Descartes Systems (DSGX)

Technology · Software - Application
$78.62 -2.54% on the day Market cap $6.9B 52-week range $62.56 to $98.35 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
9% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $6.9B, Descartes Systems's free cash flow of $261M (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about 9% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Descartes Systems's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price8.7% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years16.2% a year
Revenue, same period15.2% a year
Price to free cash flow26.5x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from DSGX's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation3
Profitability8
Growth6
Financial health7
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)42.0x
P/E (forward)31.4x
Price / free cash flow25.9x
EV / EBITDA22.8x
Price / sales9.46x
Price / book4.55x
Revenue growth+12.0%
Operating margin28.8%
Net margin22.5%
Return on equity10.9%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.17x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Descartes Systems's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$425M$486M$573M$651M$729M
Net income$86M$102M$116M$143M$164M
Free cash flow$171M$186M$202M$213M$261M
EPS (diluted)$1.00$1.18$1.34$1.64$1.87
Operating margin24.4%26.8%24.9%27.8%28.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2026.

Service$677M93%
Professional services and other$49M7%
License$3M0%

Superinvestors who own DSGX

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Trimmed $50M0.03%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $40M0.03%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $32M0.01%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $1M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Descartes Systems's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of DSGX in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Descartes Systems's stock price imply?

At a market value of $6.9B, Descartes Systems would need its free cash flow to grow about 9% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 16% a year.

Are Descartes Systems insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of DSGX in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Descartes Systems?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold DSGX in their latest 13F, including PRIMECAP Management, Hersh Cohen, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.