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

Shares of Constellation Software Inc. (TSE:CSU) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$4,195.00.

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on CSU shares. UBS Group dropped their price target on Constellation Software from C$4,500.00 to C$4,250.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. TD Securities lifted their price target on Constellation Software from C$4,000.00 to C$4,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. Raymond James Financial dropped their price target on Constellation Software from C$4,300.00 to C$3,700.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on Constellation Software from C$4,600.00 to C$4,200.00 in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce decreased their price objective on Constellation Software from C$4,688.00 to C$4,610.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 10th.

Constellation Software Stock Performance

Shares of CSU opened at C$2,378.34 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of C$50.40 billion, a PE ratio of 98.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.39. The company has a current ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 161.87. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of C$2,505.43 and a 200-day moving average price of C$3,107.06. Constellation Software has a 12-month low of C$2,196.00 and a 12-month high of C$5,300.00.

Constellation Software (TSE:CSU) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 9th. The company reported C$7.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$4.19 billion during the quarter. Constellation Software had a return on equity of 15.35% and a net margin of 4.40%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Constellation Software will post 55.4616354 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Constellation Software Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.00 per share. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 27th. Constellation Software’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.56%.

Constellation Software Company Profile

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.