As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q4. Today, we are looking at e-commerce software stocks, starting with Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP).
While e-commerce has been around for over two decades and enjoyed meaningful growth, its overall penetration of retail still remains low. Only around $1 in every $5 spent on retail purchases comes from digital orders, leaving over 80% of the retail market still ripe for online disruption. It is these large swathes of the retail where e-commerce has not yet taken hold that drives the demand for various e-commerce software solutions.
The 4 e-commerce software stocks we track reported a mixed Q4. As a group, revenues along with next quarter’s revenue guidance were in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
In light of this news, share prices of the companies have held steady. On average, they are relatively unchanged since the latest earnings results.
Best Q4: Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP)
Starting with just three people selling snowboards online in 2004, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) provides a comprehensive platform that enables merchants of all sizes to create, manage and grow their businesses across multiple sales channels.
Shopify reported revenues of $3.67 billion, up 30.6% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 2%. Overall, it was a very strong quarter for the company with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a decent beat of analysts’ gross merchandise volume estimates.
Shopify pulled off the biggest analyst estimates beat and fastest revenue growth of the whole group. Investor expectations, however, were likely higher than Wall Street’s published projections, leaving some wishing for even better results (analysts’ consensus estimates are those published by big banks and advisory firms, not the investors who make buy and sell decisions). The stock is down 6.2% since reporting and currently trades at $119.38.
Wix (NASDAQ: WIX)
Powering over 263 million registered users worldwide with its AI-driven tools, Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) provides a cloud-based platform that helps individuals and businesses create and manage professional websites without requiring coding skills.
Wix reported revenues of $524.3 million, up 13.9% year on year, in line with analysts’ expectations. The business performed better than its peers, but it was unfortunately a mixed quarter with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but revenue in line with analysts’ estimates.
The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 22% since reporting. It currently trades at $90.75.
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Weakest Q4: Commerce (NASDAQ: CMRC)
As a founding member of the MACH Alliance advocating for modern tech standards, Commerce (NASDAQ: CMRC) provides a SaaS platform that enables businesses to build and manage online stores, connect with marketplaces, and integrate with point-of-sale systems.
Commerce reported revenues of $89.52 million, up 2.9% year on year, falling short of analysts’ expectations by 0.8%. It was a slower quarter as it posted revenue guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations significantly and a slight miss of analysts’ revenue estimates.
Commerce delivered the highest full-year guidance raise but had the weakest performance against analyst estimates and slowest revenue growth in the group. As expected, the stock is down 2.7% since the results and currently trades at $2.67.
Read our full analysis of Commerce’s results here.
GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY)
Known for its memorable Super Bowl commercials that put it on the map, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is a domain registrar and web services provider that helps entrepreneurs establish an online presence through domain registration, website building, hosting, and e-commerce tools.
GoDaddy reported revenues of $1.27 billion, up 6.8% year on year. This number met analysts’ expectations. Taking a step back, it was a slower quarter as it recorded revenue guidance for next quarter slightly missing analysts’ expectations and full-year revenue guidance slightly missing analysts’ expectations.
GoDaddy had the weakest full-year guidance update among its peers. The company added 9,000 customers to reach a total of 20.42 million. The stock is down 10.3% since reporting and currently trades at $82.79.
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Market Update
Late in 2025 into early 2026, there was hand wringing around artificial intelligence. For software companies, the fear was that AI would erode pricing power and compress margins as new tools made it easier to replicate what once required expensive enterprise platforms. Crypto investors had their own version of the same anxiety: if AI agents could trade, allocate capital, and manage wallets autonomously, what exactly was the long-term value of today’s crypto infrastructure?
These concerns triggered a noticeable rotation away from these sectors and into safer havens. But markets rarely dwell on one narrative for long. Spring 2026 came, and the focus shifted abruptly from technological disruption to geopolitical risk. The US’ conflict with Iran became the dominant driver of market psychology, and when geopolitics takes center stage, the script changes quickly. Investors stop debating growth rates and start worrying about oil supply, inflation, and global stability.
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