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Constellation Software (CSU) Competitors

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C$3,837.43 -60.17 (-1.54%)
As of 10/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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. Its Competitors

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

Shopify has a beta of 2.974136, meaning that its share price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Software has a beta of 0.564584, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shopify22.74% 20.32% 5.63%
Constellation Software 6.57%27.34%7.87%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ShopifyC$10.01B29.21C$1.44BC$1.80125.06
Constellation SoftwareC$10.74B7.57C$453.54MC$30.24126.90

In the previous week, Shopify had 2 more articles in the media than Constellation Software. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Shopify and 7 mentions for Constellation Software. Constellation Software's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Shopify's score of 0.06 indicating that Constellation Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Shopify presently has a consensus target price of C$157.50, suggesting a potential downside of 30.03%. Constellation Software has a consensus target price of C$5,450.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.02%. Given Constellation Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Constellation Software is more favorable than Shopify.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shopify
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Constellation Software
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

58.4% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% 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 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 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CSU vs. The Competition

MetricConstellation SoftwareSoftware IndustryComputer SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$81.32BC$7.57BC$33.21BC$9.68B
Dividend Yield0.14%3.71%3.16%6.47%
P/E Ratio126.901,299.61495.3726.85
Price / Sales7.57250.762,035.1910.77
Price / Cash58.3517.3937.8883.29
Price / Book25.9310.717.535.77
Net IncomeC$453.54MC$49.83MC$819.01MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.14%-0.10%1.64%1.82%
1 Month Performance-16.20%-0.81%9.20%7.49%
1 Year Performance-11.06%5.22%24,047.07%55.06%

Constellation Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSU
Constellation Software
3.9337 of 5 stars
C$3,837.43
-1.5%
C$5,450.00
+42.0%
-11.5%C$81.32BC$10.74B126.9045,000
SHOP
Shopify
1.3867 of 5 stars
C$207.46
+6.2%
C$157.50
-24.1%
+104.3%C$269.63BC$10.01B115.2611,600
SAP
Saputo
2.6216 of 5 stars
C$33.76
+1.2%
C$34.63
+2.6%
+18.6%C$13.91BC$19.09B-99.29112,000
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$57.86
+0.1%
N/A+19.5%C$4.75BN/A0.00790News Coverage
BB
BlackBerry
1.3663 of 5 stars
C$6.95
+0.9%
C$4.75
-31.7%
+103.1%C$4.07BC$536.60M123.943,320Positive News
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
0.7923 of 5 stars
C$16.59
+3.1%
C$18.60
+12.1%
-24.9%C$2.18BC$1.12B-3.721,800
DCBO
Docebo
2.4079 of 5 stars
C$38.64
-0.4%
C$62.33
+61.3%
-34.6%C$1.11BC$230.50M56.00730
PD
Precision Drilling
2.9562 of 5 stars
C$79.21
-3.8%
C$95.14
+20.1%
-9.6%C$1.08BC$1.85B11.13950News Coverage
Analyst Revision
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740
U
Uranium Participation
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$768.65M-C$147.48M-4.437,700News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (TSE:CSU) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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