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As of close of business last night, Waystar Holding Corp’s stock clocked out at $37.68, down -3.16% from its previous closing price of $38.91. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.16 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.26 million shares were traded. WAY stock price reached its highest trading level at $39.29 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $37.66.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of WAY’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 31.71 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 45.52. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.55 and its Current Ratio is at 2.55. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.41 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.40.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Truist on March 14, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $45.
On February 11, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $51.
Raymond James Upgraded its Outperform to Strong Buy on November 22, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $40.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 13 ’25 when Hawkins Matthew J. sold 46,655 shares for $35.55 per share. The transaction valued at 1,658,646 led to the insider holds 500,000 shares of the business.
Oreskovich Steven M sold 16,666 shares of WAY for $617,344 on Mar 12 ’25. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 173,642 shares after completing the transaction at $37.04 per share. On Mar 12 ’25, another insider, STEVEN M ORESKOVICH, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 16,666 shares for $36.96 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WAY now has a Market Capitalization of 6698411520 and an Enterprise Value of 7566629376. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.11. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.019 whereas that against EBITDA is 25.209.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, WAY has reached a high of $48.11, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $20.26. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 22.89%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that WAY traded 2.04M shares on average per day over the past three months and 2119090 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 172.11M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 97.44M. Insiders hold about 43.40% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 45.43% stake in the company. Shares short for WAY as of 1741910400 were 4433328 with a Short Ratio of 2.18, compared to 1739491200 on 3147162. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4433328 and a Short% of Float of 7.630000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
Earnings Estimates
The dynamic stock of Waystar Holding Corp (WAY) is currently attracting attention from 10 analysts actively involved in rating its market status.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.32, with high estimates of $0.33 and low estimates of $0.32.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.35 and $1.29 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.31. EPS for the following year is $1.48, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $1.69 and $1.37.
Revenue Estimates
For the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $251.85M. There is a high estimate of $253.7M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $250.1M.
A total of 11 analysts have provided revenue estimates for WAY’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.02B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.01B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $943.55MBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.11B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.12B and the low estimate is $1.09B.
