Canada's Constellation Software Q2 net income up on foreign exchange gains, liability revaluation impacts

Constellation Software

11/08/2026 22:13

Overview
Canada vertical market software firm's Q2 revenue grew 17% yr/yr, slightly missing analyst expectations
Net income for Q2 surged, mostly due to FX and liability revaluation impacts
Company completed acquisitions totaling $893 mln during Q2
Subsequent to quarter the company completed or has open commitments to acquire a number of businesses for aggregate cash consideration of $669 mln 

Outlook
Company did not provide specific guidance or outlook for future periods

Result Drivers
ACQUISITIONS - Co said revenue growth was primarily driven by acquisitions as the company experienced organic growth after adjusting for the impact of changes in the valuation of the US dollar against most major currencies in which the Company transacts business
MODEST ORGANIC GROWTH - Organic growth was 3% yr/yr (1% after FX adjustment), per company
FX AND LIABILITY REVALUATION - Net income increase mainly reflected foreign exchange gains and IRGA liability revaluation

Company press release: ID:nGNX4DMHzT

Key Details
Metric
Beat/Miss
Actual
Consensus Estimate
Q2 Revenue
Slight Miss*
$3.34 bln
$3.36 bln (8 Analysts)
Q2 EPS
 
$12.93
 
Q2 Free Cash Flow
 
$345 mln
 
Q2 Net Income
 
$274 mln
 
Q2 Operating Cash Flow
 
$477 mln
 
*Applies to a deviation of less than 1%; not applicable for per-share numbers.

Analyst Coverage
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 10 "strong buy" or "buy", 2 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"
The average consensus recommendation for the software peer group is "buy"
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Constellation Software Inc. is C$3,875.00, about 17.3% above its August 10 closing price of C$3,304.36
The stock recently traded at 18 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 14 three months ago

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