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Canadian (TSX) Software Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 02, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies93
  • 7D-1.3%
  • 3M-0.9%
  • 1Y26.2%
  • YTD10.1%

Over the last 7 days, the Software industry has dropped 1.3%, driven by a pullback from Constellation Software of 2.2%. In the past year, the industry has gained 26%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 16% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Canadian Software Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 02 May 2024CA$125.3bCA$20.8b-CA$4,083,900,158.8548.2x-30.7x6x
Sat, 30 Mar 2024CA$129.4bCA$20.7b-CA$4,790,952,304.1928.6x-27x6.3x
Mon, 26 Feb 2024CA$123.6bCA$19.8b-CA$2,760,886,481.8225x-44.8x6.2x
Wed, 24 Jan 2024CA$122.8bCA$19.9b-CA$3,975,888,891.0026x-30.9x6.2x
Fri, 22 Dec 2023CA$113.3bCA$19.8b-CA$4,051,671,458.0026.9x-28x5.7x
Sun, 19 Nov 2023CA$109.7bCA$20.3b-CA$4,239,933,764.0046.5x-25.9x5.4x
Tue, 17 Oct 2023CA$100.2bCA$19.4b-CA$4,185,179,016.0055.3x-23.9x5.2x
Thu, 14 Sep 2023CA$102.8bCA$19.4b-CA$4,090,149,222.0055.9x-25.1x5.3x
Sat, 12 Aug 2023CA$102.3bCA$18.7b-CA$4,155,360,521.0057.4x-24.6x5.5x
Mon, 10 Jul 2023CA$101.1bCA$18.2b-CA$3,700,383,678.0071x-27.3x5.5x
Wed, 07 Jun 2023CA$102.8bCA$18.1b-CA$3,986,586,270.0077.1x-25.8x5.7x
Fri, 05 May 2023CA$96.2bCA$17.4b-CA$3,345,606,419.0061.4x-28.7x5.5x
Sun, 02 Apr 2023CA$96.3bCA$17.0b-CA$3,362,285,542.0038.2x-28.7x5.7x
Tue, 28 Feb 2023CA$88.0bCA$16.4b-CA$2,462,822,631.0037.4x-35.7x5.4x
Thu, 26 Jan 2023CA$86.7bCA$16.1b-CA$663,817,642.0030.4x-130.6x5.4x
Sat, 24 Dec 2022CA$78.7bCA$16.3b-CA$673,585,802.0033.5x-116.8x4.8x
Mon, 21 Nov 2022CA$76.9bCA$16.0b-CA$532,061,717.0038.9x-144.6x4.8x
Wed, 19 Oct 2022CA$74.7bCA$15.6b-CA$280,210,984.0044.4x-266.7x4.8x
Fri, 16 Sep 2022CA$77.6bCA$15.0b-CA$428,363,517.0039.4x-181.2x5.2x
Sun, 14 Aug 2022CA$86.6bCA$14.5b-CA$79,930,022.0049.1x-1083x6x
Tue, 12 Jul 2022CA$77.1bCA$14.0bCA$514.7m42.5x149.8x5.5x
Thu, 09 Jun 2022CA$79.3bCA$14.2bCA$177.4m56.1x447.3x5.6x
Sat, 07 May 2022CA$80.8bCA$14.1bCA$236.0m45.6x342.5x5.7x
Mon, 04 Apr 2022CA$96.3bCA$13.3b-CA$2,711,244,639.0053.1x-35.5x7.2x
Wed, 02 Mar 2022CA$92.6bCA$12.8b-CA$3,147,035,928.0058.5x-29.4x7.2x
Fri, 28 Jan 2022CA$87.2bCA$12.0b-CA$3,205,490,480.0065.2x-27.2x7.3x
Sun, 26 Dec 2021CA$106.7bCA$12.1b-CA$3,255,844,169.0080.7x-32.8x8.8x
Tue, 23 Nov 2021CA$114.4bCA$11.9b-CA$3,423,994,495.0067.3x-33.4x9.6x
Thu, 21 Oct 2021CA$117.5bCA$10.8b-CA$3,402,003,014.0055.3x-34.5x10.8x
Sat, 18 Sep 2021CA$121.2bCA$11.1b-CA$3,403,482,219.0046x-35.6x10.9x
Mon, 16 Aug 2021CA$107.2bCA$10.9b-CA$3,271,006,370.5043.2x-32.8x9.9x
Mon, 31 May 2021CA$82.6bCA$9.1b-CA$392,308,721.2642.9x-210.6x9.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-76x


Total Market Cap: CA$86.6bTotal Earnings: -CA$1,139,207,351.26Total Revenue: CA$9.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Software Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -35.8x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Canadian Software industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 6.6x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Software industry have deteriorated over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 31% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has caused losses to expand.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Canadian Tech industry?

CA Market-0.54%
Tech-2.02%
Software-1.32%
Systems Software-0.93%
Application Software-1.33%
Industry PE
    Forecasted Growth
    • Analysts are most optimistic on the Systems Software industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 67% over the next 5 years.
    • This is better than its past earnings decline of 49% per year.
    • In contrast, the Application Software industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 15% per year over the next few years.

    Top Stock Gainers and Losers

    Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

    CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
    LMN Lumine GroupCA$38.204.7%
    +CA$436.3m
    101.1%PS14.3x
    DSG Descartes Systems GroupCA$130.500.9%
    +CA$105.9m
    28.2%PE69.8x
    DCBO DoceboCA$62.171.8%
    +CA$33.4m
    21.8%PE483.4x
    CMG Computer Modelling GroupCA$10.933.1%
    +CA$26.9m
    43.4%PE36.7x
    KXS KinaxisCA$152.490.5%
    +CA$22.1m
    -14.1%PE312.7x
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    QUIS

    CA$0.36

    Quisitive Technology Solutions

    7D

    -2.7%

    1Y

    -15.3%

    LMN

    CA$38.20

    Lumine Group

    7D

    4.7%

    1Y

    101.1%

    LSPD

    CA$18.18

    Lightspeed Commerce

    7D

    -2.4%

    1Y

    4.2%

    BITF

    CA$2.48

    Bitfarms

    7D

    -12.1%

    1Y

    63.2%

    DND

    CA$14.69

    Dye & Durham

    7D

    -2.3%

    1Y

    4.2%

    CPLF

    CA$6.90

    Copperleaf Technologies

    7D

    2.5%

    1Y

    10.0%

    DSG

    CA$130.50

    Descartes Systems Group

    7D

    0.9%

    1Y

    28.2%

    TINY

    CA$2.72

    Tiny

    7D

    1.9%

    1Y

    -40.9%

    CMG

    CA$10.93

    Computer Modelling Group

    7D

    3.1%

    1Y

    43.4%

    TOI

    CA$116.68

    Topicus.com

    7D

    -1.9%

    1Y

    23.9%

    LABZ

    CA$1.50

    Metasphere Labs

    7D

    44.2%

    1Y

    0%