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Constellation Software (CSU) Competitors

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C$4,361.61 -30.76 (-0.70%)
As of 01/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CSU vs. SHOP, SAP, BB, LSPD, DH, VDY, DCBO, PD, ABST, and U

Should you be buying Constellation Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Constellation Software include Shopify (SHOP), Saputo (SAP), BlackBerry (BB), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), DH (DH), Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), Docebo (DCBO), Precision Drilling (PD), Absolute Software (ABST), and Uranium Participation (U). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Constellation Software vs.

Constellation Software (TSE:CSU) and Shopify (TSE:SHOP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Shopify has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Constellation Software's net margin of 7.00%. Constellation Software's return on equity of 15.93% beat Shopify's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Constellation Software7.00% 15.93% 7.87%
Shopify 16.40%15.31%5.63%

Constellation Software received 428 more outperform votes than Shopify when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.64% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote while only 63.49% of users gave Constellation Software an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Constellation SoftwareOutperform Votes
673
63.49%
Underperform Votes
387
36.51%
ShopifyOutperform Votes
245
64.64%
Underperform Votes
134
35.36%

Constellation Software has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Shopify had 1 more articles in the media than Constellation Software. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Shopify and 4 mentions for Constellation Software. Constellation Software's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Shopify's score of 0.44 indicating that Constellation Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Constellation Software
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Shopify
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Constellation Software presently has a consensus price target of C$4,875.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.77%. Shopify has a consensus price target of C$125.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.40%. Given Constellation Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Constellation Software is more favorable than Shopify.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Constellation Software
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Shopify
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Shopify has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Constellation Software. Constellation Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shopify, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Constellation SoftwareC$9.27B9.97C$649MC$42.33103.04
ShopifyC$7.76B23.31C$1.27BC$1.37109.14

42.0% of Constellation Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Shopify shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Constellation Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Shopify shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Constellation Software beats Shopify on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CSU vs. The Competition

MetricConstellation SoftwareSoftware IndustryComputer SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$92.42BC$5.94BC$27.12BC$6.17B
Dividend Yield0.12%3.17%2.78%5.77%
P/E Ratio103.04747.48237.0826.04
Price / Sales9.975,917.103,720.991,270.19
Price / Cash58.3516.6034.3282.58
Price / Book37.6016.268.393.20
Net IncomeC$649MC$60.88MC$669.90MC$295.15M
7 Day Performance2.27%4.58%3.14%2.20%
1 Month Performance-2.04%3.08%6.35%3.37%
1 Year Performance19.15%32.03%24.32%39.56%

Constellation Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSU
Constellation Software
2.2599 of 5 stars
C$4,361.61
-0.7%
C$4,875.00
+11.8%
+19.2%C$92.42BC$9.27B103.0445,000
SHOP
Shopify
1.5849 of 5 stars
C$145.54
-2.8%
C$125.00
-14.1%
+39.1%C$176.10BC$7.76B106.2311,600Gap Down
SAP
Saputo
4.0154 of 5 stars
C$23.21
-0.4%
C$33.81
+45.7%
-19.2%C$9.85BC$17.74B36.84112,000
BB
BlackBerry
1.0544 of 5 stars
C$5.68
-3.2%
C$3.13
-45.0%
+24.7%C$3.36BC$637M-18.323,320Negative News
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
2.2325 of 5 stars
C$20.82
-2.6%
C$29.90
+43.6%
-16.0%C$3.15BC$966.28M-15.541,800
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$49.30
-0.7%
N/A+19.6%C$2.19BN/A0.00790
DCBO
Docebo
3.5802 of 5 stars
C$60.24
-1.3%
C$88.00
+46.1%
-2.0%C$1.82BC$200.24M82.52730
PD
Precision Drilling
4.0603 of 5 stars
C$91.75
-1.8%
C$130.50
+42.2%
+28.3%C$1.29BC$1.91B5.73950
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740
U
Uranium Participation
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$768.65MC$-147,478,000.00-4.437,700

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This page (TSE:CSU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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