Analyst Explains How AI Is Boosting Shopify (SHOP)’s Earnings #CanadaFinance

We recently published a list of 10 AI News You Can’t Miss. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) stands against other AI news you can’t miss.

The AI stocks selloff that started following the launch of DeepSeek is still impacting the US markets. Aswath Damodaran, NYU Stern School of Business professor of finance, said in a recent program on CNBC that he believes innovation in AI technology like DeepSeek and new models would “commoditize” AI products and could result in lower spending.

“In my view, what it does is reduce the total size of the segment of the AI market that needs high-power chips and immense amounts of data. Whether deep seek is a fake or whether it’s going to pass by, what it opens people’s eyes to is that not all AI products and services need these incredibly powerful chips and huge amounts of data and huge data centers. You can get there with much cheaper devices. I think for many companies, when they look at the AI products and services they have to develop, they don’t need this high-powered stuff. They don’t need to spend the tens of billions of dollars up front. So, I think that’s the real worry you have to have.”

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Chris Wang from Runnymede Capital explained in a latest program on Schwab Network how Shopify Inc (NYSE:SHOP) is using AI to its advantage.

“They are developing a lot of AI tools for their merchants. They’ve heavily invested in AI with Shopify Magic and Shopify Sidekick. And as you can see, their operating efficiency is really improving each and every quarter. So I think the AI tools are benefiting not only their customers but also their bottom line. So AI is just doing great things for Shopify.”

For the first quarter, Shopify expects revenue growth at a mid-twenties percentage rate year-over-year, reaching about $2.31B (+25% YoY) and estimated operating income of $190M (+120% YoY). The company expects to see accelerated top- and bottom-line growth at a CAGR of +22.6%/ +25% through FY2027. This compares to previous estimates of +17.8%/ +14.2%, and reflects a strong history of 5-year growth at +41.3%/ +111.2%, highlighting SHOP’s promising long-term outlook.  This growth is supported by the projected rise in the e-commerce SaaS market size from $9.4B to $29.82B by 2032 at a CAGR of +15.5%.