GTLB vs U vs OTEX Stock Comparison

Gitlab, Unity Software and Open Text Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GTLB Gitlab Inc.
$56.65 +20.9% 1M +16.7% 1Y
Market cap
$9.47B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.06B
Div. yield
–
Developer Tools Technology
3 wins
U Unity Software Inc.
$40.33 -3.0% 1M +8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$17.79B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.03B
Div. yield
–
Developer Tools Technology
1 win
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.63 +22.7% 1M -29.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.81B
P/E
10.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Open Text leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Open Text 6, Gitlab 3, Unity Software 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGTLBUOTEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.47B $17.79B $6.81B U
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -179.7x -30.3x 10.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 62.9x — 6.7x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +23.0% +14.0% +1.5% GTLB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.0% -29.0% 12.3% OTEX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -17.2% 8.1% OTEX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 13.2x 2.8x OTEX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.7% +8.2% -29.8% GTLB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.7%/yr -22.5%/yr -11.1%/yr OTEX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.7% 75.0% 38.8% OTEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 47/100 58/100 GTLB

Percentile Scorecard

GTLBUOTEX

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

AxisGTLBUOTEX
Valuation 51 #61 of 124 60 #50 of 124 86 #5 of 29
Growth 83 #20 of 113 41 #67 of 113 42 #16 of 27
Profitability 62 #42 of 110 49 #57 of 110 68 #9 of 26
Financial Health 69 #41 of 129 49 #66 of 129 13 #27 of 31
Shareholder Returns 70 #21 of 67 35 #44 of 67 81 #4 of 17
Overall 67 47 58
  • GTLB ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • U ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure 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

PeriodGTLBUOTEXSPY
1 month +20.9%-3.0%+22.7% -0.8%
3 months +72.3%+32.5%+17.0% +3.5%
6 months +164.1%+51.4%+22.7% +7.0%
Year to date +50.9%-8.7%-15.2% +12.2%
1 year +16.7%+8.2%-29.8% +13.0%
3 years +34.1%+57.9%-14.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +10.3%+16.5%-5.2% +23.1%
5 years -46.2%-72.0%-44.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -11.7%-22.5%-11.1% +11.0%
10 years ——-11.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——-1.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureGTLBUOTEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.7%75.0%38.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.8%82.2%40.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.922.190.83 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.280.11-0.77 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.2%-93.1%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-18.5%-30.4% -1.8%
52-week high $56.65$49.47$39.69 $779.14
52-week low $19.42$17.13$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.

MultipleGTLBUOTEX
P/E now vs peer median -181.4xmedian 38.1x -30.1xmedian 38.1x 10.7xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 4.3x 8.7xmedian 4.3x 1.3xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -308.8xmedian 35.4x -117.7xmedian 35.4x 6.7xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 44.1xmedian 27.1x 33.0xmedian 27.1x 8.3xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 3.4x 5.8xmedian 3.4x 1.7xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median -4.92median 1.27 -1.53median 1.27 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 monthsGTLBUOTEX
Revenue $1.06B $2.03B $5.25B
Gross profit $904.84M $1.32B $3.87B
Operating income -$90.20M -$616.00M $1.08B
Net income -$54.73M -$588.01M $643.26M
Free cash flow $213.67M $538.39M $807.52M
R&D $304.14M $1.03B $647.71M
EPS (diluted) $-0.31 $-1.34 $2.58
Cash & equivalents $226.49M $2.35B $956.02M
Total debt – $557.17M $5.77B
Shares (diluted) 168.70M 437.90M 249.37M
Enterprise value $4.39B $9.34B $2.24B

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
MetricGTLBUOTEX
P/E -181.4x -30.1x 10.7x
P/FCF 44.1x 33.0x 8.3x
P/Operating cash flow 42.2x 32.0x 6.6x
P/S 8.9x 8.7x 1.3x
P/B 9.7x 5.8x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 9.7x 6.2x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA -308.8x -117.7x 6.7x
EV/EBIT -90.4x -25.9x 10.6x
EV/Revenue 7.7x 7.9x 2.2x
EV/FCF 38.2x 29.6x 14.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 36.5x 28.8x 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.92 -1.53 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGTLBUOTEX
Revenue growth (1Y) 23.0% 14.0% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 28.1% 3.9% 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.1% -0.6% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 26.7% 2.1% 6.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.7% -23.8% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 25.2% 13.7% 28.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -405.1% -35.5% 47.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 34.8% 15.8% 62.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -470.3% -29.1% 56.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 36.9% 19.7% 66.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 433.4% 45.5% 21.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 310.4% 110.7% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 496.3% 51.7% 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1,057% 83.0% 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGTLBUOTEX
Gross margin 85.8% 64.9% 73.7%
EBITDA margin -2.5% -6.7% 32.6%
Operating margin -8.5% -30.4% 20.6%
Pretax margin -4.7% -29.0% 16.4%
Net margin -5.0% -29.0% 12.3%
FCF margin 20.3% 26.5% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin 21.2% 27.3% 19.2%
Return on equity -5.4% -19.5% 16.1%
Return on assets -3.2% -8.9% 4.9%
Return on invested capital – -17.2% 8.1%
Return on capital employed -8.8% -12.3% 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.3x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -4.1x -0.9x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 21.8% 16.9% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGTLBUOTEX
Debt / assets – 8.4% 44.0%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 13.2x 2.8x
Debt / FCF – 1.0x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 41.5% 54.4% 69.4%
Equity / assets 58.5% 45.6% 30.6%
Interest coverage – -25.5x –
Current ratio 2.4x 2.0x 0.8x
Quick ratio 2.3x 1.9x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.9x 1.5x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 8.24 2.28 1.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGTLBUOTEX
Dividend yield – – 4.0%
Net buyback yield 1.3% -0.6% 6.2%
Shareholder yield 1.3% -0.6% 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.

ConsensusGTLBUOTEX
Forward P/E 62.9xFY2026 – 6.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.90FY2026 $-0.70FY2026 $4.14FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -6.2%FY2026 – -5.0%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.1% – 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.08BFY2026 $2.13BFY2026 $5.03BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +12.6%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026 -2.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +16.3% +30.9% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGTLBUOTEX
Held by institutions 95.7% 84.7% 81.5%
Institutions holding 396 558 270
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.9% +8.0% +6.5%
Institutions buying 231 306 159
Institutions selling 121 161 82
Buyers to sellers 1.91 1.90 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.

GTLBUOTEX
GTLB 1.00 0.33 0.51
U 0.33 1.00 0.44
OTEX 0.51 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GTLB, U and OTEX?

Unity Software (U) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gitlab (GTLB) $9.47B, Unity Software (U) $17.79B, Open Text (OTEX) $6.81B.

Which company is growing faster?

Gitlab (GTLB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Gitlab (GTLB) +23.0%, Unity Software (U) +14.0%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Open Text (OTEX) has the highest net margin (Gitlab (GTLB) -5.0%, Unity Software (U) -29.0%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%). On return on invested capital, Open Text (OTEX) leads (Unity Software (U) -17.2%, Open Text (OTEX) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gitlab (GTLB) returned the most: Gitlab (GTLB) +16.7%, Unity Software (U) +8.2%, Open Text (OTEX) -29.8%. Over five years, Open Text (OTEX) compounded fastest (Gitlab (GTLB) -11.7%/yr, Unity Software (U) -22.5%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Open Text (OTEX) has been the steadiest (Gitlab (GTLB) 59.7%, Unity Software (U) 75.0%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GTLB, U 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 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.