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Guidewire Software, Inc.

Guidewire Software, Inc.GWRE

Technology · Software - Application
163.23USD
+7.28%
Oct 06, 2026
GWRE overview ready
Guidewire is a direct, specialized P&C-insurance platform vendor whose cloud core systems sit at the transactional center of insurers' policy, billing, claims, pricing, and underwriting operations.
Narrative is still early
Exposed to the Insurance Industry Digital Modernization narrative through Cloud Core-System Modernization for Insurers — pure play.
Price structure is giving way
Longer-term context reads early trend, with a near-term setup of daily advance.
Demanding valuation
Guidewire Software, Inc. carries a Expensive valuation stance that the scored components do not clearly support.
Unremarkable fundamentals
Primary risk
Dependence on insurance industry IT spending cycles.
Market Oct 5Filing Jul 31Price action Oct 5Research Sep 21

Conviction Level

NarrativeHeat5.1ThemeHeat6.0PriceAction6.3Valuation2.7CompanyPosition9.3
Price
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Price Action

Price structure is giving way
Longer-term context reads early trend, with a near-term setup of daily advance.
EntryBreakout + retest

Price broke through the weekly SMA200, then retested it constructively and recovered — a fresh structural entry rather than a chase.

Key Financials

Market Cap
$13.4B
Avg Volume (60D)
1.4M
60 sessions
Revenue Growth YoY
+22.7%
FY2026 vs FY2025
Gross Margin
+64.2%
Trailing twelve months
Operating Margin
+10.2%
Trailing twelve months
Free Cash Flow Yield
+2.8%
Distance from 200DMA
+8.1%
Next Earnings
2026-12-03
P/E
96.1x
Market metrics as of Oct 5, 2026
Financial results for the period ended Jul 31, 2026
Filed balance-sheet data as of Jul 31, 2026

Fundamentals & Valuation

One of the two valuation perspectives says expensive; intrinsic is the dissenting view.
Guidewire Software, Inc. carries a Expensive valuation stance that the scored components do not clearly support. Treat it as unresolved.

Company Research

Thesis
Guidewire is a direct, specialized P&C-insurance platform vendor whose cloud core systems sit at the transactional center of insurers' policy, billing, claims, pricing, and underwriting operations.
Opportunity
Moderate opportunity
Insurer replacement or migration of legacy policy, billing, claims, underwriting, pricing, and data systems to cloud-based core platforms that support faster product changes, operational automation, digital distribution, and AI-enabled workflows.
Key risk
Dependence on insurance industry IT spending cycles.

Narrative & Theme

Insurance Industry Digital Modernization
Part of Cloud Core-System Modernization for Insurers, with strong fit.
GWRE has a specific, direct exposure to a real but currently unpromoted market story: P&C carriers modernizing legacy core operations onto cloud platforms and layering digital, analytics, and AI capabilities into insurance workflows.
Narrative HeatNeutral5.1 / 10
Theme HeatNeutral6.0 / 10
This is the company’s own research reading. The canonical heat measurement for this story has not run.

Business & Markets

Technology · Software - Application
What they do

Guidewire Software provides software platforms primarily for property and casualty insurers globally, delivering core applications for policy administration, claims management, and billing through both on-premise and cloud-based solutions.

How it earns

The company generates revenue mainly through subscription and licensing fees for its software products and cloud services.

Products & services
Guidewire InsuranceSuite (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter)
Guidewire InsuranceNow
Guidewire Rating Management
Guidewire Reinsurance Management
Customers & end markets
Property and casualty insurance companies
Global insurance market
Market position

Guidewire is a leader in the P&C insurance software application market.

Demand drivers
Medium cyclicality

Demand is influenced by insurance industry investment cycles and technology upgrade cycles.