Constellation Software Inc. (TSE:CSU) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Constellation Software Inc. (TSE:CSU) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the seven brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, four have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is C$4,875.00.

A number of research firms recently weighed in on CSU. TD Securities upped their target price on shares of Constellation Software from C$4,500.00 to C$4,800.00 in a report on Monday, November 11th. National Bankshares increased their price objective on Constellation Software from C$4,800.00 to C$5,000.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on Constellation Software from C$4,800.00 to C$4,900.00 in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Raymond James raised their price target on Constellation Software from C$4,250.00 to C$4,550.00 in a report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, CIBC boosted their price objective on Constellation Software from C$4,800.00 to C$5,300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th.

Constellation Software Price Performance

Shares of TSE CSU opened at C$4,931.87 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 151.81, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.90. Constellation Software has a fifty-two week low of C$3,535.00 and a fifty-two week high of C$4,969.29. The stock has a market cap of C$104.51 billion, a PE ratio of 116.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.81. The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$4,552.47 and a 200-day moving average of C$4,405.92.

Constellation Software (TSE:CSU) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 8th. The company reported C$27.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$27.98 by C($0.29). Constellation Software had a net margin of 7.00% and a return on equity of 15.93%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $29.83 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Constellation Software will post 55.4616354 earnings per share for the current year.

Constellation Software Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th were given a dividend of $1.353 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $5.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.11%. Constellation Software’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.95%.

Constellation Software Company Profile

Constellation Software Inc, together with its subsidiaries, acquires, builds, and manages vertical market software businesses in Canada, the United States, Europe, and internationally. It provides mission critical software solutions for public and private sector markets. The company is also involved in the software licensing; and sale of third-party hardware.