OTEX vs SNPS vs CMCM Stock Comparison

Open Text, Synopsys and Cheetah Mobile Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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OTEX Open Text Corp
$25.76 +15.9% 1M -32.5% 1Y
Market cap
$6.62B
P/E
10.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
6 wins
SNPS Synopsys Inc
$462.88 -5.5% 1M +3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$88.36B
P/E
82.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.42B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
5 wins
CMCM Cheetah Mobile Inc.
$2.46 -8.9% 1M -67.0% 1Y
Market cap
$74.22M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$161.30M
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Open Text leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Open Text 6, Synopsys 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionOTEXSNPSCMCMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.62B $88.36B $74.22M SNPS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.3x 82.1x -1.2x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.2x 31.8x — OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.5% +46.3% +17.9% SNPS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.3% 11.4% -37.6% OTEX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.1% 1.6% — OTEX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.8x 2.4x — SNPS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -32.5% +3.8% -67.0% SNPS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.7%/yr +6.3%/yr -22.0%/yr SNPS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.6% 44.8% 66.2% OTEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 43/100 51/100 OTEX

Percentile Scorecard

OTEXSNPSCMCM

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

AxisOTEXSNPSCMCM
Valuation 93 #3 of 29 60 #38 of 94 86 #5 of 29
Growth 44 #16 of 28 63 #35 of 92 48 #15 of 28
Profitability 69 #9 of 27 54 #42 of 90 12 #24 of 27
Financial Health 13 #27 of 31 17 #84 of 101 57 #14 of 31
Shareholder Returns 86 #4 of 22 22 #62 of 79 –
Overall 61 43 51
  • OTEX ranked among 31 companies in Workplace Software
  • SNPS ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • CMCM ranked among 31 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodOTEXSNPSCMCMSPY
1 month +15.9%-5.5%-8.9% -2.0%
3 months -2.5%+14.6%-19.9% -2.2%
6 months +9.7%-7.9%-54.1% +4.2%
Year to date -20.9%-1.5%-59.0% +10.6%
1 year -32.5%+3.8%-67.0% +10.4%
3 years -29.0%-5.1%+26.2% +73.6%
3 years, per year -10.8%-1.7%+8.1% +20.2%
5 years -49.3%+35.5%-71.1% +61.6%
5 years, per year -12.7%+6.3%-22.0% +10.1%
10 years -15.1%+701.7%-94.8% +261.3%
10 years, per year -1.6%+23.1%-25.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureOTEXSNPSCMCMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.6%44.8%66.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.7%43.1%66.7% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.811.691.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.840.09-1.01 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -61.7%-42.3%-82.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.5%-13.4%-71.1% -3.2%
52-week high $38.17$534.56$8.51 $779.14
52-week low $20.01$372.33$2.32 $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.

MultipleOTEXSNPSCMCM
P/E now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 33.6x 82.4xmedian 41.4x -1.2xmedian 33.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.2x 9.4xmedian 6.6x 0.5xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 12.5x 35.2xmedian 26.6x —median 12.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.7xmedian 14.5x 32.3xmedian 39.1x —median 14.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 3.2x 2.8xmedian 4.2x 0.3xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.15median 0.73 -14.46median 1.84 -0.06median 0.73

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 monthsOTEXSNPSCMCM
Revenue $5.25B $9.42B $161.30M
Gross profit $3.87B $6.82B $108.48M
Operating income $1.08B $802.36M -$29.35M
Net income $643.26M $1.08B -$41.73M
Free cash flow $807.52M $2.75B –
R&D $647.71M $2.88B $48.01M
EPS (diluted) $2.58 $5.60 $-1.98
Cash & equivalents $956.02M $3.61B $187.32M
Total debt $5.77B $10.04B $427.00K
Shares (diluted) 249.37M 192.32M 30.67M
Enterprise value $2.05B $84.75B -$806.65M

