HBK Sorce Advisory LLC Increases Stake in Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)

HBK Sorce Advisory LLC grew its holdings in Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOPFree Report) (TSE:SHOP) by 11.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,979 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 609 shares during the period. HBK Sorce Advisory LLC’s holdings in Shopify were worth $636,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Jennison Associates LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Shopify during the fourth quarter worth approximately $132,323,000. Swiss National Bank increased its position in shares of Shopify by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 3,657,800 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $293,507,000 after purchasing an additional 33,300 shares during the last quarter. Watts Gwilliam & Co. LLC raised its holdings in shares of Shopify by 53.0% in the 4th quarter. Watts Gwilliam & Co. LLC now owns 13,401 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,431,000 after purchasing an additional 4,641 shares in the last quarter. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky raised its stake in Shopify by 29.3% in the third quarter. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky now owns 342,030 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $27,409,000 after buying an additional 77,500 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its position in shares of Shopify by 26.4% during the 3rd quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 33,609 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,693,000 after acquiring an additional 7,027 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 69.27% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently weighed in on SHOP. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $125.00 target price on shares of Shopify in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. TD Securities upped their price objective on shares of Shopify from $100.00 to $130.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Scotiabank boosted their target price on Shopify from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on Shopify from $110.00 to $130.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, ATB Capital upped their price target on shares of Shopify from $145.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have given a hold rating, twenty-four have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Shopify has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $126.31.

Get Our Latest Stock Analysis on SHOP

Shopify Stock Up 4.7 %

Shares of SHOP stock opened at $94.88 on Friday. Shopify Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $48.56 and a fifty-two week high of $129.38. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $110.88 and a 200-day simple moving average of $98.43. The stock has a market cap of $122.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 61.22, a P/E/G ratio of 4.82 and a beta of 2.60.

Shopify (NYSE:SHOPGet Free Report) (TSE:SHOP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The software maker reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by ($0.10). Shopify had a return on equity of 12.00% and a net margin of 22.74%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Shopify Inc. will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current year.

About Shopify

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Shopify Inc, a commerce company, provides a commerce platform and services in Canada, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, China, and Latin America. The company’s platform enables merchants to displays, manages, markets, and sells its products through various sales channels, including web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, pop-up shops, social media storefronts, native mobile apps, buy buttons, and marketplaces; and enables to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, fulfill and ship orders, new buyers and build customer relationships, source products, leverage analytics and reporting, manage cash, payments and transactions, and access financing.

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