Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat: What do you think of Open Text? Thanks.

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A: Open Text, $45.13, symbol OTEX on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 263.1 million; Market cap: $12.3 billion; www.opentext.com), develops, markets, licenses and supports collaboration and enterprise-information-management software for corporate clients. That software stores, finds, and distributes information across corporate intranet and extranet networks as well as the broader Internet. For its fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, Open Text’s revenue rose 22.9%, to $2.8 billion from $2.3 billion in fiscal 2017. (All figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars.) Excluding one-time items, earnings per share rose 26.7%, to $2.56 from $2.02. The company’s revenues and profits have risen steadily over the last five years: in fiscal 2013, revenue was just $1.4 billion and earnings per share were $1.39 (adjusted for two 2-for-1 splits). In the first quarter ended September 30, 2018, the company’s revenue increased 4.1%, to $667.2 million from $640.7 million a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, earnings per share rose 11.1%, to $0.60 from $0.54. The company’s balance sheet is…