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Canadian (TSX) Application Software Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 26, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies80
  • 7D-0.9%
  • 3M0.5%
  • 1Y31.0%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Application Software industry has remained flat, although notably Descartes Systems Group gained 3.8%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 33% in that time. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 15% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 26 Apr 2024CA$125.0bCA$19.4b-CA$3,983,380,036.7134.7x-31.4x6.4x
Sun, 24 Mar 2024CA$120.5bCA$19.3b-CA$3,949,130,022.9122.2x-30.5x6.2x
Tue, 20 Feb 2024CA$119.3bCA$18.4b-CA$1,919,119,056.4122.2x-62.2x6.5x
Thu, 18 Jan 2024CA$116.2bCA$18.5b-CA$3,187,336,995.0026.1x-36.5x6.3x
Sat, 16 Dec 2023CA$111.9bCA$18.5b-CA$3,267,202,203.0026.5x-34.2x6.1x
Mon, 13 Nov 2023CA$102.5bCA$18.9b-CA$3,434,771,528.0046.2x-29.8x5.4x
Wed, 11 Oct 2023CA$96.9bCA$17.8b-CA$3,374,146,332.0044.2x-28.7x5.4x
Fri, 08 Sep 2023CA$98.5bCA$17.9b-CA$3,307,414,881.0043.5x-29.8x5.5x
Sun, 06 Aug 2023CA$96.7bCA$17.0b-CA$2,989,213,051.0043.7x-32.4x5.7x
Tue, 04 Jul 2023CA$98.6bCA$16.7b-CA$2,924,511,748.0062.8x-33.7x5.9x
Thu, 01 Jun 2023CA$94.5bCA$17.0b-CA$3,082,008,599.0074.3x-30.7x5.6x
Sat, 29 Apr 2023CA$93.8bCA$16.1b-CA$2,292,890,967.0036.4x-40.9x5.8x
Mon, 27 Mar 2023CA$88.0bCA$15.3b-CA$2,419,307,225.0027.1x-36.4x5.7x
Wed, 22 Feb 2023CA$85.1bCA$15.1b-CA$2,298,370,243.0030.2x-37x5.6x
Fri, 20 Jan 2023CA$80.8bCA$14.9b-CA$499,709,069.0024.5x-161.6x5.4x
Sun, 18 Dec 2022CA$75.6bCA$15.1b-CA$511,796,913.0027.8x-147.7x5x
Tue, 15 Nov 2022CA$72.4bCA$14.6b-CA$234,832,274.0027.5x-308.3x5x
Thu, 13 Oct 2022CA$68.6bCA$14.2b-CA$222,567,170.0028.6x-308.4x4.8x
Sat, 10 Sep 2022CA$74.1bCA$13.6b-CA$257,278,347.0020.4x-288.2x5.4x
Mon, 08 Aug 2022CA$79.6bCA$13.4bCA$320.3m44.2x248.4x6x
Wed, 06 Jul 2022CA$72.5bCA$12.8bCA$667.7m27.6x108.6x5.7x
Fri, 03 Jun 2022CA$73.4bCA$13.0bCA$229.4m48.1x319.9x5.6x
Sun, 01 May 2022CA$79.5bCA$12.4b-CA$2,636,985,323.0026.3x-30.2x6.4x
Tue, 29 Mar 2022CA$88.9bCA$12.1b-CA$2,692,385,242.0021x-33x7.4x
Thu, 24 Feb 2022CA$84.9bCA$11.6b-CA$2,577,646,118.0024.2x-32.9x7.3x
Sat, 22 Jan 2022CA$82.2bCA$10.6b-CA$2,586,595,339.0047.6x-31.8x7.7x
Mon, 20 Dec 2021CA$93.4bCA$10.8b-CA$2,621,982,317.0052x-35.6x8.6x
Wed, 17 Nov 2021CA$105.6bCA$10.4b-CA$2,640,822,932.0040x-40x10.1x
Fri, 15 Oct 2021CA$103.5bCA$9.5b-CA$2,583,332,507.0042.7x-40.1x10.9x
Sun, 12 Sep 2021CA$112.1bCA$9.4b-CA$2,672,027,645.5540.8x-42x11.9x
Tue, 10 Aug 2021CA$96.2bCA$9.4b-CA$2,619,587,677.5537.4x-36.7x10.2x
Mon, 03 May 2021CA$78.1bCA$7.7bCA$261.4m47.2x298.9x10.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

298.9x


Total Market Cap: CA$78.1bTotal Earnings: CA$261.4mTotal Revenue: CA$7.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Application Software Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -24.3x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Canadian Application 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 6.9x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Application Software industry have declined over the last three years, with the industry now making a loss overall.
  • Meanwhile revenues have grown 36% 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 decreased profits.

Industry Comparison

How does Canadian Application Software compare with similar industries?

CA Market0.71%
Tech-1.02%
Software-0.93%
Application Software-0.89%
Systems Software-2.34%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
DSG Descartes Systems GroupCA$129.043.9%
+CA$415.7m
18.8%PE69.4x
HIVE HIVE Digital TechnologiesCA$4.1817.1%
+CA$66.9m
-9.9%PS3.4x
BITF BitfarmsCA$2.744.6%
+CA$42.8m
65.1%PS4.9x
LSPD Lightspeed CommerceCA$18.081.0%
+CA$27.6m
1.4%PS2.4x
TINY TinyCA$2.603.6%
+CA$16.3m
-45.3%PE33.5x
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DND

CA$14.55

Dye & Durham

7D

-5.0%

1Y

0.9%

DSG

CA$129.04

Descartes Systems Group

7D

3.9%

1Y

18.8%

VXTR

CA$0.10

Voxtur Analytics

7D

23.5%

1Y

-47.5%

TINY

CA$2.60

Tiny

7D

3.6%

1Y

-45.3%

DCBO

CA$60.24

Docebo

7D

-1.6%

1Y

18.4%

KXS

CA$149.56

Kinaxis

7D

-1.3%

1Y

-18.6%

GRDI

CA$1.50

Griid Infrastructure

7D

11.1%

1Y

-89.4%

THNC

CA$3.39

Thinkific Labs

7D

-7.4%

1Y

59.9%

TOI

CA$118.66

Topicus.com

7D

-1.3%

1Y

36.0%

LSPD

CA$18.08

Lightspeed Commerce

7D

1.0%

1Y

1.4%

BITF

CA$2.74

Bitfarms

7D

4.6%

1Y

65.1%