OpenText
OTEX Nasdaq Application Software Financials FY2017βFY2026
OpenText's revenue rose 1.5% to $5.2 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 20.6%, up from 17.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $808 million, up 17.5%. It paid out $685 million in dividends and buybacks, 85% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 5.4%.
What OpenText does
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- Legal name
- OPEN TEXT CORP
- Fiscal year ends
- June 30, 2026
- Latest annual report
- β
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001002638-26-000068
0001002638
Revenue and margins
OpenText had $5.2B of revenue in fiscal 2026, up 1.5% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2017 to 2026, diluted EPS grew β4.8% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $808M in fiscal 2026, 15.4% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
OpenText returned $685M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 85% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 5.4%.
Value OpenText yourself
Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets β the answer depends entirely on what you put in.
Discounted cash flow
Value per share
β
Adds net cash of β$4.8B and divides by 249.4M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Earnings multiple
Value per share
β
Reference multiples: today 10.8x Β· peers 73.8x Β· sector 33.5x.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably OpenText can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.7B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $956M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $4.2B | $8.9B | $6.4B | $6.4B | $5.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7x | 8.1x | 3.5x | 3.9x | 3.2x |
| Debt / equity | 1.1x | 2.2x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.4x |
| Interest coverage | 4.2x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 2.5x | 3.4x |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.6x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Total assets | $10.2B | $17.1B | $14.2B | $13.8B | $13.1B |
| Total liabilities | $6.1B | $13.1B | $10.0B | $9.8B | $9.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | $4.0B | $4.0B | $4.2B | $3.9B | $4.0B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $2.5B | $7.7B | $5.1B | $5.2B | $4.8B |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 9 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β3.2% | β2.8% | β2.7% |
| Altman Z'' | 1.11 | 1.05 | 1.27 |
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| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenText OTEX | $7.0B | 1.5% | 20.6% | 15.4% | 9.0% | β | 9 | |
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10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $2.3B | $2.8B | $2.9B | $3.1B | $3.4B | $3.5B | $4.5B | $5.8B | $5.2B | $5.2B |
| Gross profit | $1.5B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $3.2B | $4.2B | $3.7B | $3.9B |
| Research and development | $281M | $323M | $322M | $370M | $421M | $440M | $659M | $865M | $756M | $648M |
| Operating income | $355M | $507M | $567M | $504M | $741M | $645M | $516M | $887M | $893M | $1.1B |
| Interest expense | $115M | $133M | $139M | $147M | $148M | $153M | $360M | $534M | $352M | $322M |
| Pretax income | $250M | $386M | $441M | $345M | $651M | $516M | $221M | $729M | $482M | $859M |
| Income tax | β$776M | $144M | $155M | $111M | $340M | $119M | $70.8M | $264M | $46.0M | $216M |
| Net income | $1.0B | $242M | $286M | $234M | $311M | $397M | $150M | $465M | $436M | $643M |
| Diluted EPS | $4.01 | $0.91 | $1.06 | $0.86 | $1.14 | $1.46 | $0.56 | $1.71 | $1.65 | $2.58 |
| Diluted shares | 0.26B | 0.27B | 0.27B | 0.27B | 0.27B | 0.27B | 0.27B | 0.27B | 0.26B | 0.25B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $440M | $708M | $876M | $955M | $876M | $982M | $779M | $968M | $831M | $1.0B |
| Capital expenditure | $79.6M | $105M | $63.8M | $72.7M | $63.7M | $93.1M | $124M | $159M | $143M | $199M |
| Free cash flow | $361M | $603M | $812M | $882M | $812M | $889M | $655M | $808M | $687M | $808M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $346M | $457M | $471M | $309M | $302M | $305M | $434M | $564M | $453M | $433M |
| Stock-based compensation | $30.5M | $27.6M | $26.8M | $29.5M | $52.0M | $69.6M | $130M | $140M | $105M | $80.6M |
