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Paymentus (PAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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Key Stats

Today's Range: $35.67
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$37.23
50-Day Range: $28.04
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$44.42
52-Week Range: $20.11
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$45.31
Volume: 1.36 million shs
Average Volume: 893,430 shs
Market Capitalization: $4.61 billion
P/E Ratio: 55.48
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $38.67
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) provides cloud-based electronic bill presentment and payment technology. Its platform enables organizations to issue bills and invoices, accept digital payments, and manage payment-related communications through web, mobile, text, interactive voice response, and other channels.

The company serves billers across industries including utilities, government, financial services, telecommunications, insurance, and other recurring-payment businesses. Its offerings are designed to support payment processing, billing and account management, customer engagement, automated notifications, and related back-office workflows through a unified software platform.

Paymentus was founded in 2004 and primarily serves organizations in the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021. Paymentus is led by founder and Chief Executive Officer Dushyant Shah.

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Paymentus Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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68th Percentile Overall Score

PAY MarketRank™:

Paymentus scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 472nd out of 851 stocks in the finance 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 2.63, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Upside/Downside
The consensus price target for Paymentus is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Paymentus has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.
Read more about Paymentus' stock forecast and price target.

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Paymentus are expected to grow by 19.74% in the coming year, from $0.76 to $0.91 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Paymentus is 55.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.86.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Paymentus is 55.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.26.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Paymentus has a P/B Ratio of 8.21. 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
5.02% 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 2.27, 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 13.27%, 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.

News Sentiment
Paymentus has a news sentiment score of 0.24. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Paymentus this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 3 people have searched for PAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -80% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
3 people have added Paymentus to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Paymentus insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,735,337.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
55.75% 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.
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PAY Stock News Headlines

Paymentus Scales Bill Payment Platform Across Additional Sectors

September 14 at 8:41 PM | pymnts.com

Paymentus (NYSE:PAY) Upgraded to "Buy" at Wall Street Zen

September 13 at 1:13 AM | americanbankingnews.com

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Billing and Payment Friction Puts $330 Billion in Annual Service Revenue at Risk, New Study Finds

September 8, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Paymentus (NYSE:PAY) Rating Lowered to Hold at Wall Street Zen

September 5, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

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PAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Paymentus' stock was trading at $31.56 on January 1st, 2026. Since then, PAY shares have increased by 16.0% and is now trading at $36.6160.

Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 3rd. The business services provider reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.06. The company's revenue was up 28.8% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Paymentus (PAY) raised $200 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, May 26th 2021. The company issued 10,000,000 shares at $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 shareholders of Paymentus include Wasatch Advisors LP (4.92%), Globeflex Capital L P (0.07%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.07%) and California State Teachers Retirement System (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Gary Trainor, Sanjay Kalra, Andrew A Gerber and William Ingram.
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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: 8/03/2026
Today: 9/16/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Finance
Industry: Financial Services
Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
Current Symbol: NYSE:PAY
Previous Symbol: NYSE:PAY
CIK: 1841156
Web: www.paymentus.com
Phone: (888) 440-4826
Fax: N/A
Employees: 1,340
Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

Average Price Target for Paymentus: $38.67
High Price Target: $44.00
Low Price Target: $36.00
Potential Upside/Downside: +5.6%
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4): 2.63
Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.66
Trailing P/E Ratio: 55.48
Forward P/E Ratio: 48.18
P/E Growth: N/A
Net Income: $66.94 million
Net Margins: 6.24%
Pretax Margin: 8.37%
Return on Equity: 15.26%
Return on Assets: 12.80%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
Current Ratio: 4.89
Quick Ratio: 4.89

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $1.20 billion
Price / Sales: 3.85
Cash Flow: $0.86 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 42.53
Book Value: $4.46 per share
Price / Book: 8.21

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 125,940,000
Free Float: 55,728,000
Market Cap: $4.61 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 1.31

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Paymentus (PAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

About Paymentus Stock (NYSE:PAY)

Key Stats

Company Overview

Paymentus Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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Consensus Rating

Upside/Downside

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Earnings Growth

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Change versus previous month

Dividend Yield

Dividend Growth

News Sentiment

News Coverage This Week

Search Interest

MarketBeat Follows

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

Percentage Held by Insiders

Percentage Held by Institutions

PAY Stock News Headlines

PAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

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