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Constellation Software (CSU) Competitors

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C$4,968.35 -13.65 (-0.27%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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), DH (DH), BlackBerry (BB), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Docebo (DCBO), Precision Drilling (PD), and Absolute Software (ABST). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

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 currently has a consensus price target of C$131.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.42%. Constellation Software has a consensus price target of C$4,459.28, indicating a potential downside of 10.25%. Given Shopify's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Shopify is more favorable than Constellation Software.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shopify
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Constellation Software
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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%

In the previous week, Shopify had 3 more articles in the media than Constellation Software. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Shopify and 4 mentions for Constellation Software. Constellation Software's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Shopify's score of 0.10 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Constellation Software
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Constellation Software received 430 more outperform votes than Shopify when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote while only 63.32% of users gave Constellation Software an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ShopifyOutperform Votes
245
64.47%
Underperform Votes
135
35.53%
Constellation SoftwareOutperform Votes
675
63.32%
Underperform Votes
391
36.68%

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$6.35B19.22C$1.44BC$2.2159.36
Constellation SoftwareC$6.91B10.87C$453.54MC$42.09118.05

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$75.08BC$5.13BC$23.05BC$5.65B
Dividend Yield0.11%3.18%2.97%6.84%
P/E Ratio118.0527.5742.1329.27
Price / Sales10.87258.012,076.99568.85
Price / Cash58.3516.7634.7283.07
Price / Book33.579.316.133.72
Net IncomeC$453.54MC$63.25MC$738.82MC$300.39M
7 Day Performance4.16%3.73%3.57%1.51%
1 Month Performance8.84%0.07%2.07%-0.15%
1 Year Performance40.18%3.97%52,586.99%14.09%

Constellation Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSU
Constellation Software
0.5122 of 5 stars
C$4,968.35
-0.3%
C$4,459.28
-10.2%
+40.2%C$75.08BC$6.91B118.0545,000
SHOP
Shopify
0.7266 of 5 stars
C$136.18
+1.1%
C$131.67
-3.3%
+35.7%C$126.82BC$6.35B61.6511,600Insider Trade
Gap Down
SAP
Saputo
2.8141 of 5 stars
C$26.51
+0.8%
C$31.00
+16.9%
+1.6%C$11.18BC$18.74B-70.98112,000
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$48.74
+0.5%
N/A+12.9%C$3.35BN/A0.00790News Coverage
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
BB
BlackBerry
0.7714 of 5 stars
C$4.69
+0.9%
C$4.75
+1.3%
+21.6%C$1.94BC$424.99M-15.113,320Negative News
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
2.95 of 5 stars
C$14.08
-0.9%
C$18.30
+30.0%
-25.2%C$1.53BC$740.40M-12.511,800
DV
Dolly Varden Silver
0.3057 of 5 stars
C$3.78
+3.6%
C$1.60
-57.7%
+302.2%C$1.16BN/A-48.49800
DCBO
Docebo
1.4017 of 5 stars
C$43.74
-1.0%
C$82.00
+87.5%
-29.8%C$934.66MC$147.27M52.00730
PD
Precision Drilling
3.3869 of 5 stars
C$59.91
+0.4%
C$98.33
+64.1%
-40.2%C$852.53MC$1.95B3.53950Analyst Revision
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740

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