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

Shares of Constellation Software Inc. (TSE:CSU) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the nine analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$3,823.50.

A number of analysts recently commented on CSU shares. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Constellation Software from C$4,800.00 to C$4,500.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 14th. National Bank Financial upgraded Constellation Software from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from C$3,400.00 to C$3,500.00 in a report on Wednesday. Raymond James Financial dropped their price target on Constellation Software from C$3,700.00 to C$3,200.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. UBS Group dropped their price target on Constellation Software from C$4,500.00 to C$4,250.00 in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. Finally, TD lifted their price target on Constellation Software from C$4,100.00 to C$4,200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th.

Constellation Software Stock Down 1.4%

CSU stock opened at C$2,647.00 on Thursday. Constellation Software has a twelve month low of C$2,196.00 and a twelve month high of C$5,060.70. The company has a quick ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 143.18. The stock’s 50 day moving average is C$2,517.11 and its 200-day moving average is C$2,806.87. The firm has a market capitalization of C$56.10 billion, a PE ratio of 75.50, a P/E/G ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.39.

Constellation Software (TSE:CSU) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 12th. The company reported C$24.08 earnings per share for the quarter. Constellation Software had a return on equity of 20.79% and a net margin of 6.08%.The company had revenue of C$4.42 billion for the quarter. Sell-side analysts expect that Constellation Software will post 55.4616354 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Constellation Software Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 15th were issued a dividend of $1.00 per share. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 27th. Constellation Software’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 11.41%.

About Constellation Software

Constellation Software is an international provider of market-leading software and services to a number of industries. Our mission is to acquire, manage and build market-leading software businesses that develop specialized, mission-critical software solutions to address the specific needs of our particular industries. Our company was founded in 1995 to assemble a portfolio of vertical market software companies that have the potential to be leaders in their particular market. Since then, we have grown rapidly through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth, and established a strong constellation of companies with a large, diverse customer base.