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Promised a lot, and if they can deliver it will be a great investment. That proof is still in the pudding. Doesn't have a strong opinion on whether management is capable of delivering. He agrees that market's lost confidence in its M&A ability. Expectations are quite low, so it would be easy to do well. A solid hold.
That's a question every company should be asking. It takes a long time for technology to disrupt an industry. OTEX has to keep investing to stay relevant, and AI might be an opportunity. Not particularly high growth, but they chalk up free cashflow. Buys back 10% of shares every year.
The caller asked about his opinion on both of these companies. Open Text is much larger and is very leveraged, Open Text did a large deal which is not at their comfort level. He has never owned it. Enghouse has no debt along with lots of cash. The CEO of Enghouse is on the board of Open Text. He owned Enghouse but sold last year. It is cheap so it's time to move on. It is a much much smaller version of CSU
The Canadian based data and management software developer is once again building cash reserves as debt is aggressively retired and shares bought back. It trades at 16x earnings, 1.8x book and has a good yield that is backed by a payout ratio under 60% of cash flow. We recommend setting a stop-loss at $34, looking to achieve $49 -- upside potential of 18%. Yield 3.4%
(Analysts’ price target is $49.10)