Lake Street Capital Issues Positive Forecast for Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) Stock Price

Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) had its price objective boosted by Lake Street Capital from $10.00 to $11.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday morning,Benzinga reports. Lake Street Capital currently has a buy rating on the stock.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Wall Street Zen lowered Paysign from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Paysign in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $9.42.

Paysign Stock Performance

Shares of PAYS stock opened at $5.15 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $283.46 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.62 and a beta of 0.99. Paysign has a one year low of $1.80 and a one year high of $8.88. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $3.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $4.82.

Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 24th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.03 by ($0.01). Paysign had a net margin of 9.21% and a return on equity of 17.81%. The company had revenue of $22.76 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $21.54 million. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Paysign will post 0.21 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Paysign

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Topline Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Paysign by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Topline Capital Management LLC now owns 5,445,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,250,000 after acquiring an additional 23,451 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Paysign by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,820,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,450,000 after purchasing an additional 29,150 shares in the last quarter. Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Paysign by 164.6% in the fourth quarter. Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,462,560 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,532,000 after purchasing an additional 909,825 shares during the period. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC raised its position in Paysign by 14.8% in the fourth quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 1,457,941 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,508,000 after purchasing an additional 187,767 shares during the period. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Paysign by 15.7% during the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,303,772 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,714,000 after purchasing an additional 177,350 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 25.89% of the company’s stock.

More Paysign News

Here are the key news stories impacting Paysign this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrade / price target raise: Lake Street Capital raised its price target from $10 to $11 and reiterated a “buy” rating, implying material upside versus the current price — a clear catalyst for buying interest. Benzinga: Lake Street raises PT
• Positive Sentiment: Aggressive 2026 guidance: Paysign outlined a 30%–35% revenue growth target for 2026 and signaled continued margin expansion, supporting expectations for faster top-line growth and improving profitability. MSN: Paysign outlines 30–35% revenue growth target
• Positive Sentiment: Strong full‑year results / margin commentary: Company press release highlighted full‑year 2025 revenue growth (~40%) and “significant margin expansion,” reinforcing the view that revenue growth is translating into better profitability. BusinessWire: Q4 and FY2025 results
• Neutral Sentiment: Q4 results were mixed: Revenue of $22.76M beat consensus ~$21.54M and the company reported a healthy net margin and ROE, but EPS of $0.02 missed the $0.03 consensus by $0.01 — a modest execution miss that investors appear willing to look past given growth/margin signs. MarketBeat: Q4 results
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings call / transcripts available: Call transcripts (Seeking Alpha, Yahoo) provide management detail on drivers (patient affordability programs, margin levers) — useful for model adjustments but not new standalone catalysts. Seeking Alpha: Q4 earnings call transcript Yahoo: Q4 transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reports appear inconsistent: Multiple short‑interest entries report large increases but show zero shares/NaN figures — data seems unreliable and offers no clear bearish pressure signal at this time.

Paysign Company Profile

Paysign, Inc (NASDAQ:PAYS) is a U.S.-based financial technology company specializing in prepaid payment solutions. Through its cloud-based platform, the company enables corporations, government agencies and payroll providers to issue and manage stored-value cards, digital wallets and disbursement programs. Paysign’s offerings span gift and incentive cards, payroll and earned-wage access cards, government benefit distribution, tax refund solutions and health savings account disbursements.

The company’s flagship Paysign Experience Platform provides configurable card programs with real-time transaction reporting, fraud monitoring and regulatory compliance tools.