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Canadian (TSX) Tech Sector Analysis

UpdatedJan 20, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies118
  • 7D3.1%
  • 3M8.0%
  • 1Y24.9%
  • YTD1.2%

Over the last 7 days, the Tech industry has risen 3.1%, driven by gains in Celestica and Constellation Software of 13% and 2.2%, respectively. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 25%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 23% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Canadian Tech Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 21 Jan 2025CA$211.4bCA$57.4b-CA$451,551,438.3123.2x-468.1x3.7x
Thu, 19 Dec 2024CA$214.6bCA$57.3b-CA$430,008,167.6224.6x-499.1x3.7x
Sat, 16 Nov 2024CA$203.8bCA$56.3b-CA$378,615,340.2422.1x-538.3x3.6x
Mon, 14 Oct 2024CA$196.3bCA$54.1b-CA$570,984,743.6322.8x-343.8x3.6x
Wed, 11 Sep 2024CA$185.6bCA$53.7b-CA$621,213,376.3622.8x-298.8x3.5x
Fri, 09 Aug 2024CA$178.3bCA$53.4b-CA$610,912,548.7522.7x-291.8x3.3x
Sun, 07 Jul 2024CA$181.3bCA$52.3b-CA$1,386,714,862.5831.4x-130.8x3.5x
Tue, 04 Jun 2024CA$175.1bCA$52.5b-CA$1,416,822,340.7827.3x-123.6x3.3x
Thu, 02 May 2024CA$169.9bCA$53.1b-CA$2,076,081,995.3924.5x-81.9x3.2x
Sat, 30 Mar 2024CA$176.7bCA$52.2b-CA$2,926,155,547.6321.3x-60.4x3.4x
Mon, 26 Feb 2024CA$171.3bCA$51.4b-CA$876,986,280.0120.9x-195.3x3.3x
Wed, 24 Jan 2024CA$168.2bCA$52.1b-CA$2,252,204,932.0020.8x-74.7x3.2x
Fri, 22 Dec 2023CA$157.2bCA$51.8b-CA$2,331,885,269.0020.9x-67.4x3x
Sun, 19 Nov 2023CA$153.2bCA$52.8b-CA$2,517,875,263.0022.1x-60.9x2.9x
Tue, 17 Oct 2023CA$142.4bCA$51.2b-CA$2,561,850,715.0024x-55.6x2.8x
Thu, 14 Sep 2023CA$145.5bCA$51.1b-CA$2,585,817,989.0024.6x-56.3x2.8x
Sat, 12 Aug 2023CA$144.3bCA$50.4b-CA$2,667,865,548.0020.5x-54.1x2.9x
Mon, 10 Jul 2023CA$142.7bCA$48.9b-CA$2,367,584,658.0020.6x-60.3x2.9x
Wed, 07 Jun 2023CA$144.5bCA$48.9b-CA$2,640,426,657.0022.9x-54.7x3x
Fri, 05 May 2023CA$135.8bCA$48.2b-CA$1,963,046,642.0023.5x-69.2x2.8x
Sun, 02 Apr 2023CA$135.7bCA$47.0b-CA$2,001,611,440.0029x-67.8x2.9x
Tue, 28 Feb 2023CA$132.6bCA$47.9b-CA$1,095,951,162.0023.6x-121x2.8x
Thu, 26 Jan 2023CA$129.9bCA$46.4bCA$637.5m23.9x203.8x2.8x
Sat, 24 Dec 2022CA$120.0bCA$46.7bCA$634.3m21.2x189.1x2.6x
Mon, 21 Nov 2022CA$118.5bCA$46.2bCA$769.0m22.3x154x2.6x
Wed, 19 Oct 2022CA$114.4bCA$44.9bCA$929.5m31.7x123.1x2.6x
Fri, 16 Sep 2022CA$117.4bCA$43.8bCA$922.5m25x127.3x2.7x
Sun, 14 Aug 2022CA$129.4bCA$42.9bCA$1.3b50.5x101.6x3x
Tue, 12 Jul 2022CA$117.4bCA$41.3bCA$1.7b42.5x67.3x2.8x
Thu, 09 Jun 2022CA$124.1bCA$41.1bCA$1.4b51.1x88.3x3x
Sat, 07 May 2022CA$124.7bCA$40.7bCA$1.5b44.7x82.4x3.1x
Mon, 04 Apr 2022CA$146.4bCA$38.9b-CA$1,480,658,926.0047.9x-98.9x3.8x
Wed, 02 Mar 2022CA$139.0bCA$38.1b-CA$1,923,059,865.0049.6x-72.3x3.7x
Fri, 28 Jan 2022CA$133.5bCA$36.9b-CA$2,001,718,374.0040.1x-66.7x3.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-66.7x


Total Market Cap: CA$133.5bTotal Earnings: -CA$2,001,718,374.00Total Revenue: CA$36.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Tech Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average -91.2x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Canadian Information Technology 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 3.5x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Information Technology industry have improved over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 16% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently losses are decreasing too.

Industry Trends

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

CA Market1.22%
Tech3.07%
Electronic Equipment and Components9.18%
Software2.87%
IT0.82%
Tech Hardware0%0
Communications-0.11%
Semiconductors-1.25%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Communications industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 65.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 55.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 14.8% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Communications industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 56% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 15% per year.
  • In contrast, the IT industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 9.7% 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
CLS CelesticaCA$164.4113.8%
+CA$2.3b
285.6%PE35.4x
CSU Constellation SoftwareCA$4.36k1.5%
+CA$1.3b
20.4%PE110x
TOI Topicus.comCA$132.0412.4%
+CA$1.2b
25.1%PE87.9x
DSG Descartes Systems GroupCA$167.234.8%
+CA$649.2m
40.3%PE72.6x
LMN Lumine GroupCA$41.074.5%
+CA$449.1m
23.2%PS11.8x
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1Y

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1.5%

1Y

20.4%

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