Movement Alert|Guidewire Overnight Decline 14.54%, Q4 Earnings Beat but Weak Q1 Revenue Guidance Triggers Selloff

Market Focus
Sep 04

On September 4, Guidewire declined 14.54% overnight, trading at $173.37 per share. The selloff was triggered by the company's fiscal Q1 revenue guidance falling significantly short of analyst expectations, despite a strong Q4 earnings beat.

Guidewire reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $411.1 million, up 15.3% year-over-year and ahead of the $402.6 million consensus estimate. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.99, beating the $0.93 analyst expectation by roughly 6%. However, the company issued fiscal Q1 revenue guidance of $372 million to $378 million, well below the $387.1 million analyst consensus, making it the primary catalyst for the sharp decline. Full-year fiscal 2027 revenue guidance of $1.707 billion to $1.727 billion was roughly in line with the $1.70 billion FactSet estimate.

Notably, Guidewire exhibited a similar pattern last quarter, when Q3 results beat expectations but forward guidance concerns sent shares down over 14% after hours. Multiple analysts, including BTIG and Piper Sandler, had maintained bullish ratings ahead of the report, with a mean price target around $201. The company recently launched its Qusar release with AI agent capabilities and secured new cloud platform deployments, underscoring its ongoing product momentum in the P&C insurance technology space.

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