Toast (TOST) Competitors $35.03 -1.83 (-4.95%) Closing price 10/10/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$34.86 -0.17 (-0.49%) As of 10/10/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock TOST vs. PYPL, TCOM, WCN, RDDT, IQV, GRAB, AER, CPAY, GIB, and RBAShould you be buying Toast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toast include PayPal (PYPL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), Reddit (RDDT), IQVIA (IQV), Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. Toast vs. Its Competitors PayPal Trip.com Group Waste Connections Reddit IQVIA Grab Aercap Corpay CGI Group RB Global Toast (NYSE:TOST) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends. Do analysts recommend TOST or PYPL? Toast currently has a consensus price target of $45.78, suggesting a potential upside of 30.68%. PayPal has a consensus price target of $84.66, suggesting a potential upside of 21.11%. Given Toast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Toast is more favorable than PayPal.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Toast 0 Sell rating(s) 11 Hold rating(s) 15 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.58PayPal 2 Sell rating(s) 14 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.45 Does the media prefer TOST or PYPL? In the previous week, PayPal had 60 more articles in the media than Toast. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for PayPal and 17 mentions for Toast. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat PayPal's score of 0.80 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Toast 12 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive PayPal 34 Very Positive mention(s) 9 Positive mention(s) 26 Neutral mention(s) 6 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TOST or PYPL? 82.9% of Toast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of Toast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is TOST or PYPL more profitable? PayPal has a net margin of 14.49% compared to Toast's net margin of 4.07%. PayPal's return on equity of 25.35% beat Toast's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Toast4.07% 14.19% 9.19% PayPal 14.49%25.35%6.30% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TOST or PYPL? PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than Toast. PayPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioToast$4.96B3.60$19M$0.34103.04PayPal$31.80B2.10$4.15B$4.6814.94 Which has more risk and volatility, TOST or PYPL? Toast has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryToast beats PayPal on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TOST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart TOST vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricToastINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$17.84B$19.58B$32.13B$21.46BDividend YieldN/A3.63%3.22%3.66%P/E Ratio103.0474.48491.2228.89Price / Sales3.60105.781,876.2860.17Price / Cash112.0881.6636.8123.41Price / Book10.689.117.414.51Net Income$19M$354.27M$820.34M$1.01B7 Day Performance-4.23%1.66%-0.79%-3.53%1 Month Performance-12.41%0.99%4.66%-1.39%1 Year Performance23.62%82.93%24,132.45%10.40% Toast Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TOSTToast4.2968 of 5 stars$35.04-5.0%$45.78+30.7%+23.6%$17.84B$4.96B103.045,700Analyst ForecastPYPLPayPal4.741 of 5 stars$75.46-0.9%$84.50+12.0%-13.2%$72.11B$31.80B16.1324,400Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastTCOMTrip.com Group4.5963 of 5 stars$71.04-0.7%$76.98+8.4%+7.8%$46.41B$7.30B19.4741,073Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGap UpWCNWaste Connections4.9248 of 5 stars$171.25-1.4%$211.73+23.6%-4.9%$43.97B$8.92B69.1023,854News CoverageAnalyst ForecastRDDTReddit2.8007 of 5 stars$209.59+3.6%$203.92-2.7%+171.4%$39.15B$1.30B190.142,233Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeIQVIQVIA4.885 of 5 stars$203.45+1.4%$236.45+16.2%-13.5%$34.59B$15.41B29.4488,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGRABGrab1.7371 of 5 stars$6.16-3.2%$5.90-4.1%+60.5%$24.83B$3.07B154.1611,267Analyst ForecastAERAercap2.5814 of 5 stars$121.22-0.5%$122.57+1.1%+28.2%$22.64B$8.00B7.54740News CoverageAnalyst ForecastCPAYCorpay4.3358 of 5 stars$291.33-0.3%$396.21+36.0%-17.4%$20.57B$3.97B19.7911,200Analyst ForecastGIBCGI Group3.6999 of 5 stars$90.26-0.8%$148.25+64.3%-23.0%$20.12B$15.56B16.6890,250Analyst ForecastRBARB Global4.5153 of 5 stars$103.81-1.8%$124.33+19.8%+29.9%$19.27B$4.42B51.397,800News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst Upgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PYPL Alternatives TCOM Alternatives WCN Alternatives RDDT Alternatives IQV Alternatives GRAB Alternatives AER Alternatives CPAY Alternatives GIB Alternatives RBA Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:TOST) was last updated on 10/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersURGENT: The Market's 3 Red Flags Are FlashingHere’s the uncomfortable truth: The smartest investors in the world are already preparing for a crash befor...StockEarnings | SponsoredClaim Your Share of $5.39 BILLION in AI Equity ChecksThe U.S. government just took advantage of Public Law 81-774 to crack down on AI companies... 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