Toast (TOST) Competitors $43.40 -0.86 (-1.94%) Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$43.24 -0.16 (-0.36%) As of 07/11/2025 07:53 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, WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, CPAY, GIB, AER, GRAB, and RBAShould you be buying Toast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toast include PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), Aercap (AER), Grab (GRAB), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. Toast vs. Its Competitors PayPal Waste Connections Trip.com Group IQVIA Reddit Corpay CGI Group Aercap Grab RB Global Toast (NYSE:TOST) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends. Do analysts prefer TOST or PYPL? Toast currently has a consensus target price of $41.21, indicating a potential downside of 5.05%. PayPal has a consensus target price of $83.42, indicating a potential upside of 16.90%. Given PayPal's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PayPal is more favorable than Toast.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Toast 0 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50PayPal 3 Sell rating(s) 15 Hold rating(s) 18 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.46 Does the media refer more to TOST or PYPL? In the previous week, PayPal had 16 more articles in the media than Toast. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for PayPal and 31 mentions for Toast. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Toast's score of 0.60 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Toast 17 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive PayPal 31 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility & risk, TOST or PYPL? Toast has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is TOST or PYPL more profitable? PayPal has a net margin of 14.26% compared to Toast's net margin of 3.04%. PayPal's return on equity of 24.59% beat Toast's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Toast3.04% 11.01% 6.97% PayPal 14.26%24.59%6.06% 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$4.96B4.36$19M$0.23188.70PayPal$31.89B2.18$4.15B$4.4715.96 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TOST or PYPL? 82.9% of Toast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Toast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryPayPal beats Toast on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Toast News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TOST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address 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$21.61B$18.03B$27.57B$20.61BDividend YieldN/A2.45%3.11%3.72%P/E Ratio188.7071.7336.9327.81Price / Sales4.3668.161,863.5840.76Price / Cash139.0390.7637.5522.32Price / Book13.238.437.284.57Net Income$19M$337.83M$767.99M$989.30M7 Day Performance-0.41%-1.28%-0.26%0.20%1 Month Performance4.58%7.40%6.06%5.53%1 Year Performance72.09%49.29%52,479.79%10.30% Toast Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TOSTToast2.4336 of 5 stars$43.40-1.9%$41.21-5.0%+72.2%$21.61B$4.96B188.705,700Options VolumePYPLPayPal4.8116 of 5 stars$76.07+1.7%$83.42+9.7%+18.4%$73.97B$31.89B17.0224,400Trending NewsWCNWaste Connections4.7711 of 5 stars$182.69+0.3%$213.93+17.1%+1.6%$47.21B$9.08B75.1823,854Analyst ForecastTCOMTrip.com Group4.3366 of 5 stars$61.81+0.7%$77.25+25.0%+23.2%$40.35B$55.22B17.9041,073Gap UpIQVIQVIA4.9302 of 5 stars$166.71+2.9%$222.45+33.4%-27.4%$28.85B$15.50B22.7288,000News CoverageAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionRDDTReddit2.1687 of 5 stars$144.14-1.0%$141.04-2.1%+97.5%$26.60B$1.30B244.312,233Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastCPAYCorpay3.7534 of 5 stars$333.79+0.8%$401.86+20.4%+13.2%$23.53B$4.05B23.4111,200Positive NewsAnalyst DowngradeGIBCGI Group4.2389 of 5 stars$102.79flat$156.75+52.5%-5.0%$23.07B$10.79B18.7290,250News CoveragePositive NewsAERAercap2.294 of 5 stars$114.94+0.8%$121.25+5.5%+19.4%$21.48B$8.00B10.20740Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGRABGrab1.416 of 5 stars$4.99-0.1%$5.71+14.4%+38.5%$20.07B$2.80B249.3711,267Trending NewsOptions VolumeRBARB Global3.4231 of 5 stars$107.25+1.3%$115.79+8.0%+36.1%$19.86B$4.28B52.847,800 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PYPL Alternatives WCN Alternatives TCOM Alternatives IQV Alternatives RDDT Alternatives CPAY Alternatives GIB Alternatives AER Alternatives GRAB 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 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredTrump’s treachery Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to ...Porter & Company | SponsoredGoogle did what!?!?A new technology has sparked a modern-day gold rush in Silicon Valley. 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