SYM FINANCIAL Corp Makes New Investment in Guidewire Software, Inc. $GWRE

SYM FINANCIAL Corp bought a new position in Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE:GWRE) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 952 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $224,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Guidewire Software by 403.8% in the first quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 131 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Guidewire Software during the first quarter worth $25,000. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in shares of Guidewire Software during the first quarter worth $28,000. Rise Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Guidewire Software during the first quarter worth $31,000. Finally, Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Guidewire Software during the second quarter worth $42,000.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Guidewire Software news, CEO Michael George Rosenbaum sold 30,317 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 16th. The stock was 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $64,350,349.46. This represents a 10.27% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, President John P. Mullen sold 15,869 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $242.87, for a total value of $3,854,104.03. Following the completion of the transaction, the president owned 158,958 shares in the company, valued at $38,606,129.46. This represents a 9.08% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 113,743 shares of company stock worth $27,350,741. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GWRE has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Guidewire Software from $290.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Guidewire Software from $247.00 to $267.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of Guidewire Software from $246.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, September 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Guidewire Software from $270.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 target price (up from $255.00) on shares of Guidewire Software in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $274.08.

Guidewire Software Stock Up 0.1%

Guidewire Software stock opened at $253.28 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $21.41 billion, a PE ratio of 316.60, a P/E/G ratio of 15.57 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 2.77 and a current ratio of 2.77. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $237.04 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $226.16. Guidewire Software, Inc. has a twelve month low of $165.08 and a twelve month high of $272.60.

Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 4th. The technology company reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $356.57 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $337.82 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.62 earnings per share. Guidewire Software’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, research analysts predict that Guidewire Software, Inc. will post 0.52 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Guidewire Software Company Profile

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.