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Guidewire Software (Guidewire Software) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 7.72 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Guidewire Software's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.0 Mil. Guidewire Software's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $437.1 Mil. Guidewire Software's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $56.6 Mil. Guidewire Software's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 7.72.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Guidewire Software's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GWRE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.98   Med: 0.93   Max: 12.7
Current: -9.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Guidewire Software was 12.70. The lowest was -9.98. And the median was 0.93.

GWRE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1588 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.03 vs GWRE: -9.98

Guidewire Software Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guidewire Software's Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.55 12.70 -9.69 -2.69 -4.38

Guidewire Software Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,696.44 -2.22 5.01 -3.48 7.72

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Guidewire Software's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Guidewire Software's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guidewire Software's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Guidewire Software Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Guidewire Software's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8.433 + 440.143) / -102.54
=-4.37

Guidewire Software's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 437.107) / 56.592
=7.72

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Guidewire Software  (NYSE:GWRE) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Guidewire Software (Guidewire Software) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
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.
Executives
Jeffrey Elliott Cooper officer: Interim CFO C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
James Winston King officer: Chief Admin Officer, Gen Couns C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Priscilla Hung officer: PRESIDENT & COO C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
John P Mullen officer: President & CRO C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Michael George Rosenbaum director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
David S Bauer director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 2850 S DELAWARE STREET, S-400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Brown Andrew William Fraser director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Marcus Ryu director 2850 S DELAWARE STREET, SUITE 400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Michael C Keller director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 2850 S. DELAWARE ST. STE 400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Michael Polelle officer: Chief Delivery Officer 2850 S DELAWARE STREET, SUITE 400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Rajani Ramanathan director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 2850 S DELAWARE STREET, S-400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Odowd Frank E Jr officer: Chief Sales Officer GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 2850 S. DELAWARE ST. STE 400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Paul Lavin director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 2850 S. DELAWARE STREET, SUITE 400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Steven P. Sherry officer: Chief Sales Officer GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 2850 S. DELAWARE STREET, SUITE 400, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Margaret Dillon director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 2850 DELAWARE ST. STE 400, SAN MATEO CA 94403