Does Shopify (SHOP) Offer a Compelling Reward-To-Risk Opportunity?

Loomis Sayles, an investment management company, released its “Global Growth Fund” investor letter for the fourth quarter of 2025.  A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund prioritizes investments in high-quality companies that possess a lasting competitive advantage and long-term growth drivers, capable of generating attractive cash flow and sustained value for investors. The Fund returned -3.05% in Q4 2025 compared to 3.29% for the MSCI ACWI Index Net. As a patient investor, the firm maintains coverage of high-quality businesses to capitalize on meaningful price dislocations. Please review the Fund’s top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2025.

In its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter, Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund stocks such as Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP). Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) is a Canada-based e-commerce technology company that provides a cloud-based platform for individuals and companies to create and manage their operations. The one-month return for Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) was -28.98%, and its shares lost 13.78% over the last 52 weeks. On February 12, 2026, Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) stock closed at $110.66 per share, with a market capitalization of $144.421 billion.

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund stated the following regarding Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

“Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) is a leading global provider of mission-critical commerce infrastructure that enables retail companies to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business of any size. Shopify’s cloud-based platform offers merchants an end-to-end solution that was previously only available to significantly larger businesses. From a single global storefront, the company offers merchants a multi-channel solution through which they can display, manage, market, and sell products across all sales channels, including web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, social media, marketplaces, and other retail formats. The platform enables merchants to sell anywhere and in any language, facilitating cross border commerce for end customers who can shop using their local currencies, languages, domains, and payment methods. Shopify also provides merchants a single, integrated backend platform through which merchants can manage and source inventory, process orders and payments, fulfill and ship orders, build customer relationships, leverage reporting and analytic tools, and access financing. With a mission to improve commerce and empower merchants to realize their potential by making a complex process simple, the company has effectively created a retail operating system used by over two million merchants in over 175 countries. The company generates approximately 71% of revenues in North America, with Europe, the Middle East and Africa accounting for 19%, and Asia-Pacific contributing 10%…” (Click here to read the full text)

Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. According to our database, 91 hedge fund portfolios held Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) at the end of the third quarter, compared to 69 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of SHOPIFY INC. (NASDAQ:SHOP) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than SHOPIFY INC. (NASDAQ:SHOP) and that has 10,000% upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

In another article, we covered Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) and shared a list of profitable SaaS companies for 2026. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q4 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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