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Shopify Inc.SHOP.TODON'T BUYOct 30, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 19, 2026. Market Open.
It has had a great run-up with revenue growing 24% this year and 20% next year. The business has three parts: point of sale, enterprise and international. Enterprise is a harder sell and the international component has only 4% of global e-commerce volume. It is trading at 14X sales and 140X this year's expected earnings so you could consider lightening your position.
Has a sticky recurring revenue business in their e-commerce enablement business, plus they can upsell through ancillary services like shipping. A secular growth company with high valuations and volatility, but expects it to grow dynamically. Likes the asset-lite model of trimming the executive board. He keeps adding to this.
They report tomorrow. It is a great company but every morning he has to wake up and decided if it has the best risk/reward and he does not think that right now. The allegations against them are not that valid but a lot of people probably sold on the announcement because they didn’t know much about the company.