Shopify Inc. (SHOP) on Decifer

Decifer ranks SHOP number 254 of 270 tracked names on durable business quality.

Why it ranks here

• It earns solid returns on the money it puts to work, around 9% and those returns have been improving and it turns most of its profit into real cash.
• Revenue is growing about 30% a year, profits are expected to grow 30%, and growth is speeding up, not slowing down.
• It keeps a high share of every sale as profit, and that has stayed steady over the years, a sign of real pricing power, with profitability widening as it grows.
• It is riding an active market tailwind and has the balance sheet to fund its growth.
• We do not have a clean read on how it is run yet.
• Our durability check found pressure on this name, which costs it a few points.
• Revenue growth of 30% is appealing but the unclear management read and just 10 out of 35 momentum hold it back.

The current read

The evidence on SHOP lines up on the supportive side: research view: Shopify rides AI-driven commerce buildout, but a $19 DCF value against 86.5x earnings exposes a valuation gap. The independent signals we track are telling the same story.

Themes

• Digital Commerce & SMB Enablement: The behavioral shift of commerce and small-business operations to online and mobile channels continues to pull SMBs onto integrated software platforms.
• Digital Payments: Consumer and commercial payment volume is migrating structurally to digital rails, with cross-border e-commerce and emerging-market card penetration compounding double-digit annual growth.

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