Analyzing Waystar (WAY) and Its Peers

Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) is one of 94 publicly-traded companies in the “Computer integrated systems design” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Waystar to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Waystar and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waystar	0	0	12	1	3.08
Waystar Competitors	593	2291	3883	128	2.51

Waystar currently has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.95%. As a group, “Computer integrated systems design” companies have a potential upside of 17.21%. Given Waystar’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waystar has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.0% of shares of all “Computer integrated systems design” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Waystar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Computer integrated systems design” companies 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Waystar and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waystar	$975.19 million	-$51.33 million	437.11
Waystar Competitors	$1.86 billion	$24.52 million	12.79

Waystar’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Waystar. Waystar is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Waystar and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waystar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Waystar Competitors	-168.48%	-246.80%	-16.41%

Summary

Waystar beats its rivals on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Waystar

Waystar Holding Corp. is a software company which provide healthcare payments. Waystar Holding Corp. is based in LEHI, Utah.