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The price of Paymentus Holdings Inc (NYSE: PAY) closed at $32.99 in the last session, down -5.74% from day before closing price of $35.00. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.74 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.51 million shares were traded. PAY stock price reached its highest trading level at $35.645 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $32.9.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at PAY’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 23.11 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 73.86. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.27 and its Current Ratio is at 4.27. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.02.
On January 17, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $17.Wells Fargo initiated its Equal Weight rating on January 17, 2024, with a $17 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 04 ’24 when Gerber Andrew A. sold 34,272 shares for $37.36 per share. The transaction valued at 1,280,272 led to the insider holds 97,925 shares of the business.
ANDREW A GERBER bought 34,272 shares of PAY for $1,303,364 on Dec 04 ’24. On Nov 18 ’24, another insider, Kalra Sanjay, who serves as the SVP and CFO of the company, sold 15,654 shares for $34.20 each. As a result, the insider received 535,428 and left with 481,829 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PAY now has a Market Capitalization of 4111675904 and an Enterprise Value of 3930216960. As of this moment, Paymentus’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 103.77, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 57.19. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.35. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.66 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.77. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.047 whereas that against EBITDA is 73.298.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PAY is 1.67, which has changed by 0.9629837 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24933672 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PAY has reached a high of $38.94, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.77. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 39.88%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, PAY traded on average about 427.22K shares per day over the past 3-months and 491240 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 24.48M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 19.92M. Insiders hold about 84.02% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 13.96% stake in the company. Shares short for PAY as of 1734048000 were 407737 with a Short Ratio of 0.95, compared to 1731628800 on 414486. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 407737 and a Short% of Float of 2.6400002.
