Guidewire Software (GWRE)

Technology · Software - Application
$164.52 +0.79% on the day Market cap $15.6B 52-week range $102.30 to $255.89 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
15% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $15.6B, Guidewire Software's free cash flow of $359M (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about 15% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster 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 Guidewire Software'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 price15.2% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years11.7% a year
Revenue, same period12.5% a year
Price to free cash flow43.5x

Fundamental grade

D

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

Valuation2
Profitability6
Growth4
Financial health4
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)83.0x
P/E (forward)47.5x
Price / free cash flow52.8x
EV / EBITDA75.9x
Price / sales10.6x
Price / book10.3x
Revenue growth+15.3%
Operating margin10.2%
Net margin9.4%
Return on equity11.7%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity1.16x

Results from SEC filings

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

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$813M$905M$980M$1.2B$1.5B
Net income-$180M-$112M-$6M$70M$139M
Free cash flow-$60M$21M$177M$280M$359M
EPS (diluted)-$2.16-$1.36-$0.07$0.81$1.63
Operating margin-24.5%-16.5%-5.4%3.4%10.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2026.

Subscription and support$971M66%
Services$270M18%
License$235M16%

Superinvestors who own GWRE

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Added $1.1B1.7%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $32M0.03%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $21M0.01%Q2 2026
Bryan Lawrence
Oakcliff Capital Partners
Added $20M7.3%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $1M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Guidewire Software'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 GWRE 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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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Guidewire Software's stock price imply?

At a market value of $15.6B, Guidewire Software would need its free cash flow to grow about 15% 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 12% a year.

Are Guidewire Software insiders buying the stock?

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

Which superinvestors own Guidewire Software?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold GWRE in their latest 13F, including Ron Baron, 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.