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Constellation Software (CSU) Competitors

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C$4,452.56 +28.82 (+0.65%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

CSU vs. SHOP, SAP, LSPD, DH, BB, 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), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), DH (DH), BlackBerry (BB), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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

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$9.27B10.18C$649MC$42.33105.19
ShopifyC$7.76B24.44C$1.27BC$1.37114.39

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%

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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 presently has a consensus price target of C$4,875.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.49%. Shopify has a consensus price target of C$125.00, indicating a potential downside of 20.24%. Given Constellation Software's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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

In the previous week, Constellation Software and Constellation Software both had 4 articles in the media. Shopify's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Constellation Software's score of 0.06 indicating that Shopify is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Constellation Software beats Shopify on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CSU vs. The Competition

MetricConstellation SoftwareSoftware IndustryComputer SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$94.35BC$5.82BC$26.00BC$6.07B
Dividend Yield0.12%3.22%2.78%5.42%
P/E Ratio105.19749.39237.6926.16
Price / Sales10.185,510.953,345.531,332.85
Price / Cash58.3516.5535.7482.30
Price / Book38.3915.778.133.07
Net IncomeC$649MC$61.87MC$681.78MC$295.24M
7 Day Performance-4.44%-0.56%0.41%-2.48%
1 Month Performance-4.13%3.24%7.02%-0.78%
1 Year Performance37.80%44.17%23.11%34.67%

Constellation Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSU
Constellation Software
0.6836 of 5 stars
C$4,452.56
+0.7%
C$4,875.00
+9.5%
+39.5%C$94.35BC$9.27B105.1945,000Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
SHOP
Shopify
1.0588 of 5 stars
C$165.54
+1.4%
C$125.00
-24.5%
+55.5%C$200.30BC$7.76B119.1411,600
SAP
Saputo
3.5747 of 5 stars
C$25.93
-1.1%
C$34.50
+33.1%
-2.6%C$11.00BC$17.74B41.62112,000News Coverage
Positive News
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
2.0685 of 5 stars
C$22.89
-1.0%
C$28.08
+22.7%
-8.7%C$3.47BC$966.28M-17.251,800
DH
DH
N/AC$25.49
+∞
N/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
BB
BlackBerry
0.7128 of 5 stars
C$4.32
+12.8%
C$3.42
-20.9%
-3.8%C$2.55BC$637M-14.453,320Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$49.60
-0.6%
N/A+16.4%C$2.20BN/A0.00790Positive News
DCBO
Docebo
2.5957 of 5 stars
C$71.07
-0.7%
C$88.00
+23.8%
-2.6%C$2.15BC$200.24M98.03730
PD
Precision Drilling
3.4893 of 5 stars
C$84.73
-1.6%
C$127.11
+50.0%
+13.2%C$1.20BC$1.91B5.38950
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AC$15.20
+0.1%
N/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740
U
Uranium Participation
N/AC$5.11
-3.4%
N/AN/AC$768.65MC$-147,478,000.00-4.437,700

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This page (TSE:CSU) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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