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Guidewire Software, Inc.

GWRE

Technology · 140.77 +0.5% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Guidewire Software, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 36 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Revenue YoY+22.6%2025-07-31
Operating margin3.4%+8.8 pts YoY
Company+0.5% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 36 activeEnterprise Software · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 5 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Guidewire used $606.3 million for share repurchases, while diluted shares declined slightly, making buybacks a major capital-allocation item.
  • Foreign exchange swung from a gain to a loss in other income and expense, creating a materially different non-operating contribution year over year.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if GWRE's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Application

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 36 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • Guidewire used $606.3 million for share repurchases, while diluted shares declined slightly, making buybacks a major capital-allocation item.
  • Foreign exchange swung from a gain to a loss in other income and expense, creating a materially different non-operating contribution year over year.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations328
Usable filing statements202
Verified relationships6
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +22.7% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +6.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 6 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Foreign exchange has repeated adverse evidence across 6 filings.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated adverse evidence across 6 filings.
  • Supply chain and availability has repeated adverse evidence across 6 filings.
  • Macroeconomic conditions has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 47% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

140.77
6m-10.7%12m-44.4%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-07-31$812.6M+9.3%$-2.16-0.0%
2023-07-31$905.3M+11.4%$-1.36-1.7%
2024-07-31$980.5M+8.3%$-0.07+0.1%
2025-07-31$1.2B+22.6%$0.81+4.4%
2026-07-31$1.5B+22.7%$1.63-0.6%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Demand and volumepositive · 6 filings
Because we recognize revenue upfront for term licenses compared to over time for subscription services, an increase in term licenses due to renewals or expansion orders, or a decrease from migrations or non-renewals may impact our quarterly results.
10-K · Sep 11, 2026
Foreign exchangenegative · 6 filings
For the periods ended July 31, 2026 and 2025, we recorded a foreign currency loss of $22.5 million and gain of $16.7 million, respectively, as a component of other income (expense) in our consolidated statements of operations primarily due to currency exchang…
10-K · Sep 11, 2026
Product pipeline and R&Dmixed · 6 filings
The change in income tax for fiscal year 2026, compared to the same period a year ago, was primarily due to the significant increase in pre-tax income in the U.S., a decrease in deductions from stock-based compensation, and a decrease in the FDII deduction an…
10-K · Sep 11, 2026
Supply chain and availabilitynegative · 6 filings
For the periods ended July 31, 2026 and 2025, we recorded a foreign currency loss of $22.5 million and gain of $16.7 million, respectively, as a component of other income (expense) in our consolidated statements of operations primarily due to currency exchang…
10-K · Sep 11, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 8.1× · EV/sales 7.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

140.77+0.5% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for GWRE. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for GWRE. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind GWRE

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

CRMSalesforce, Inc.competitorSep 11, 2025

Our current competitors include, but are not limited to, customers’ internally developed proprietary solutions; P&C insurance software vendors such as Duck Creek, EIS Group, Insurity, Majesco, Origami Risk, and Sapiens; and horizontal software vendors such as…

NOWServiceNow, Inc.competitorSep 11, 2025

Our current competitors include, but are not limited to, customers’ internally developed proprietary solutions; P&C insurance software vendors such as Duck Creek, EIS Group, Insurity, Majesco, Origami Risk, and Sapiens; and horizontal software vendors such as…

Depended on by

BOXBox, Inc.partnerMar 9, 2026

Box works to target specific business problems within these industries with a combination of Box and industry partner technologies such as industry-specific tools like Guidewire's insurance platform and horizontal tools like Salesforce's customer relationship…

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

GWRE is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Enterprise Software. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.