The software industry is no longer unified. For years, buying the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) provided clean, broad-based exposure to predictable software-as-a-service (SaaS) recurring revenue models. Currently, however, software stocks are a dividend bunch.
At the macro level, the industry is divided into two distinct camps: infrastructure backends enabling artificial intelligence workflows, and legacy application software facing structural pricing friction. Companies that own foundational enterprise databases, multi-cloud infrastructure, and specialized data pipelines are expanding their market share.