RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on seven Canadian technology stocks on Monday.

Analyst Paul Treiber previewed calendar Q4 earnings for 13 companies in his coverage universe.

Treiber reduced his targets on CGI Inc. (GIB-A.TO) to $150 from $165 (Outperform), Constellation Software Inc. (CSU.TO) to $4800 from $5600 (Outperform), Kinaxis Inc. (KXS.TO) to $200 from $235 (Outperform), Lumine Group Inc. (LMN.TO) to $42 from $50 (Outperform), Open Text Corp. (OTEX.TO, OTEX) to US$33 from US$35 (Sector Perform), Topicus.com Inc. (TOI.V) to $160 from $190 (Outperform), and Vitalhub Corp. (VHI.TO) to $12 from $13 (Outperform).

"Canadian software stocks, roiled by AI disruption fears, continue to see valuation multiples compress," the analyst said in a note to clients.

"While we expect Q4 results largely in line with consensus and believe the magnitude of the pullback in software valuations is an overreaction, we are reducing our price targets on 7 software stocks in our coverage, as negative sentiment may persist in the short term," Treiber said.

"Among our covered stocks, we believe the best positioned stocks for calendar Q4 results are Celestica Inc. (CLS.TO, CLS), Shopify Inc. (SHOP.TO, SHOP), and Kinaxis."

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