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$173.62 -2.41 (-1.37%)
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GWRE vs. FICO, ANSS, TYL, SSNC, FDS, MANH, AZPN, PEGA, INFA, and HCP

Should you be buying Guidewire Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guidewire Software include Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Pegasystems (PEGA), Informatica (INFA), and HashiCorp (HCP). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Guidewire Software vs.

Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) and Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Fair Isaac has higher revenue and earnings than Guidewire Software. Fair Isaac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guidewire Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guidewire Software$1.04B14.19-$6.10M$0.36488.97
Fair Isaac$1.72B29.64$512.81M$20.45102.25

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 29.86% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of 2.91%. Guidewire Software's return on equity of 2.38% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guidewire Software2.91% 2.38% 1.38%
Fair Isaac 29.86%-59.47%28.78%

85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Guidewire Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Guidewire Software currently has a consensus price target of $193.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.64%. Fair Isaac has a consensus price target of $2,032.46, indicating a potential downside of 2.80%. Given Guidewire Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Guidewire Software is more favorable than Fair Isaac.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guidewire Software
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Fair Isaac
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Guidewire Software had 7 more articles in the media than Fair Isaac. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Guidewire Software and 17 mentions for Fair Isaac. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Guidewire Software's score of 0.39 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Guidewire Software
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Fair Isaac
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Guidewire Software received 93 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.40% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Guidewire SoftwareOutperform Votes
448
65.40%
Underperform Votes
237
34.60%
Fair IsaacOutperform Votes
355
60.89%
Underperform Votes
228
39.11%

Summary

Fair Isaac beats Guidewire Software on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GWRE vs. The Competition

MetricGuidewire SoftwarePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.70B$25.50B$26.18B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%2.78%3.64%
P/E Ratio488.9797.99238.4041.31
Price / Sales14.1924.783,372.2717.54
Price / Cash510.1291.3236.0321.28
Price / Book11.6012.918.185.32
Net Income-$6.10M$448.65M$685.86M$989.88M
7 Day Performance2.69%-0.71%0.06%-3.21%
1 Month Performance-13.21%6.94%4.71%-4.74%
1 Year Performance62.19%25.37%21.84%11.56%

Guidewire Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GWRE
Guidewire Software
4.4733 of 5 stars
$173.62
-1.4%
$193.00
+11.2%
+62.2%$14.50B$1.04B482.283,469Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.7685 of 5 stars
$2,172.13
+0.1%
$2,022.67
-6.9%
+78.9%$52.89B$1.72B106.063,586Analyst Forecast
ANSS
ANSYS
3.9433 of 5 stars
$341.58
+0.4%
$342.50
+0.3%
-5.5%$29.87B$2.47B52.516,200
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.578 of 5 stars
$613.44
+0.3%
$642.62
+4.8%
+45.9%$26.26B$1.95B111.627,300
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.2997 of 5 stars
$76.61
-0.1%
$77.75
+1.5%
+24.9%$18.98B$5.76B27.4526,000Positive News
FDS
FactSet Research Systems
4.1796 of 5 stars
$489.48
+0.2%
$451.85
-7.7%
+3.1%$18.59B$2.20B35.1612,398Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MANH
Manhattan Associates
4.3384 of 5 stars
$298.85
+0.2%
$292.89
-2.0%
+27.3%$18.25B$1.02B85.184,580
AZPN
Aspen Technology
3.18 of 5 stars
$250.28
+0.6%
$258.00
+3.1%
+14.8%$15.83B$1.09B-428.973,937Positive News
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.6951 of 5 stars
$96.43
+1.9%
$85.90
-10.9%
+91.5%$8.27B$1.43B69.045,406Positive News
INFA
Informatica
4.4393 of 5 stars
$26.96
+0.5%
$33.27
+23.4%
-7.5%$8.23B$1.66B127.715,000
HCP
HashiCorp
1.0982 of 5 stars
$33.79
+0.0%
$32.08
-5.1%
+46.3%$6.91B$654.89M-55.392,200Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:GWRE) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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