Waystar (WAY) Competitors

Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate WAY or TTD?

Waystar presently has a consensus price target of $40.08, suggesting a potential upside of 1.58%. Trade Desk has a consensus price target of $101.32, suggesting a potential upside of 90.96%. Given Trade Desk's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than Waystar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waystar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08
Trade Desk	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WAY or TTD?

Trade Desk received 820 more outperform votes than Waystar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Waystar an outperform vote while only 76.39% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waystar	Outperform Votes 31 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Trade Desk	Outperform Votes 851 76.39%	Underperform Votes 263 23.61%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WAY or TTD?

67.8% of Trade Desk shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Trade Desk shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to WAY or TTD?

In the previous week, Trade Desk had 15 more articles in the media than Waystar. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Trade Desk and 28 mentions for Waystar. Waystar's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Trade Desk's score of 0.81 indicating that Waystar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waystar	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trade Desk	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WAY or TTD more profitable?

Trade Desk has a net margin of 16.08% compared to Waystar's net margin of 0.00%. Trade Desk's return on equity of 16.38% beat Waystar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waystar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trade Desk	16.08%	16.38%	7.69%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WAY or TTD?

Trade Desk has higher revenue and earnings than Waystar.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waystar	$943.55M	7.20	-$51.33M	N/A	N/A
Trade Desk	$2.44B	10.77	$393.08M	$0.78	68.03

Summary

Trade Desk beats Waystar on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.