Brokerages Set Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE:GWRE) PT at $274.08

Shares of Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE:GWRE) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $274.0833.

GWRE has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Guidewire Software from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Guidewire Software from $265.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Guidewire Software from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Guidewire Software from $270.00 to $288.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (up from $255.00) on shares of Guidewire Software in a report on Friday, September 5th.

Insider Transactions at Guidewire Software

In other Guidewire Software news, CEO Michael George Rosenbaum sold 30,317 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $242.87, for a total value of $7,363,089.79. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 264,958 shares in the company, valued at $64,350,349.46. The trade was a 10.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Jeffrey Elliott Cooper sold 14,103 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $242.87, for a total transaction of $3,425,195.61. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 84,646 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,557,974.02. The trade was a 14.28% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 113,743 shares of company stock valued at $27,350,741. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Guidewire Software

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of GWRE. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Guidewire Software by 2.4% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,922,651 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,100,838,000 after purchasing an additional 211,047 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its position in Guidewire Software by 16.2% during the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 5,157,195 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $966,252,000 after purchasing an additional 720,322 shares during the period. Linonia Partnership LP lifted its position in Guidewire Software by 41.8% during the first quarter. Linonia Partnership LP now owns 3,396,310 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $636,333,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000,709 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in Guidewire Software by 1.5% during the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,672,767 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $313,410,000 after purchasing an additional 24,991 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Guidewire Software by 5.6% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,578,442 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $372,105,000 after purchasing an additional 84,152 shares during the period.

Guidewire Software Price Performance

NYSE GWRE opened at $253.28 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.77, a current ratio of 2.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. Guidewire Software has a 12-month low of $165.08 and a 12-month high of $272.60. The company has a market capitalization of $21.41 billion, a PE ratio of 316.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 15.57 and a beta of 1.21. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $237.04 and its 200-day moving average is $226.16.

Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 4th. The technology company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.22. Guidewire Software had a net margin of 5.81% and a return on equity of 9.00%. The company had revenue of $356.57 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $337.82 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.62 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 22.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Guidewire Software has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Guidewire Software will post 0.52 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Guidewire Software

Guidewire Software, Inc provides a platform for property and casualty (P&C) insurers worldwide. The company offers Guidewire InsuranceSuite Cloud, such as PolicyCenter Cloud, BillingCenter Cloud, and ClaimCenter Cloud applications. It also provides Guidewire InsuranceNow, a cloud-based platform that offers policy, billing, and claims management functionality to insurers; and Guidewire InsuranceSuite for Self-Managed.