Waystar (WAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Waystar Holding Corp. is a software company which provide healthcare payments. Waystar Holding Corp. is based in LEHI, Utah.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.73 to $36.50
• 50-Day Range: $33.91 to $40.87
• 52-Week Range: $25.76 to $48.11
• Volume: 1.50 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.72 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.31 billion
• P/E Ratio: 75.50
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $44.73
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Waystar Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Waystar scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 219th out of 656 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Waystar has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.17, and is based on 10 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Waystar has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 76.92%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Waystar are expected to grow by 76.92% in the coming year, from $0.39 to $0.69 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Waystar is 75.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.44.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Waystar is 75.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 54.46.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Waystar has a PEG Ratio of 0.66. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Waystar has a P/B Ratio of 2.02. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.69% of the float of Waystar has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Waystar has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Waystar has recently decreased by 11.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Waystar does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.69% of the float of Waystar has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Waystar has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Waystar has recently decreased by 11.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.40

News Sentiment

Waystar has a news sentiment score of 1.40. 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 0.83 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Waystar this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for WAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Waystar insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $14,455,455.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.10% of the stock of Waystar is held by insiders.

WAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WAY shares performed this year?

Waystar's stock was trading at $36.70 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, WAY shares have decreased by 1.3% and is now trading at $36.24.

How were Waystar's earnings last quarter?

Waystar Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:WAY) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The company reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.03. Waystar's revenue was up 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Waystar IPO?

Waystar (WAY) raised $968 million in an initial public offering on Friday, June 7th 2024. The company issued 45,000,000 shares at $21.50 per share.

Who are Waystar's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Waystar include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (14.33%), Bain Capital Investors LLC (10.36%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.01%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Canada Pension Plan Investment, Paul G Moskowitz, Matthew J Hawkins, T Craig Bridge, Eric L (Ric) Sinclair III, Christopher L Schremser, Melissa F (Missy) Miller and Steven M Oreskovich.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Waystar?

Shares of WAY 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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Waystar own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Waystar investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), PayPal (PYPL), Oracle (ORCL), Pfizer (PFE) and CrowdStrike (CRWD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Today: 8/25/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: INTERNET SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WAY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:WAY
• CIK: 1990354
• Web: N/A
• Phone: (844) 492-9782
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,500
• Year Founded: 2017

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Waystar: $44.73
• High Price Target: $52.00
• Low Price Target: $34.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.17
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.48
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 75.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 92.92
• P/E Growth: 0.66
• Net Income: -$19.12 million
• Net Margins: 8.50%
• Pretax Margin: 13.31%
• Return on Equity: 5.65%
• Return on Assets: 3.81%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.39
• Current Ratio: 3.43
• Quick Ratio: 3.43

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $943.55 million
• Price / Sales: 6.69
• Cash Flow: $1.84 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.66
• Book Value: $17.90 per share
• Price / Book: 2.02

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 174,240,000
• Free Float: 167,095,000
• Market Cap: $6.31 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.79