CSU vs. SHOP, SAP, VDY, BB, DH, LSPD, 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), Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), BlackBerry (BB), DH (DH), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), 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.
Shopify (TSE:SHOP) and Constellation Software (TSE:CSU) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
70.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Constellation Software shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Shopify shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Constellation Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shopify has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Software has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shopify presently has a consensus target price of C$131.67, indicating a potential downside of 19.95%. Constellation Software has a consensus target price of C$4,875.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.72%. Given Constellation Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Constellation Software is more favorable than Shopify.
Constellation Software received 428 more outperform votes than Shopify when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote while only 63.49% of users gave Constellation Software an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Shopify had 4 more articles in the media than Constellation Software. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Shopify and 3 mentions for Constellation Software. Shopify's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Constellation Software's score of 0.38 indicating that Shopify is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shopify has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Constellation Software. Shopify is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Constellation Software's net margin of 6.57%. Constellation Software's return on equity of 27.34% beat Shopify's return on equity.
Summary
Constellation Software beats Shopify on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CSU) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
