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

Shares of Constellation Software Inc. (TSE:CSU) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$4,187.14.

CSU has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Raymond James Financial dropped their target price on shares of Constellation Software from C$4,300.00 to C$3,700.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. National Bank Financial increased their price target on shares of Constellation Software from C$3,200.00 to C$3,400.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on shares of Constellation Software from C$5,600.00 to C$4,800.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 26th. TD Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Constellation Software from C$4,000.00 to C$4,100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on Constellation Software from C$4,600.00 to C$4,200.00 in a report on Tuesday, March 10th.

Constellation Software Price Performance

Shares of CSU stock opened at C$2,499.22 on Friday. Constellation Software has a 52 week low of C$2,196.00 and a 52 week high of C$5,300.00. The stock has a market capitalization of C$52.96 billion, a PE ratio of 103.49, a PEG ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 161.87, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.96. The stock’s fifty day moving average is C$2,612.27 and its 200-day moving average is C$3,295.45.

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

Constellation Software Announces Dividend

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

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.