NYSE:PAY Paymentus (PAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis $32.74 +0.48 (+1.49%) Closing price 10/30/2026 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$32.84 +0.10 (+0.32%) As of 10/30/2026 07:25 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 Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest About Paymentus Stock (NYSE:PAY) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get Paymentus alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$31.88▼$33.1850-Day Range$29.94▼$39.8852-Week Range$20.11▼$45.31Volume768,739 shsAverage Volume732,564 shsMarket Capitalization$4.12 billionP/E Ratio49.61Dividend YieldN/APrice Target$38.86Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company Overview Paymentus Holdings, Inc. is a technology company that provides cloud-based bill payment and electronic billing solutions. Its platform enables organizations to present bills, collect payments and communicate with customers through digital channels, including web and mobile applications, text messaging, interactive voice response, payment kiosks and customer service representatives. The company primarily serves billers in industries such as utilities, financial services, government, telecommunications, insurance and other recurring-payment sectors. Its products and services are designed to support payment processing, electronic bill presentment, recurring and one-time payments, payment reminders, customer communications and related billing workflows. Paymentus was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The company serves customers in North America and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 under the symbol PAY. Paymentus was founded and is led by Chief Executive Officer Dushyant Shah.AI Generated. May Contain Errors. Read More Paymentus Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks82nd Percentile Overall ScorePAY MarketRank™: 4.09521338695 of 5 starsPaymentus scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 315th out of 859 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.9 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingPaymentus has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.78, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Upside PotentialPaymentus has a consensus price target of $38.86, representing about 18.7% upside from its current price of $32.74.Amount of Analyst CoveragePaymentus has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Paymentus' stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.9 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth22.08% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Paymentus are expected to grow by 22.08% in the coming year, from $0.77 to $0.94 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Paymentus is 49.61, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.05.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Paymentus is 49.61, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.98.Price to Book Value per Share RatioPaymentus has a P/B Ratio of 7.34. 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. Short Interest4.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted4.81% of the float of Paymentus has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverPaymentus has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Paymentus has recently decreased by 2.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthN/A Dividend YieldPaymentus does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthPaymentus does not have a long track record of dividend growth. News and Social Media1.8 / 5News Sentiment-0.15 News SentimentPaymentus has a news sentiment score of -0.15. 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 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Paymentus this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.Search InterestOnly 1 people have searched for PAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows1 people have added Paymentus to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. Company Ownership2.1 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn 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 $4,410,537.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders55.75% 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 Institutions78.38% of the stock of Paymentus is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Paymentus' insider trading history. Receive PAY Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Paymentus and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Submit View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. By entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy. PAY Stock News HeadlinesEarnings To Watch: Paymentus Holdings Inc (PAY) Q3 2026 -- GF Value Sees 52% UpsideOctober 31 at 3:31 AM | finance.yahoo.comPaymentus Holdings (PAY) Shows Resilience Amid Software Sell-OffOctober 28 at 1:07 PM | finance.yahoo.comYour free stock pick for todayElon Musk doesn't own the chip powering every Tesla, every Starlink dish, and every AI satellite he builds, he licenses it from one overlooked company. That supplier just got a major catalyst. Musk filed to launch 1,000,000 satellites, a move analyst Dylan believes could drive a 100X bigger bill for this chipmaker starting December 8th.October 31 at 1:00 AM | Behind the Markets (Ad)Paymentus (PAY) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on MondayOctober 26, 2026 | americanbankingnews.comPaymentus (NYSE:PAY) Stock Rating Cut to Hold at Wall Street ZenOctober 24, 2026 | americanbankingnews.comPaymentus to Report Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Results and Host Webcast on November 2, 2026October 19, 2026 | businesswire.comPaymentus Holdings (PAY) Stock Looks Overvalued On Current EarningsOctober 17, 2026 | finance.yahoo.comGoldman Sachs Remains a Hold on Paymentus Holdings (PAY)October 15, 2026 | theglobeandmail.comSee More Headlines PAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have PAY shares performed this year? Paymentus' stock was trading at $31.56 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, PAY stock has increased by 3.7% and is now trading at $32.74. How were Paymentus' earnings last quarter? Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 3rd. The business services provider reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.06. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 28.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Read the conference call transcript. When did Paymentus IPO? Paymentus (PAY) raised $200 million in an 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. Who are Paymentus' major shareholders? Paymentus' top institutional investors include Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC (0.02%), Seelaus Asset Management LLC (0.01%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.01%) and State of Wyoming (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Gary Trainor, Sanjay Kalra, Andrew A Gerber and William Ingram. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Paymentus? 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. What other stocks do shareholders of Paymentus own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Paymentus investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Tesla (TSLA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Salesforce (CRM) and NIKE (NKE). Company Calendar Last Earnings8/03/2026Today10/31/2026Next Earnings (Estimated)11/02/2026Fiscal Year End12/31/2026Get Stock Alerts Health Indicator TradeSmith's Health IndicatorA long-term volatility-based measure designed for securities held 12 months or longer.Green: Strong and healthy uptrend with normal pullbacks.Yellow: Significant pullback but still within expected volatility.Red: Dropped beyond expected volatility; considered unhealthy. Yellow Zone (1m+) 1-Year History Oct 25 Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26 PAY's financial health is in the Yellow zone, according to TradeSmith. PAY has been in this zone for over one month. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorFinance Industry Financial Services Sub-IndustryTransaction & Payment Processing Services Current SymbolNYSE:PAY Previous SymbolNYSE:PAY CIK1841156 Webwww.paymentus.com Phone(888) 440-4826FaxN/AEmployees1,340Year Founded2004Price Target and Rating Average Price Target for Paymentus$38.86 High Price Target$44.00 Low Price Target$36.00 Potential Upside/Downside+18.7%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.78 Research Coverage9 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$0.66 Trailing P/E Ratio49.61 Forward P/E Ratio42.52 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$66.94 million Net Margins6.24% Pretax Margin8.37% Return on Equity15.26% Return on Assets12.80% Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio4.89 Quick Ratio4.89 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.20 billion Price / Sales3.45 Cash Flow$0.87 per share Price / Cash Flow37.64 Book Value$4.46 per share Price / Book7.34Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares125,940,000Free Float55,728,000Market Cap$4.12 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.34 Social Links 7 Stocks That Could Lead the Next Market BoomTesla, Nvidia, and Google helped shape the last era of market growth, but the next wave could come from a new group of companies. 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