-- OpenText (OTEX.TO, OTEX) last week pre-announced preliminary third-quarter revenue of US$1.28 billion, effectively in line with RBC/consensus estimates of $1.27 billion.
In a note, RBC Capital Markets analyst Paul Treiber, who has a sector-perform rating and US$30.00 price target on the stock, estimates the third-quarter preliminary revenue implies constant-currency organic growth of -0.9%, better than the -1.6% in RBC's model and up from -2.6% in the second quarter.
"[T]he results suggest OpenText's Q3 was largely stable despite geopolitical disruptions during the quarter. In light of the continued pessimism for software stocks, an in-line quarter with slightly negative organic growth is unlikely to be a material catalyst for the stock. However, with OpenText trading at a deeply discounted valuation of 5.7x EV/EBITDA and 4.8x P/E, the results shouldn't weigh on the shares, in our view."
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