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Paymentus (PAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$36.81 -0.24 (-0.66%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$36.86 +0.06 (+0.16%)
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About Paymentus Stock (NYSE:PAY)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$35.78
$37.24
50-Day Range
$27.83
$38.90
52-Week Range
$19.53
$40.43
Volume
1.02 million shs
Average Volume
588,063 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.61 billion
P/E Ratio
85.60
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$37.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Paymentus Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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62nd Percentile Overall Score

PAY MarketRank™: 

Paymentus scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 142nd out of 311 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Paymentus has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Paymentus has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Paymentus' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Paymentus are expected to grow by 12.82% in the coming year, from $0.39 to $0.44 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Paymentus is 85.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 277.76.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Paymentus is 85.60, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 27.14.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Paymentus has a P/B Ratio of 9.46. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Paymentus' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.33% of the float of Paymentus has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Paymentus has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Paymentus has recently decreased by 9.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Paymentus does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Paymentus does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.33% of the float of Paymentus has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Paymentus has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Paymentus has recently decreased by 9.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Paymentus has a news sentiment score of 1.35. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Paymentus this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    7 people have searched for PAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    2 people have added Paymentus to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Paymentus insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    75.43% of the stock of Paymentus is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    78.38% of the stock of Paymentus is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Paymentus' insider trading history.
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PAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Paymentus' stock was trading at $32.67 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, PAY shares have increased by 12.7% and is now trading at $36.8060.

Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) announced its earnings results on Monday, August, 4th. The business services provider reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.01. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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Paymentus (PAY) raised $200 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, May 26th 2021. The company issued 10,000,000 shares at a price of $19.00-$21.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities and Citigroup acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Baird, Nomura, Raymond James, Wells Fargo Securities, Fifth Third Securities, PNC Securities, AmeriVet and C.L. King & Associates were co-managers.

Top institutional investors of Paymentus include Franklin Resources Inc. (1.44%), Invesco Ltd. (1.40%), Wasatch Advisors LP (1.21%) and Next Century Growth Investors LLC (0.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Sanjay Kalra, Gerasimos (Jerry) Portocalis, Andrew A Gerber, William Ingram and Paul E Seamon.
View institutional ownership trends
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Shares of PAY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Paymentus investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), TotalEnergies (TTE), Waste Connections (WCN), NVIDIA (NVDA) and The RMR Group (RMR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/04/2025
Today
9/05/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/11/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Financial Transaction Services
Sub-Industry
Data Processing & Outsourced Services
Current Symbol
NYSE:PAY
Previous Symbol
NYSE:PAY
CIK
1841156
Fax
N/A
Employees
1,307
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$40.00
Low Price Target
$34.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+1.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
8 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$0.43
Trailing P/E Ratio
84.53
Forward P/E Ratio
93.14
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$44.17 million
Net Margins
5.37%
Pretax Margin
6.40%
Return on Equity
12.63%
Return on Assets
10.69%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
N/A
Current Ratio
4.56
Quick Ratio
4.56

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$871.74 million
Price / Sales
5.22
Cash Flow
$0.71 per share
Price / Cash Flow
51.32
Book Value
$3.89 per share
Price / Book
9.34

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
125,260,000
Free Float
30,777,000
Market Cap
$4.55 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.58
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This page (NYSE:PAY) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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