GWRE vs YB vs FORTY Stock Comparison

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YB Yuanbao Inc.
$10.57 -15.1% 1M -52.7% 1Y
Market cap
$371.59M
P/E
0.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$721.91M
Div. yield
–
Insurtech Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Yuanbao leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Yuanbao 6, Guidewire Software 3, Formula Systems (1985) 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGWREYBFORTYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.57B $371.59M $1.63B GWRE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 97.5x 0.9x 2.6x YB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 41.1x 2.5x — YB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.7% +37.2% +24.8% YB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.4% 57.3% 21.6% YB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.6% — 10.1% FORTY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 14.25% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -24.0% -52.7% -27.7% GWRE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.9%/yr — -0.8%/yr GWRE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 62.9% 51.0% 56.1% YB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 90/100 86/100 YB

Percentile Scorecard

GWREYBFORTY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGWREYBFORTY
Valuation 40 #60 of 99 86 #15 of 99 98 #2 of 52
Growth 89 #11 of 94 93 #8 of 94 91 #5 of 46
Profitability 83 #16 of 90 99 #2 of 90 83 #8 of 42
Financial Health 75 #27 of 105 88 #14 of 105 60 #25 of 61
Shareholder Returns 59 #26 of 62 87 #9 of 62 97 #2 of 30
Overall 69 90 86
  • GWRE ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • YB ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • FORTY ranked among 65 companies in Technology Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGWREYBFORTYSPY
1 month +1.7%-15.1%-9.9% -5.9%
3 months +4.6%-22.7%-2.1% -4.6%
6 months +19.9%-33.3%-28.1% +0.2%
Year to date -16.7%-47.8%-36.2% +7.5%
1 year -24.0%-52.7%-27.7% +8.2%
3 years +85.4%—+69.0% +68.3%
3 years, per year +22.9%—+19.1% +19.0%
5 years +33.2%—-3.8% +56.5%
5 years, per year +5.9%—-0.8% +9.4%
10 years +194.5%—+178.1% +251.5%
10 years, per year +11.4%—+10.8% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureGWREYBFORTYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 62.9%51.0%56.1% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 64.7%51.2%85.9% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.650.480.83 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.38-1.03-0.49 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -60.8%-65.7%-55.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.8%-53.5%-44.1% -5.9%
52-week high $222.51$22.73$190.56 $779.14
52-week low $102.69$10.57$102.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGWREYBFORTY
P/E now vs peer median 101.2xmedian 22.5x 0.9xmedian 22.5x 2.6xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 9.3xmedian 2.1x 0.7xmedian 2.1x 0.6xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 64.1xmedian 23.6x —median 23.6x —median 10.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.3xmedian 17.3x —median 17.3x —median 14.4x
P/B now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 1.7x 0.9xmedian 1.7x 1.0xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 2.14median 0.64 —median 0.64 0.02median 1.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGWREYBFORTY
Revenue $1.48B $721.91M $2.93B
Gross profit $947.37M – $580.29M
Operating income $149.87M – $249.80M
Net income $139.28M $277.06M $697.91M
Free cash flow $377.66M – –
R&D $340.10M $59.06M $21.15M
EPS (diluted) $1.63 $8.68 $39.97
Cash & equivalents $372.89M $168.92M $863.79M
Total debt $678.09M – $168.15M
Shares (diluted) 85.41M 47.65M 15.79M
Enterprise value $10.14B -$2.00B -$1.27B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGWREYBFORTY
P/E 101.2x 0.9x 2.6x
P/FCF 36.3x – –
P/Operating cash flow 35.2x – –
P/S 9.3x 0.7x 0.6x
P/B 11.5x 0.9x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 11.7x 0.9x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 64.1x – –
EV/EBIT 91.1x -1.0x 3.8x
EV/Revenue 9.3x -0.4x 0.3x
EV/FCF 36.1x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 35.0x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.14 – 0.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGWREYBFORTY
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.7% 37.2% 24.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.7% – 3.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 26.0% – 22.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 27.4% – -3.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 264.9% – 26.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 44.3% – 1.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 99.5% 63.3% 255.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 48.1% – 61.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 100.7% 295.7% 700.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 47.3% – 112.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 29.5% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 116.5% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 28.0% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 126.3% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGWREYBFORTY
Gross margin 64.2% – 19.8%
EBITDA margin 14.4% – –
Operating margin 10.2% – 8.5%
Pretax margin 11.1% 34.1% 7.1%
Net margin 9.4% 57.3% 21.6%
FCF margin 25.6% – –
Operating cash flow margin 26.4% – –
Return on equity 11.1% 50.4% 40.1%
Return on assets 5.4% 33.2% 19.5%
Return on invested capital 6.6% – 10.1%
Return on capital employed 7.9% 45.5% 11.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.9x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.8x – –
Stock comp / revenue 12.3% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGWREYBFORTY
Debt / assets 26.3% – 4.8%
Debt / equity 0.6x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x – –
Debt / FCF 1.8x – –
Liabilities / assets 53.7% 36.8% 52.8%
Equity / assets 46.3% 63.2% 47.2%
Interest coverage 11.2x – –
Current ratio 1.8x 2.9x 1.5x
Quick ratio 1.6x 2.8x 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.1x 2.5x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 6.40 3.49 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGWREYBFORTY
Dividend yield – 11.9% 14.2%
Net buyback yield 3.1% – –
Shareholder yield 3.1% 11.9% 14.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGWREYBFORTY
Forward P/E 41.1xFY2027 2.5xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $4.07FY2027 $4.25FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +18.7%FY2027 +553.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +35.1% +21.2% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.61BFY2027 $881.12MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +8.5%FY2027 +40.9%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +30.2% +22.9% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGWREYBFORTY
Held by institutions 99.3% 10.3% –
Institutions holding 548 23 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.0% +20.8% –
Institutions buying 249 14 –
Institutions selling 227 5 –
Buyers to sellers 1.10 2.80 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GWREYBFORTY
GWRE 1.00 0.01 0.10
YB 0.01 1.00 0.08
FORTY 0.10 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GWRE, YB and FORTY?

Guidewire Software (GWRE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Guidewire Software (GWRE) $13.57B, Yuanbao (YB) $371.59M, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) $1.63B.

Which stock is cheaper, GWRE, YB and FORTY?

Yuanbao (YB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Guidewire Software (GWRE) 97.5x, Yuanbao (YB) 0.9x, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 2.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Yuanbao (YB) is cheapest (Guidewire Software (GWRE) 41.1x, Yuanbao (YB) 2.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Yuanbao (YB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Guidewire Software (GWRE) +22.7%, Yuanbao (YB) +37.2%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) +24.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Yuanbao (YB) has the highest net margin (Guidewire Software (GWRE) 9.4%, Yuanbao (YB) 57.3%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 21.6%). On return on invested capital, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) leads (Guidewire Software (GWRE) 6.6%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 10.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Guidewire Software (GWRE) returned the most: Guidewire Software (GWRE) -24.0%, Yuanbao (YB) -52.7%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) -27.7%. Over five years, Guidewire Software (GWRE) compounded fastest (Guidewire Software (GWRE) +5.9%/yr, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) -0.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Guidewire Software (GWRE) 0.00%, Yuanbao (YB) 0.00%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 14.25%. Guidewire Software (GWRE) and Yuanbao (YB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Yuanbao (YB) has been the steadiest (Guidewire Software (GWRE) 62.9%, Yuanbao (YB) 51.0%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 56.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GWRE, YB and FORTY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Yuanbao (YB) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.