Shopify Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

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Shopify Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

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The stock rebounded sharply on the back of strong revenue growth in 2023.Many small businesses are relying on Shopify Capital for extra funding in a challenging retail environment.With the stock ...

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Shopify Capital issued $4.7 billion in loans from 2016 through 2022. This has been an invaluable service for businesses that may not be able to get a loan from a traditional bank.Shopify succeeds when merchants succeed. It makes most of its revenue from merchant services, including Shopify Capital, payment processing, shipping and other services, with less than a third of its sales coming from subscriptions to its platform.After more than a decade, Shopify has a lot of data that enables profitable lending decisions for merchants. Its ability to serve entrepreneurs where large banks would be afraid of losing money is a key advantage for Shopify and will provide a source of extra growth over the long term.Other growth stocks offer better value than ShopifyShopify's small penetration in the e-commerce market, as well as opportunities to bring more useful features to merchants, should keep revenue climbing at double-digit rates for a long time. It would make a great investment, but it's important to buy the stock at the right price.If you're an existing shareholder sitting on gains, you may not want to sell shares of a growing business and pay capital gains taxes. But new investors might want to wait for a better entry price. Shopify currently trades for a price-to-sales ratio of 14, which is expensive compared to other comparable e-commerce and merchant services providers, such as Amazon, Etsy, and Toast (the Shopify of the restaurant industry).Data by YChartsToast has been a high-growth business that is similar to Shopify but offers industry-specific merchant services for restaurants. It shows that Shopify is not without competition. This only reinforces the point that investors should wait for a better price before buying Shopify stock.One reason the stock more than doubled last year was Shopify's lower valuation when growth expectations were muted amid a weakened retail environment. 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