x 1.7xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 2.46median 1.75 1.06median 1.75 0.16median 0.77

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 monthsDSGXITRNOTEX
Revenue $775.17M $189.86M $5.25B
Gross profit $601.59M $196.43M $3.87B
Operating income $243.60M $85.86M $1.08B
Net income $188.01M $66.00M $643.26M
Free cash flow $297.47M $109.73M $807.52M
R&D $109.17M $21.44M $647.71M
EPS (diluted) $2.15 $3.22 $2.58
Cash & equivalents $401.06M $103.70M $956.02M
Total debt – – $5.77B
Shares (diluted) 87.58M 19.87M 249.37M
Enterprise value $6.50B $637.44M $2.21B

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
MetricDSGXITRNOTEX
P/E 43.3x 16.0x 10.7x
P/FCF 27.4x 9.3x 8.3x
P/Operating cash flow 26.7x 10.1x 6.6x
P/S 10.5x 5.4x 1.3x
P/B 5.0x 4.5x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 6.2x 4.7x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA 23.7x 8.7x 6.7x
EV/EBIT 31.8x 10.7x 10.6x
EV/Revenue 10.0x 4.8x 2.2x
EV/FCF 26.1x 8.3x 14.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.4x 9.0x 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.46 1.06 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNOTEX
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 130.5% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.8% – 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.5% 18.2% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 10.4% 6.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.1% 17.0% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 11.1% 28.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9% 14.1% 47.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 13.2% 62.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4% 15.4% 56.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 15.0% 66.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.6% 30.0% 21.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 17.6% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.3% 26.9% 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.7% 11.0% 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNOTEX
Gross margin 77.6% 103.5% 73.7%
EBITDA margin 42.1% 55.4% 32.6%
Operating margin 31.4% 45.2% 20.6%
Pretax margin 32.7% 44.1% 16.4%
Net margin 24.3% 33.7% 12.3%
FCF margin 38.4% 57.8% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin 39.4% 53.3% 19.2%
Return on equity 11.4% 30.0% 16.1%
Return on assets – 16.3% 4.9%
Return on invested capital – – 8.1%
Return on capital employed – 30.4% 10.2%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.5x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 3.5% – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNOTEX
Debt / assets – – 44.0%
Debt / equity – – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.8x
Debt / FCF – – 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 15.9% 44.8% 69.4%
Equity / assets 84.1% 55.2% 30.6%
Interest coverage 168.0x 19.1x –
Current ratio 2.0x 2.0x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.9x 1.4x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.5x 0.8x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 17.03 – 1.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNOTEX
Dividend yield – 5.8% 4.0%
Net buyback yield 0.2% 1.4% 6.2%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 7.2% 10.2%
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.

ConsensusDSGXITRNOTEX
Forward P/E 43.1xFY2026 14.9xFY2026 6.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.20FY2026 $3.46FY2026 $4.15FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +17.6%FY2026 +18.5%FY2026 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +18.2% +16.2% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $889.11MFY2026 $390.51MFY2026 $5.05BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +22.0%FY2026 +8.8%FY2026 -2.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +1.6% +20.3% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDSGXITRNOTEX
Held by institutions 82.0% 56.3% 81.5%
Institutions holding 341 204 270
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% -8.5% +6.5%
Institutions buying 167 102 159
Institutions selling 139 59 82
Buyers to sellers 1.20 1.73 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.

DSGXITRNOTEX
DSGX 1.00 -0.01 0.62
ITRN -0.01 1.00 0.12
OTEX 0.62 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DSGX, ITRN and OTEX?

Descartes Systems (DSGX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Descartes Systems (DSGX) $7.91B, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) $1.05B, Open Text (OTEX) $6.78B.

Which stock is cheaper, DSGX, ITRN and OTEX?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 42.1x, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 16.4x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 43.1x, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 14.9x, Open Text (OTEX) 6.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Descartes Systems (DSGX) +13.2%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +130.5%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) has the highest net margin (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 24.3%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 33.7%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) returned the most: Descartes Systems (DSGX) -1.7%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +34.5%, Open Text (OTEX) -29.8%. Over five years, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) compounded fastest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) +3.3%/yr, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +15.0%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) has been the steadiest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.4%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 30.4%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DSGX, ITRN 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, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 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.