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NYSE · SHOP
Shopify Inc.
Technology · Software - Application
$150.41
Up+$8.12 (+5.40%)
Updated Aug 14, 2026, 12:51 AM
SID Score
6.3/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 214.51B
- P/E ratio
- 120.28
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $94.00 – $182.19
- Volume
- 6.48M
- Avg. volume
- 8.49M
Price performance
SHOP price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
SHOP closed at $150.41 after 20 trading sessions, up 20.27% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $150.41
- Period change
- +20.27%
- Period low
- $112.00
- Period high
- $155.18
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | $151.98 | $153.4714 | $148.695 | $150.41 | 6.48M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $153.85 | $155.00 | $151.56 | $152.61 | 8.28M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $150.44 | $155.62 | $148.90 | $155.18 | 10.82M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $148.425 | $152.85 | $145.6001 | $151.57 | 13.41M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $143.70 | $148.09 | $142.1002 | $147.44 | 17.54M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $150.00 | $153.88 | $142.52 | $144.24 | 41.54M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $117.86 | $123.695 | $117.59 | $123.30 | 21.45M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $120.36 | $121.75 | $116.64 | $117.01 | 9.19M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $120.93 | $122.25 | $115.27 | $117.15 | 12.61M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $126.315 | $126.61 | $122.29 | $122.40 | 10.72M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $129.045 | $133.73 | $128.22 | $129.17 | 7.52M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $128.29 | $133.99 | $127.87 | $130.28 | 10.24M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $118.195 | $126.91 | $117.81 | $126.88 | 11.33M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $112.99 | $114.60 | $111.26 | $113.75 | 7.44M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $117.44 | $117.91 | $111.055 | $112.00 | 10.55M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $122.95 | $123.425 | $116.621 | $118.42 | 7.76M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $121.21 | $124.29 | $119.25 | $123.03 | 6.85M |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $124.23 | $128.26 | $123.45 | $124.48 | 7.46M |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $124.60 | $124.60 | $121.11 | $123.56 | 6.43M |
| Jul 16, 2026 | $124.60 | $127.89 | $121.78 | $125.06 | 8.23M |
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Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
Company profile
Shopify offers an e-commerce platform primarily to small and medium-size businesses. The firm has two segments. The subscription solutions segment allows Shopify merchants to conduct e-commerce on a variety of platforms, including the company's website, physical stores, pop-up stores, kiosks, social networks (Facebook), and Amazon. The merchant solutions segment offers add-on products for the platform that facilitate e-commerce and include Shopify Payments, Shopify Shipping, and Shopify Capital.
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $183.20
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 29
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Benchmark | Buy | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Wedbush | Outperform | — |
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Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026
Shopify (SHOP) Puts Shop App At The Center Of Its 2026 Holiday Push
Shopify (NasdaqGS:SHOP) is centering its upcoming 2026 holiday push on the Shop app as a key channel for merchants and shoppers. The company is promoting new AI-powered features in Shop, aimed at tailoring product discovery and recommendations during peak season. Management is positioning the app as a primary hub for merchant engagement, rather than only a checkout extension on individual online stores. The holiday focus on Shop signals a broader effort to compete more directly in consumer...
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Shopify Inc. Stock Performance
Shopify Inc. shares have demonstrated strong upward momentum across multiple timeframes, trading at $150.41 per SID market data. The stock has gained 22.34% over the past month and an impressive 48.83% over the trailing three months, significantly outpacing the broader technology sector. On a year-over-year basis, SHOP has posted a more modest gain of 2.01%, reflecting earlier-period volatility that weighed on longer-term returns. Technical indicators show the stock trading well above both its 50-day moving average of $120.73 and its 200-day moving average of $132.57, confirming a sustained bullish trend according to Massive/Polygon data. The 14-day relative strength index stands at 71.7, placing the stock at the edge of overbought territory. Shopify's beta of 2.83 underscores its elevated sensitivity to broader market movements, while average daily volume registers at approximately 8.49 million shares, supporting healthy liquidity for institutional participants.
Shopify Inc. Valuation Analysis
Shopify Inc. currently carries a market capitalization of approximately $214.5 billion, positioning it among the largest e-commerce technology companies globally per SID market data. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 120.28, reflecting a substantial premium relative to the broader technology sector and indicating that investors are pricing in significant future earnings growth. The price-to-book ratio stands at 17.12, further illustrating the premium valuation assigned to Shopify's asset base according to SEC filings. Notably, the PEG ratio registers at negative 4.95, a result of declining forward growth estimates that distort this metric's interpretive value. Shopify does not pay a dividend, maintaining a yield of zero percent, consistent with its reinvestment-focused capital allocation strategy. These valuation metrics collectively reflect a growth-stage company where current pricing is heavily dependent on the trajectory of future revenue expansion and margin improvement rather than present-period earnings.
Smart Money Activity for SHOP
Smart money indicators for Shopify Inc. present a mixed picture, with an overall composite score of 58 out of 100 and a neutral signal designation per SID market data. Institutional ownership activity scores a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating robust and sustained accumulation by large fund managers, pension funds, and asset management firms as reflected in 13F institutional filings. Insider activity scores 12.5 out of 25, suggesting moderate but not aggressively bullish positioning from company executives and directors according to SEC Form 4 filings. Congressional trading activity registers at 12 out of 25, reflecting limited but present legislative interest in the stock. Dark pool activity scores 8.5 out of 25, indicating relatively subdued off-exchange institutional block trading. The divergence between strong institutional accumulation and weaker dark pool activity suggests that large-scale position building is occurring through visible exchange channels rather than private venues, which may reflect confidence among institutional investors in maintaining transparent positioning strategies.
Shopify Inc. Earnings Outlook
Shopify Inc. has delivered consecutive earnings beats in its most recently reported quarters, demonstrating consistent execution above analyst expectations per company earnings reports. In the quarter reported on August 5, 2026, the company posted earnings per share of $0.42 against a consensus estimate of $0.37, representing a positive surprise of $0.05, or approximately 13.5%. The prior reported quarter on May 5, 2026, showed a similar pattern, with actual EPS of $0.36 exceeding the $0.31 estimate by $0.05. Looking ahead, analysts project EPS of $0.29 for the upcoming quarter with results expected on May 7, 2026, and $0.5204 for the quarter reporting on February 18, 2026, according to analyst estimates. The pattern of upside surprises suggests management has maintained conservative guidance, potentially creating conditions for continued beats if operational trends remain stable and merchant growth on the platform sustains its current trajectory.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for SHOP
Wall Street consensus on Shopify Inc. remains predominantly constructive, with recent analyst actions largely reaffirming bullish positions per SID consensus data. On August 7, 2026, Wells Fargo maintained its Overweight rating, signaling continued confidence in the stock's risk-reward profile. The following day's cluster of reaffirmations included Benchmark maintaining its Buy rating, while both Evercore ISI Group and Wedbush reiterated Outperform designations according to Wall Street analyst reports. Barclays stood as the sole neutral voice, maintaining an Equal-Weight rating on August 6, 2026. Notably, none of the five most recent analyst actions involved a downgrade or rating change, suggesting firm-level conviction remains stable despite the stock's elevated valuation at a 120.28 P/E ratio. The concentration of four out of five analysts at bullish-equivalent ratings indicates that the majority of covering analysts view Shopify's growth trajectory and competitive positioning as sufficient to justify current price levels and support further upside potential.
