GTLB vs AVGO vs OTEX Stock Comparison

Gitlab, Broadcom and Open Text Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GTLB Gitlab Inc.
$56.65 +21.3% 1M +17.9% 1Y
Market cap
$9.41B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.06B
Div. yield
–
Developer Tools Technology
2 wins
AVGO Broadcom Inc.
$345.00 -2.8% 1M -10.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.65T
P/E
43.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$89.10B
Div. yield
0.75%
Semiconductor Design Technology
6 wins
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.07 +21.3% 1M -29.0% 1Y
Market cap
$6.55B
P/E
10.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
4.12%
Productivity Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Broadcom leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Broadcom 6, Open Text 4, Gitlab 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGTLBAVGOOTEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.41B $1.65T $6.55B AVGO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -181.4x 43.0x 10.5x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 62.9x 31.3x 6.5x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +23.0% +48.7% +1.5% AVGO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.0% 42.9% 12.3% AVGO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 26.0% 8.1% AVGO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.7x 2.8x AVGO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.75% 4.12% OTEX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.9% -10.6% -29.0% GTLB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.8%/yr +45.4%/yr -11.7%/yr AVGO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.7% 46.3% 38.5% OTEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 64/100 56/100 GTLB

Percentile Scorecard

GTLBAVGOOTEX

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

AxisGTLBAVGOOTEX
Valuation 51 #61 of 124 43 #54 of 94 86 #5 of 29
Growth 83 #20 of 113 90 #10 of 92 35 #18 of 27
Profitability 63 #41 of 109 93 #7 of 88 68 #9 of 26
Financial Health 68 #41 of 127 35 #63 of 96 13 #27 of 31
Shareholder Returns 71 #19 of 63 59 #30 of 72 79 #4 of 15
Overall 67 64 56
  • GTLB ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • AVGO ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • 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

PeriodGTLBAVGOOTEXSPY
1 month +21.3%-2.8%+21.3% +0.7%
3 months +68.0%-11.0%+6.7% +3.7%
6 months +155.9%-17.4%+19.5% +7.1%
Year to date +50.9%-0.3%-16.9% +12.8%
1 year +17.9%-10.6%-29.0% +11.9%
3 years +35.3%+310.1%-18.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +10.6%+60.1%-6.6% +22.8%
5 years -49.5%+548.9%-46.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year -12.8%+45.4%-11.7% +10.9%
10 years —+1,937.8%-12.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+35.2%-1.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGTLBAVGOOTEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.7%46.3%38.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.2%48.5%39.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.932.180.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.30-0.23-0.75 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.2%-41.5%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.3%-28.4%-29.4% -1.2%
52-week high $57.97$481.57$38.35 $779.14
52-week low $19.42$293.41$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.

MultipleGTLBAVGOOTEX
P/E now vs peer median -181.4xmedian 39.0x 43.0xmedian 46.4x 10.5xmedian 33.1x
P/S now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 4.6x 18.5xmedian 7.8x 1.2xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -308.8xmedian 32.7x 32.4xmedian 27.5x 6.6xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 44.1xmedian 27.4x 41.8xmedian 40.1x 8.1xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 3.2x 16.5xmedian 4.7x 1.6xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median -4.92median 1.23 1.26median 2.10 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 monthsGTLBAVGOOTEX
Revenue $1.06B $89.10B $5.25B
Gross profit $904.84M $61.28B $3.87B
Operating income -$90.20M $42.81B $1.08B
Net income -$54.73M $38.27B $643.26M
Free cash flow $213.67M $39.40B $807.52M
R&D $304.14M $11.84B $647.71M
EPS (diluted) $-0.31 $7.83 $2.58
Cash & equivalents $226.49M $23.98B $956.02M
Total debt – $59.42B $5.77B
Shares (diluted) 168.70M 4.89B 249.37M
Enterprise value $4.38B $1.57T $1.99B

