Tyler Technologies scores just 2/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the full valuation breakdown.
A Discounted Cash Flow model estimates what a business is worth by projecting the cash it can generate in the future and then discounting those projections back to today in dollar terms.
For Tyler Technologies, the latest twelve month Free Cash Flow is about $584.8 million. Analysts expect this to continue growing, with Simply Wall St using a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity model. Their projections see Free Cash Flow rising towards around $1.0 billion by 2029, with further years extrapolated beyond the formal analyst horizon to capture a full decade of cash generation.
Putting all those future cash flows together and discounting them back to today gives an estimated intrinsic value of roughly $447.60 per share. That is only about 1.8% above the current share price, which implies the stock is slightly overvalued but effectively in line with its modeled fair value.
Result: ABOUT RIGHT
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For a profitable software business like Tyler Technologies, the Price to Earnings (PE) ratio is a natural way to think about valuation, because it connects what investors are paying today with the company’s current earnings power. In general, faster and more predictable earnings growth, with lower risk, should justify a higher PE multiple, while slower or more volatile growth should command a lower one.
Tyler currently trades on a PE of about 62.2x, which is nearly double the broader Software industry average of around 32.9x, and still a discount to the peer group average of about 70.5x. Simply Wall St’s proprietary “Fair Ratio” model, which estimates what a reasonable PE should be after accounting for factors like Tyler’s earnings growth outlook, profitability, industry, market cap and specific risks, puts that fair PE closer to 32.8x.
This Fair Ratio approach is more tailored than simple peer or industry comparisons, because it blends Tyler’s fundamentals with its risk and growth profile rather than assuming all software names deserve the same multiple. Comparing the Fair Ratio of 32.8x with the current 62.2x suggests the shares are trading at a substantial premium to what those fundamentals justify.
Result: OVERVALUED
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Earlier we mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation, so let us introduce you to Narratives, a simple way to attach a clear story to your numbers by linking your view of Tyler Technologies' future revenue, earnings and margins to a financial forecast and a fair value estimate that you can easily compare with today’s share price. On Simply Wall St’s Community page, used by millions of investors, Narratives let you set assumptions that reflect your own perspective, and then automatically translate them into a dynamic valuation that updates when new information like earnings, guidance or news arrives. This can make it much easier to decide whether to buy or sell, because you can see at a glance whether your Narrative Fair Value is above or below the current market price, and by how much. For example, one investor might build a very optimistic Tyler Technologies Narrative with strong SaaS growth and a fair value near $800, while a more cautious investor might assume slower adoption and price in more risk, ending up closer to $585. Both investors can then track how their stories evolve as fresh data comes in.
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