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Canadian (TSX) Software Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 29, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies83
  • 7D3.1%
  • 3M4.1%
  • 1Y28.2%
  • YTD16.2%

In the last week, the Software industry is up 4.1%, with Constellation Software up 4.8%. During this same period, the Bitfarms underperformed, falling 17%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 30%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 27% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sat, 29 Jun 2024CA$134.7bCA$21.3b-CA$3,438,481,648.4742.8x-39.2x6.3x
Mon, 27 May 2024CA$132.5bCA$21.6b-CA$3,427,213,387.5256.7x-38.7x6.1x
Wed, 24 Apr 2024CA$130.7bCA$20.9b-CA$4,250,876,423.5736.6x-30.7x6.3x
Fri, 22 Mar 2024CA$124.1bCA$20.7b-CA$4,787,905,942.8429.4x-25.9x6x
Sun, 18 Feb 2024CA$122.7bCA$19.8b-CA$2,760,192,796.8524.5x-44.5x6.2x
Tue, 16 Jan 2024CA$121.1bCA$19.9b-CA$3,969,178,192.0028.2x-30.5x6.1x
Thu, 14 Dec 2023CA$114.3bCA$20.0b-CA$4,067,843,366.0025.9x-28.1x5.7x
Sat, 11 Nov 2023CA$103.7bCA$20.4b-CA$4,251,663,907.0046.2x-24.4x5.1x
Mon, 09 Oct 2023CA$101.8bCA$19.4b-CA$4,197,369,549.0055.5x-24.3x5.2x
Wed, 06 Sep 2023CA$105.1bCA$19.4b-CA$4,111,403,107.0059x-25.6x5.4x
Fri, 04 Aug 2023CA$101.0bCA$18.4b-CA$3,760,309,044.0058.6x-26.9x5.5x
Sun, 02 Jul 2023CA$104.1bCA$18.2b-CA$3,684,545,078.0074.3x-28.2x5.7x
Tue, 30 May 2023CA$99.8bCA$18.3b-CA$4,105,657,833.0076.6x-24.3x5.5x
Thu, 27 Apr 2023CA$97.4bCA$17.5b-CA$3,312,330,348.0050.4x-29.4x5.6x
Sat, 25 Mar 2023CA$90.7bCA$16.6b-CA$2,584,076,552.0037.6x-35.1x5.5x
Mon, 20 Feb 2023CA$90.2bCA$16.4b-CA$2,263,819,317.0035.9x-39.9x5.5x
Wed, 18 Jan 2023CA$85.0bCA$16.1b-CA$663,096,763.0029.6x-128.2x5.3x
Fri, 16 Dec 2022CA$80.3bCA$16.4b-CA$577,426,755.0032.7x-139.1x4.9x
Sun, 13 Nov 2022CA$78.0bCA$15.9b-CA$241,910,989.0037.6x-322.4x4.9x
Tue, 11 Oct 2022CA$75.2bCA$15.5b-CA$280,965,153.0043.5x-267.6x4.9x
Thu, 08 Sep 2022CA$76.6bCA$15.0b-CA$423,849,924.0042x-180.7x5.1x
Sat, 06 Aug 2022CA$85.6bCA$14.6bCA$177.1m51.4x483.1x5.9x
Mon, 04 Jul 2022CA$75.6bCA$13.9bCA$514.0m44.3x147.1x5.4x
Wed, 01 Jun 2022CA$80.1bCA$14.2bCA$253.0m58.3x316.5x5.6x
Fri, 29 Apr 2022CA$86.6bCA$13.6b-CA$2,679,396,812.0052.3x-32.3x6.4x
Sun, 27 Mar 2022CA$94.1bCA$13.2b-CA$3,294,243,740.0048x-28.6x7.1x
Tue, 22 Feb 2022CA$91.1bCA$12.9b-CA$3,214,315,650.0060.5x-28.3x7.1x
Thu, 20 Jan 2022CA$91.8bCA$11.8b-CA$3,198,300,650.0068x-28.7x7.8x
Sat, 18 Dec 2021CA$101.5bCA$12.1b-CA$3,502,658,902.0077.1x-29x8.4x
Mon, 15 Nov 2021CA$115.3bCA$11.7b-CA$3,493,957,966.0050.9x-33x9.8x
Wed, 13 Oct 2021CA$109.9bCA$10.9b-CA$3,412,030,869.0047.5x-32.2x10x
Fri, 10 Sep 2021CA$122.5bCA$10.9b-CA$3,323,446,338.5045.7x-36.9x11.3x
Sun, 08 Aug 2021CA$105.2bCA$10.9b-CA$3,271,006,370.5047x-32.2x9.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-29.6x


Total Market Cap: CA$96.9bTotal Earnings: -CA$3,272,721,025.55Total Revenue: CA$10.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Software Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -31.1x202220232024
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 6.5x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Losses for companies in the Software industry have mostly stayed the same over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 26% 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 and as a result, losses haven't seen much improvement.

Industry Trends

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

CA Market1.43%
Tech2.48%
Software3.10%
Systems Software5.53%
Application Software3.04%
Industry PE
    Forecasted Growth
    • Analysts are most optimistic on the Application Software industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 27% over the next 5 years.
    • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 13% per year.
    • In contrast, the Systems Software industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 10% 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
    CSU Constellation SoftwareCA$3.94k3.5%
    +CA$2.8b
    43.6%PE106x
    TOI Topicus.comCA$117.004.9%
    +CA$455.9m
    7.7%PE87.1x
    DSG Descartes Systems GroupCA$132.552.6%
    +CA$289.5m
    24.9%PE68.2x
    KXS KinaxisCA$157.765.1%
    +CA$215.3m
    -16.7%PE216.9x
    BB BlackBerryCA$3.428.9%
    +CA$165.3m
    -53.4%PS2.4x
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    CA$1.41

    Griid Infrastructure

    7D

    -13.5%

    1Y

    -89.9%

    THNC

    CA$3.72

    Thinkific Labs

    7D

    -1.6%

    1Y

    88.8%

    BB

    CA$3.42

    BlackBerry

    7D

    8.9%

    1Y

    -53.4%

    BITF

    CA$3.53

    Bitfarms

    7D

    -12.8%

    1Y

    80.1%

    KXS

    CA$157.76

    Kinaxis

    7D

    5.1%

    1Y

    -16.7%

    DSG

    CA$132.55

    Descartes Systems Group

    7D

    2.6%

    1Y

    24.9%

    CSU

    CA$3,941.88

    Constellation Software

    7D

    3.5%

    1Y

    43.6%

    CMG

    CA$13.19

    Computer Modelling Group

    7D

    4.0%

    1Y

    98.0%

    TINY

    CA$2.10

    Tiny

    7D

    -3.2%

    1Y

    -43.7%

    LABZ

    CA$0.47

    Metasphere Labs

    7D

    -71.6%

    1Y

    -58.7%

    DCBO

    CA$52.83

    Docebo

    7D

    4.5%

    1Y

    0.7%

    BTQ

    CA$0.36

    BTQ Technologies

    7D

    -32.4%

    1Y

    -42.1%

    BYND

    CA$0.025

    BYND Cannasoft Enterprises

    7D

    -90.0%

    1Y

    -99.3%