Guidewire Software, Inc.

NYSE:GWRE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$16.5b

Guidewire Software Valuation

Is GWRE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GWRE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: GWRE ($199.86) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($190.33)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GWRE is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GWRE?

Key metric: As GWRE is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for GWRE. This is calculated by dividing GWRE's market cap by their current revenue.
What is GWRE's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio17x
SalesUS$980.50m
Market CapUS$16.47b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does GWRE's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for GWRE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.5x
DOCU DocuSign
5.7x6.1%US$16.0b
BSY Bentley Systems
11.5x10.9%US$14.7b
MANH Manhattan Associates
16.2x9.8%US$16.6b
NTNX Nutanix
8.8x13.0%US$18.6b
GWRE Guidewire Software
17x12.8%US$16.5b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: GWRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (17x) compared to the peer average (10.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does GWRE's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

80 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
VYX NCR Voyix
0.6x-23.2%US$2.07b
PGY Pagaya Technologies
0.7x15.8%US$645.96m
XPER Xperi
0.8x1.8%US$387.78m
0.5x1.1%US$371.08m
GWRE 17.0xIndustry Avg. 5.1xNo. of Companies80PS048121620+
80 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: GWRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (17x) compared to the US Software industry average (5.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GWRE's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GWRE PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio17x
Fair PS Ratio6.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: GWRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (17x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GWRE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$199.86
US$193.16
-3.4%
16.2%US$220.00US$125.00n/a13
Nov ’25US$186.04
US$188.09
+1.1%
14.8%US$215.00US$125.00n/a13
Oct ’25US$180.99
US$170.71
-5.7%
13.4%US$200.00US$113.00n/a14
Sep ’25US$148.77
US$146.14
-1.8%
17.2%US$175.00US$95.00n/a14
Aug ’25US$148.96
US$138.57
-7.0%
14.8%US$170.00US$95.00n/a14
Jul ’25US$138.99
US$136.86
-1.5%
13.7%US$170.00US$95.00n/a14
Jun ’25US$113.92
US$126.14
+10.7%
12.9%US$141.00US$80.00n/a14
May ’25US$110.80
US$126.31
+14.0%
12.5%US$141.00US$80.00n/a15
Apr ’25US$116.04
US$126.31
+8.9%
12.5%US$141.00US$80.00n/a15
Mar ’25US$116.73
US$115.00
-1.5%
11.5%US$131.00US$80.00n/a15
Feb ’25US$113.58
US$114.00
+0.4%
11.0%US$131.00US$80.00n/a15
Jan ’25US$109.04
US$110.59
+1.4%
13.5%US$131.00US$80.00n/a14
Dec ’24US$101.59
US$100.87
-0.7%
13.9%US$126.00US$69.00n/a14
Nov ’24US$89.31
US$94.51
+5.8%
10.1%US$110.00US$69.00US$186.0414
Oct ’24US$90.00
US$94.43
+4.9%
10.2%US$110.00US$69.00US$180.9914
Sep ’24US$86.53
US$86.43
-0.1%
8.1%US$95.00US$69.00US$148.7714
Aug ’24US$86.48
US$85.00
-1.7%
10.5%US$95.00US$65.00US$148.9614
Jul ’24US$76.08
US$85.00
+11.7%
10.5%US$95.00US$65.00US$138.9914
Jun ’24US$82.84
US$83.43
+0.7%
12.2%US$95.00US$60.00US$113.9214
May ’24US$75.86
US$83.14
+9.6%
11.9%US$95.00US$60.00US$110.8014
Apr ’24US$82.05
US$83.14
+1.3%
11.9%US$95.00US$60.00US$116.0414
Mar ’24US$69.53
US$79.11
+13.8%
16.1%US$95.00US$55.00US$116.7314
Feb ’24US$75.47
US$79.11
+4.8%
16.1%US$95.00US$55.00US$113.5814
Jan ’24US$62.56
US$79.19
+26.6%
17.5%US$100.00US$55.00US$109.0413
Dec ’23US$60.90
US$82.50
+35.5%
16.3%US$105.00US$60.00US$101.5913
Nov ’23US$58.31
US$83.38
+43.0%
17.2%US$105.00US$60.00US$89.3112

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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