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Constellation Software (CSU) Competitors

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C$4,718.31 -61.97 (-1.30%)
As of 08/1/2025 04:15 PM Eastern

CSU vs. SHOP, SAP, VDY, DH, BB, LSPD, DV, PD, DCBO, 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), Precision Drilling (PD), Docebo (DCBO), and Absolute Software (ABST). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

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

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$6.35B23.98C$1.44BC$2.2174.08
Constellation SoftwareC$6.91B10.32C$453.54MC$42.09112.11

Shopify presently has a consensus price target of C$136.67, indicating a potential downside of 16.48%. Constellation Software has a consensus price target of C$4,693.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.52%. 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
Shopify
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Constellation Software
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Shopify had 9 more articles in the media than Constellation Software. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Shopify and 2 mentions for Constellation Software. Constellation Software's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Shopify's score of -0.11 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Constellation Software
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 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%

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CSU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$71.30BC$6.25BC$29.13BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield0.11%3.24%3.08%6.72%
P/E Ratio112.1129.3948.1763.43
Price / Sales10.32281.791,546.201,250.99
Price / Cash58.3517.1838.0783.29
Price / Book31.8811.257.414.86
Net IncomeC$453.54MC$48.92MC$782.80MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-3.52%-2.28%-3.70%-2.27%
1 Month Performance-5.13%-0.08%-0.17%0.79%
1 Year Performance16.51%7.52%52,681.94%26.62%

Constellation Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSU
Constellation Software
0.656 of 5 stars
C$4,718.31
-1.3%
C$4,693.67
-0.5%
+12.9%C$71.30BC$6.91B112.1145,000News Coverage
SHOP
Shopify
1.031 of 5 stars
C$174.16
+2.1%
C$136.67
-21.5%
+102.9%C$162.20BC$6.35B78.8511,600News Coverage
Insider Trade
SAP
Saputo
1.0459 of 5 stars
C$29.03
+0.2%
C$30.88
+6.4%
-9.6%C$12.24BC$18.74B-77.73112,000
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$53.09
-0.2%
N/A+15.9%C$3.65BN/A0.00790
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
BB
BlackBerry
0.8652 of 5 stars
C$5.27
-1.7%
C$4.75
-9.9%
+55.2%C$2.18BC$424.99M-16.983,320
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
0.5035 of 5 stars
C$18.98
+1.2%
C$18.30
-3.6%
-7.2%C$2.06BC$740.40M-16.871,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DV
Dolly Varden Silver
0.4951 of 5 stars
C$5.08
-4.2%
C$1.60
-68.5%
+333.6%C$1.56BN/A-65.17800News Coverage
PD
Precision Drilling
4.2147 of 5 stars
C$73.25
+2.9%
C$93.00
+27.0%
-28.0%C$1.04BC$1.95B4.31950Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DCBO
Docebo
1.6413 of 5 stars
C$42.66
-1.1%
C$60.67
+42.2%
-20.9%C$911.58MC$147.27M50.71730News Coverage
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740

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