CSU vs. SHOP, SAP, BB, LSPD, DH, 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), BlackBerry (BB), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), DH (DH), 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.
Shopify (TSE:SHOP) and Constellation Software (TSE:CSU) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
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.
Shopify currently has a consensus target price of C$125.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.44%. Constellation Software has a consensus target price of C$4,875.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.86%. Given Constellation Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Constellation Software is more favorable than Shopify.
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.
In the previous week, Shopify had 1 more articles in the media than Constellation Software. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Shopify and 5 mentions for Constellation Software. Constellation Software's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Shopify's score of 0.44 indicating that Constellation Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Constellation Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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