Are Analysts Too Bullish On Guidewire Software Inc (GWRE)

Guidewire Software Inc (NYSE:GWRE) currently has a daily average trading volume of 897.82K but it saw 565554 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 17.90B USD, the company’s current market price of $213.42 came rising about 0.13 while comparing to the previous closing price of $213.15. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $219.59 and as low as $107.65.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Guidewire Software Inc (GWRE) gives us an average price of $199.17, while its current price level is -2.81% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 98.25% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $192.16 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $182.51. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.23% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.29%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 68.21 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Goldman which initiated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on January 23, 2025, recommending a price target of $210 for it.

Over the week, GWRE’s stock price is moving 4.31% up while it is 23.56% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 26.60% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 82.85%.

Currently, Guidewire Software Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 83.88M with 0.42% of that held by the insiders while 107.45% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -0.85% and return on equity (ROE) at -1.34%. It has a 80.00 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.17. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 14.11 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 16.51. Its return on asset (ROA) is -0.74% on average.