Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX): Stock of the Day

by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist

One Stock to Watch in this Little-Known Software Sector

The swine flu virus has a number of biotech stocks moving upwards, and pork producers moving downwards. Unless this turns into a full-blown pandemic, both of these represent a typical knee-jerk over-reaction by the markets, fueled by silly misinformation, hyped by the mainstream news media.

There is another sector, however that is on fire at the moment. And it has nothing to do with pandemics. This little-known software sector has companies like Ebix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EBIX), Smith Micro Software (Nasdaq:SMSI), Telecommunications Systems (Nasdaq:TSYS) and BMC Software (NYSE:BMC).

But Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq:OTEX) is the one to watch, and lately it’s been on the move. Open Text’s sole product is enterprise content management (ECM) software.

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - April 27, 2009 - Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (DO), Marriott International (MAR), BJ's Restaurants Inc. (BJRI), News Corporation (NWS) and CEMIG (CIG).

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Here are highlights from Friday's Analyst Blog:

Diamond Offshore Glitters

Deepwater drilling powerhouse Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (DO) reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and announced another special dividend. We see few signs of the downturn in oilfield activity levels in Diamond's quarterly report -- a trend that we see continuing for many quarters to come.

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More Management Changes at NewsCorp Since posting a weaker than expected 2Q09 financial result on February 5, 2009, the year so far for News Corporation (NWS) has been marked by a number of key personnel changes. Commencing with the stepping down of long-time employee, President and Chief Operating Officer and CEO of the Fox Group Peter Chernin, followed by the appointment of former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller to the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Media Group and Chief Digital Officer for News Corporation.Finally, on Tuesday of this week,  the company announced that MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe would not be renewing his contract and stepping down in the near future. However, Mr. DeWolfe would remain on the board of MySpace China and continue to act as strategic advisor to the company.In the company's 2Q09 conference call, Chairman and CEO Rupert ...