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Shopify (SHOP) shares rose 55.6% over the past three months, ahead of the 4.9% return of the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector. The article credits the gain to accelerating e-commerce growth, expanding AI capabilities, rising payments penetration and improving profitability. It says AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2 2026, and its Catalog covers more than one billion products. Merchant Solutions revenue rose 37% to $2.78 billion, Shopify Payments penetration reached 68% of global GMV, and GMV grew 32% to about $116 billion, its fifth straight quarter of growth above 30%. Over the same three months, competitors Wix, Commerce.com and Amazon returned 61.3%, 39% and 12.3%, respectively.

Shopify (SHOP) closed at $179.22 on Monday, a record close by only 21 cents above its prior high of $179.01 set on Oct. 29, 2025, after climbing about 18% over six trading days. The rally came without new financial results, as shares were lifted by positive Wall Street comments on AI shopping agents; AI-driven orders to Shopify stores in the second quarter tripled from a year earlier, though management said agentic commerce remains small relative to gross merchandise volume. Revenue for the 12 months through June reached about $13.3 billion, up roughly a third, and second-quarter operating income rose 68% to $488 million. The author argues that despite strong growth, the stock is still too expensive at about 98 times trailing free cash flow, with a market cap near $230 billion.