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
MetricGTLBAVGOOTEX
P/E -181.4x 43.0x 10.5x
P/FCF 44.1x 41.8x 8.1x
P/Operating cash flow 42.2x 40.5x 6.5x
P/S 8.9x 18.5x 1.2x
P/B 9.7x 16.5x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 9.7x 22.4x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA -308.8x 32.4x 6.6x
EV/EBIT -90.4x 39.3x 10.5x
EV/Revenue 7.7x 18.9x 2.2x
EV/FCF 38.2x 42.7x 14.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 36.5x 41.4x 11.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.92 1.26 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGTLBAVGOOTEX
Revenue growth (1Y) 23.0% 48.7% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 28.1% 36.0% 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.1% 53.0% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 26.7% 36.3% 6.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.7% 89.4% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 25.2% 39.0% 28.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -405.1% 102.1% 47.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 34.8% 40.1% 62.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -470.3% 101.0% 56.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 36.9% 34.1% 66.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 433.4% 59.8% 21.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 310.4% 31.6% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 496.3% 58.1% 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1,057% 31.4% 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGTLBAVGOOTEX
Gross margin 85.8% 68.8% 73.7%
EBITDA margin -2.5% 58.2% 32.6%
Operating margin -8.5% 48.0% 20.6%
Pretax margin -4.7% 45.4% 16.4%
Net margin -5.0% 42.9% 12.3%
FCF margin 20.3% 44.2% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin 21.2% 45.6% 19.2%
Return on equity -5.4% 40.8% 16.1%
Return on assets -3.2% 20.8% 4.9%
Return on invested capital – 26.0% 8.1%
Return on capital employed -8.8% 26.3% 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -4.1x 1.1x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 21.8% 9.5% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGTLBAVGOOTEX
Debt / assets – 31.6% 44.0%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.7x 2.8x
Debt / FCF – 1.5x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 41.5% 47.0% 69.4%
Equity / assets 58.5% 53.0% 30.6%
Interest coverage – 13.7x –
Current ratio 2.4x 2.5x 0.8x
Quick ratio 2.3x 2.2x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.9x 1.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 8.24 12.76 1.27

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGTLBAVGOOTEX
Dividend yield – 0.8% 4.1%
Net buyback yield 1.3% 0.5% 6.3%
Shareholder yield 1.3% 1.3% 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.

ConsensusGTLBAVGOOTEX
Forward P/E 62.9xFY2026 31.3xFY2026 6.5xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.90FY2026 $11.01FY2026 $4.15FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -6.2%FY2026 +61.4%FY2026 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.1% +68.8% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.08BFY2026 $102.00BFY2026 $5.05BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +12.6%FY2026 +59.7%FY2026 -2.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +16.3% +61.2% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGTLBAVGOOTEX
Held by institutions 95.7% 78.1% 81.5%
Institutions holding 397 4,800 271
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.9% +3.7% +6.5%
Institutions buying 231 2,638 160
Institutions selling 122 1,843 82
Buyers to sellers 1.89 1.43 1.95

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.

GTLBAVGOOTEX
GTLB 1.00 0.09 0.51
AVGO 0.09 1.00 0.06
OTEX 0.51 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GTLB, AVGO and OTEX?

Broadcom (AVGO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gitlab (GTLB) $9.41B, Broadcom (AVGO) $1.65T, Open Text (OTEX) $6.55B.

Which stock is cheaper, GTLB, AVGO and OTEX?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Gitlab (GTLB) -181.4x, Broadcom (AVGO) 43.0x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Gitlab (GTLB) 62.9x, Broadcom (AVGO) 31.3x, 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?

Broadcom (AVGO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Gitlab (GTLB) +23.0%, Broadcom (AVGO) +48.7%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Broadcom (AVGO) has the highest net margin (Gitlab (GTLB) -5.0%, Broadcom (AVGO) 42.9%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%). On return on invested capital, Broadcom (AVGO) leads (Broadcom (AVGO) 26.0%, Open Text (OTEX) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gitlab (GTLB) returned the most: Gitlab (GTLB) +17.9%, Broadcom (AVGO) -10.6%, Open Text (OTEX) -29.0%. Over five years, Broadcom (AVGO) compounded fastest (Gitlab (GTLB) -12.8%/yr, Broadcom (AVGO) +45.4%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Open Text (OTEX) has the highest dividend yield: Broadcom (AVGO) 0.75%, Open Text (OTEX) 4.12%. Gitlab (GTLB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Open Text (OTEX) has been the steadiest (Gitlab (GTLB) 59.7%, Broadcom (AVGO) 46.3%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GTLB, AVGO 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, Broadcom (AVGO) 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.