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
MetricOTEXSNPSCMCM
P/E 10.0x 82.4x -1.2x
P/FCF 7.7x 32.3x –
P/Operating cash flow 6.2x 30.2x –
P/S 1.2x 9.4x 0.5x
P/B 1.6x 2.8x 0.3x
P/Tangible book 2.5x 4.5x 0.3x
EV/EBITDA 6.5x 35.2x –
EV/EBIT 10.2x 118.6x 3.8x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 10.1x -0.7x
EV/FCF 13.7x 34.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 11.0x 32.4x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.15 -14.46 -0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricOTEXSNPSCMCM
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.5% 46.3% 17.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 25.2% 14.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.6% 33.9% 8.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.9% 20.6% 17.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 21.3% -27.3% 33.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.0% -8.6% 4.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 47.5% -46.2% 32.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 62.3% 1.3% 27.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 56.0% -54.7% 15.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 66.8% -5.7% 20.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.2% 103.8% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.9% 18.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 17.5% 113.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 19.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricOTEXSNPSCMCM
Gross margin 73.7% 72.4% 67.3%
EBITDA margin 32.6% 28.7% –
Operating margin 20.6% 8.5% -18.2%
Pretax margin 16.4% 13.8% -24.5%
Net margin 12.3% 11.4% -37.6%
FCF margin 15.4% 29.2% –
Operating cash flow margin 19.2% 31.2% –
Return on equity 16.1% 3.5% -17.2%
Return on assets 4.9% 2.3% -6.3%
Return on invested capital 8.1% 1.6% –
Return on capital employed 10.2% 1.9% -10.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 2.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 10.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricOTEXSNPSCMCM
Debt / assets 44.0% 21.0% 0.1%
Debt / equity 1.4x 0.3x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.8x 2.4x –
Debt / FCF 7.1x 3.7x –
Liabilities / assets 69.4% 34.7% 65.5%
Equity / assets 30.6% 65.3% 34.5%
Interest coverage – 1.3x –
Current ratio 0.8x 1.3x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.0x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.7x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 1.25 3.83 -0.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricOTEXSNPSCMCM
Dividend yield 4.3% – –
Net buyback yield 6.6% -2.5% –
Shareholder yield 10.9% -2.5% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusOTEXSNPSCMCM
Forward P/E 6.2xFY2027 31.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $4.15FY2027 $14.56FY2026 $-0.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -4.8%FY2027 +12.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after 0.0% +21.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.05BFY2027 $10.20BFY2026 $208.29MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.5%FY2027 +44.6%FY2026 +26.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.2% +12.8% +17.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersOTEXSNPSCMCM
Held by institutions 81.5% 92.3% 0.6%
Institutions holding 272 1,443 15
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.5% +5.6% -9.0%
Institutions buying 160 773 7
Institutions selling 82 495 5
Buyers to sellers 1.95 1.56 1.40

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.

OTEXSNPSCMCM
OTEX 1.00 0.26 0.12
SNPS 0.26 1.00 0.14
CMCM 0.12 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, OTEX, SNPS and CMCM?

Synopsys (SNPS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Open Text (OTEX) $6.62B, Synopsys (SNPS) $88.36B, Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) $74.22M.

Which stock is cheaper, OTEX, SNPS and CMCM?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Open Text (OTEX) 10.3x, Synopsys (SNPS) 82.1x, Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -1.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Open Text (OTEX) 6.2x, Synopsys (SNPS) 31.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Synopsys (SNPS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%, Synopsys (SNPS) +46.3%, Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) +17.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Open Text (OTEX) has the highest net margin (Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%, Synopsys (SNPS) 11.4%, Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -37.6%). On return on invested capital, Open Text (OTEX) leads (Open Text (OTEX) 8.1%, Synopsys (SNPS) 1.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Synopsys (SNPS) returned the most: Open Text (OTEX) -32.5%, Synopsys (SNPS) +3.8%, Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -67.0%. Over five years, Synopsys (SNPS) compounded fastest (Open Text (OTEX) -12.7%/yr, Synopsys (SNPS) +6.3%/yr, Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -22.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Open Text (OTEX) has been the steadiest (Open Text (OTEX) 38.6%, Synopsys (SNPS) 44.8%, Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) 66.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, OTEX, SNPS and CMCM?

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.