| Acquisitions | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.3B | $0.0M | $0.0M | $5.7B | $9.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $8.2M | $0.0M | $26.5M | $0.0M | $119M | $177M | $0.0M | $150M | $413M | $416M |
| Dividends paid | $121M | $146M | $169M | $189M | $211M | $238M | $260M | $267M | $272M | $268M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $129M | $146M | $195M | $189M | $330M | $415M | $260M | $417M | $685M | $685M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $443M | $683M | $941M | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $956M |
| Total debt | $2.6B | $2.6B | $2.6B | $4.2B | $3.6B | $4.2B | $8.9B | $6.4B | $6.4B | $5.8B |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $10.8M | $5.5M | $2.3M | $0.5M |
| Current assets | $1.0B | $1.3B | $1.6B | $2.4B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.2B | $2.1B |
| Current liabilities | $1.1B | $995M | $1.0B | $1.9B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $3.2B | $2.8B | $2.7B | $2.6B |
| Inventory | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | $227M | $264M | $250M | $245M | $234M | $245M | $357M | $368M | $375M | $522M |
| Total assets | $7.5B | $7.8B | $7.9B | $10.2B | $9.6B | $10.2B | $17.1B | $14.2B | $13.8B | $13.1B |
| Total liabilities | $3.9B | $4.0B | $4.0B | $6.2B | $5.5B | $6.1B | $13.1B | $10.0B | $9.8B | $9.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.5B | $3.7B | $3.9B | $4.0B | $4.1B | $4.0B | $4.0B | $4.2B | $3.9B | $4.0B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 66.8% | 66.2% | 67.6% | 67.7% | 69.5% | 69.6% | 70.6% | 72.6% | 72.3% | 73.7% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 18.0% | 19.8% | 16.2% | 21.9% | 18.5% | 11.5% | 15.4% | 17.3% | 20.6% |
| EBITDA margin | 30.6% | 34.2% | 36.2% | 26.1% | 30.8% | 27.2% | 21.2% | 25.2% | 26.0% | 28.9% |
| Net margin | 44.8% | 8.6% | 10.0% | 7.5% | 9.2% | 11.4% | 3.4% | 8.1% | 8.4% | 12.3% |
| FCF margin | 15.8% | 21.4% | 28.3% | 28.4% | 24.0% | 25.4% | 14.6% | 14.0% | 13.3% | 15.4% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 8.4% | 5.6% | 6.6% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 7.9% | 3.9% | 5.4% | 8.7% | 9.0% |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 7.7% | 8.3% | 6.6% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 4.6% | 7.0% | 8.0% | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | 37.2% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 5.9% | 7.7% | 9.8% | 3.7% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 16.2% |
| Return on assets | 16.2% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 4.0% | 1.1% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 4.8% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | 25.6% | 22.9% | 1.9% | 8.4% | 8.9% | 3.2% | 28.4% | 28.6% | β10.4% | 1.5% |
| Net income growth | 260.5% | β76.4% | 17.9% | β18.0% | 32.6% | 27.8% | β62.1% | 209.3% | β6.3% | 47.5% |
| EPS growth | 242.7% | β77.3% | 16.5% | β18.9% | 32.6% | 28.1% | β61.6% | 205.4% | β3.5% | 56.4% |
| FCF growth | β20.8% | 67.1% | 34.8% | 8.5% | β7.9% | 9.4% | β26.3% | 23.4% | β15.0% | 17.5% |
| Share count change | 4.8% | 4.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% | β0.6% | β0.5% | 0.8% | β3.3% | β5.4% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.0x | 2.0x | 1.6x | 3.1x | 1.9x | 2.7x | 8.1x | 3.5x | 3.9x | 3.2x |
| Debt / equity | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.7x | 1.1x | 0.9x | 1.1x | 2.2x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.4x |
| Interest coverage | 3.1x | 3.8x | 4.1x | 3.4x | 5.0x | 4.2x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 2.5x | 3.4x |
| Current ratio | 0.9x | 1.3x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 0.9x | 1.3x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 3.5% | 3.7% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.8% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Payouts / FCF | 35.7% | 24.2% | 24.1% | 21.4% | 40.6% | 46.7% | 39.6% | 51.6% | 99.6% | 84.8% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Accruals ratio | 9.3% | β6.1% | β7.5% | β7.9% | β5.7% | β5.9% | β4.6% | β3.2% | β2.8% | β2.7% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001002638). Data updated October 12, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.