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Guidewire Software (LTS:0J1G) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 145.89 (As of Mar. 13, 2025)


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What is Guidewire Software Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-03-13), Guidewire Software's current share price is $176.5299. Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $1.21. Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 145.89.

The historical rank and industry rank for Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0J1G' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 52.5   Med: 104.76   Max: 185.55
Current: 147.18

During the past years, Guidewire Software's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 185.55. The lowest was 52.50. And the median was 104.76.

LTS:0J1G's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
86.99% of 638 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 31.625 vs LTS:0J1G: 147.18

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Guidewire Software's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $0.983. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.21 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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Guidewire Software Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Guidewire Software Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Guidewire Software Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 109.53 107.07 75.23 81.51 128.49

Guidewire Software Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 108.14 108.93 128.49 168.29 176.28

Competitive Comparison of Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Guidewire Software Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=176.5299/1.21
=145.89

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Guidewire Software's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Guidewire Software's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=0.983/134.0288*134.0288
=0.983

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Guidewire Software Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201504 0.358 99.824 0.481
201507 0.399 100.691 0.531
201510 -0.195 100.346 -0.260
201601 0.505 99.957 0.677
201604 0.308 100.947 0.409
201607 0.594 101.524 0.784
201610 -0.210 101.988 -0.276
201701 0.567 102.456 0.742
201704 0.282 103.167 0.366
201707 1.050 103.278 1.363
201710 -0.448 104.070 -0.577
201801 0.582 104.578 0.746
201804 0.241 105.708 0.306
201807 1.293 106.324 1.630
201810 -0.373 106.695 -0.469
201901 0.068 106.200 0.086
201904 0.090 107.818 0.112
201907 0.978 108.250 1.211
201910 -0.353 108.577 -0.436
202001 0.205 108.841 0.252
202004 -0.051 108.173 -0.063
202007 1.245 109.318 1.526
202010 -0.242 109.861 -0.295
202101 0.088 110.364 0.107
202104 -0.048 112.673 -0.057
202107 1.196 115.183 1.392
202110 -1.372 116.696 -1.576
202201 -0.109 118.619 -0.123
202204 -0.185 121.978 -0.203
202207 0.941 125.002 1.009
202210 -1.101 125.734 -1.174
202301 -0.031 126.223 -0.033
202304 -0.636 127.992 -0.666
202307 2.053 128.974 2.133
202310 -0.940 129.810 -0.971
202401 0.767 130.124 0.790
202404 0.009 132.289 0.009
202407 2.285 132.708 2.308
202410 -0.784 133.182 -0.789
202501 0.983 134.029 0.983

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Guidewire Software  (LTS:0J1G) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Guidewire Software Business Description

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970 Park Pl., Suite 200, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94403
Guidewire Software provides software solutions for property and casualty insurers. Flagship product InsuranceSuite is an on-premises system of record and comprises ClaimCenter, a claims management system; PolicyCenter, a policy management system including policy definitions, quotas, issuance, maintenance, and renewal; and BillingCenter, for billing management, payment plans, and agent commissions. The company also offers InsuranceNow, a cloud-based offering, as well as a variety of other add-on applications.

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