Constellation Software Inc. (CSU)

Let’s dive into valuation of Constellation Software:

* Date of Analysis: January 16-23, 2026

* Verdict: Undervalued

* Current Price Target (Base Case): C$3,642

* Price at the Time of Analysing: C$2,713 - C$2,781.11

Constellation Software is a so-called ‘‘multi-acquirer’’, often referred to as the “Berkshire Hathaway of software”. The company specializes in buying and managing software businesses that develop vertical market software (VMS).

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Outcome (Base Case C$3,643/share):

As modelled above (WACC 6.2%, terminal g 3.0%, incremental ROIC = 18%). This is our core assumption set. CSU remains a high-quality acquirer, but growth naturally moderates with scale. The terminal growth rate converges toward long-run nominal growth and the discount rate reflects CSU’s relatively low beta and resilient cash generation.

Outcome:

This results in over +30% upside to the current price of C$2,781.11.

Margin of Safety = 1 – (Current Price / Intrinsic Value)

Margin of Safety = 1 – (C$2,781.11/ C$3,643) = 23.365% (rounded to 23.7%)

On our defined scale, a 23.7% margin of safety places CSU in the undervalued category.

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At C$2,713, CSU is priced as if the acquisition engine faces materially more “deployment friction” than our base case, i.e. either a higher required return (WACC), a lower long-run growth runway, or modestly weaker incremental ROIC. Our model explicitly charges acquisition reinvestment (so we are not getting acquired cash flows “for free”), yet the implied value still sits meaningfully above the market price. That is the key point here. Even after paying for growth, CSU screens attractive.

The risk is not near-term earnings volatility but rather the capital allocation economics at scale. The question is whether CSU can continue compounding at high incremental returns as the base grows. As it stands, we view CSU as a rare case of a durable compounding machine trading at a real, model-supported discount rather than at a perfection premium.