-- 在軟體和服務業第一季財報發布前，加拿大帝國商業銀行資本市場(CIBC Capital Markets)下調了八家公司的目標股價。 分析師斯蒂芬妮·普萊斯(Stephanie Price)在致客戶的報告中表示：“儘管人工智能(AI)帶來的顛覆性影響已導致我們覆蓋的軟體公司市值今年迄今平均下降了24%，但我們預計第一季度這些公司的營收和EBITDA仍將保持高個位數增長。” 普萊斯表示：“由於近期收益對人工智慧的影響有限，投資者一直在降低估值倍數並重新評估最終價值。” 這位分析師表示：“對於第一季度，我們的預期與市場普遍預期基本一致。我們預計財報季將出現波動，而那些業績達到或超過市場普遍預期的公司將更加關注人工智能帶來的影響。” 普萊斯表示：“我們預計，如果公司業績不及預期，可能會引發市場劇烈波動。儘管如此，鑑於市場普遍預期該季度EBITDA平均增長8%，我們也看到了這些公司估值從多年來的低點回升的可能性。” 價格調整如下： CGI Inc. (GIB-A.TO) 從 132 美元下調至 112 美元（中性） Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (CMG.TO) 從 5.50 美元下調至 5 美元（中性） Constellation Software Inc. (CSU.TO) 從 4610 美元下調至 4080 美元（優於大盤） Descartes Systems Group Inc. (DSG.TO, DSGX) 從 126 美元下調至 116 美元（優於大盤） Docebo Inc. (DCBO.TO, DCBO) 從 34 美元下調至 28 美元（優於大盤） Kinaxis Inc. (KXS.TO) 從 203 美元下調至 171 美元（優於大盤） Open Text Corp. (OTEX.TO, OTEX) 從 32 美元下調至 27 美元（中性） Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI.TO, TRI)目標價從 140 美元下調至 124 美元（表現優異） （報告北美、亞洲和歐洲主要銀行及研究機構的股票、商品和經濟研究。研究機構可透過以下連結聯絡我們：https://www..com/contact-us）
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