Stock market is sensitive to information and news while stock prices of individual companies are sensitive to predictions and estimations of analysts—along with several other factors. Stock price of multinational e-commerce company Shopify Inc (SHOP) also witnessed the same following opinion of a Wall Street analyst.
Analyst at KeyBanc, Josh Beck estimated the price target for Shopify to stay around 45 USD. Prior to this, Beck estimated the same to be about 50 USD. Although the analyst dropped his prediction of targeted price, he showed the profits for investors were over 51% in comparison to closing price last Friday.
The analyst went on through multiple facts and figures about the company including gross merchandise volume (GMV) and gross payment volume (GPV). Both of them are among the factors representing the success of any company. Following the surveyed data points, the analyst suggests that the business growth has slowed from year-over-year revenue growth of 11% in Q2 to 10% in Q3 2022.
On the flip side, the data related to merchants shows a somewhat optimistic image where merchant-related proxies have shown a growth of 30% and overall downloads increased by 3%.
All the numbers spreading all over the space are mere estimates and predictions. Experts suggest that instead of relying on the opinions and estimates, it would make more sense to wait and watch for the actual number showcasing the company’s growth. On top of that, even the decrease in growth would not come as unexpected given the ongoing headwinds within the economy.
Another point of consideration could be the short term perception of analysts towards any stock whereas generally a stock demands to be taken under observation for long term—at least three to five years.
The e-commerce company itself is throwing a prediction around GMV to outperform continuously within the retail market for the upcoming months of this year. Moreover, the same is expected for upcoming years. Additionally, it also expects the sales of overall e-commerce to witness a growth from 5.7 trillion USD this year to 8.1 trillion USD in next four years.
Canadian multinational e-commerce platform is known for its growth in the long term and it is currently positioned in a situation making it eligible to share a significant share of growth of overall e-commerce sector’s. This is what makes the SHOP stock providing notable rewards to its investors down the road.
At the press time, the stock price of Shopify Inc. is trading at 29.83 USD with a jump of 3.68% in the last 24 hours. However, the stock price is down by around 78.13% from its year-to-year trading price.
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Steve Anderson is an Australian crypto enthusiast. He is a specialist in management and trading for over 5 years. Steve has worked as a crypto trader, he loves learning about decentralisation, understanding the true potential of the blockchain.
Source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2022/10/26/shopify-stock-showing-turbulence-given-analysts-different-perspective/