Toast Inc (NYSE: TOST) is -0.58% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $16.13 and a high of $44.12 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The TOST stock was last observed hovering at around $35.11 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.13%.
Currently trading at $36.24, the stock is -2.58% and -4.83% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.8 million and changing 3.22% at the moment leaves the stock 26.86% off its SMA200. TOST registered 94.21% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 39.81%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $37.9564 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $28.50665.
The stock witnessed a -5.65% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 27.88%, and is -6.93% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.44% over the week and 3.62% over the month.
Toast Inc (TOST) has around 5500 employees, a market worth around $20.58B and $4.66B in sales. Fwd P/E is 46.72. Profit margin for the company is -1.05%. Distance from 52-week low is 124.67% and -17.85% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-3.39%).
with sales reaching $1.31B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 532.48% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 27.53% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 26.87% in year-over-year returns.
Toast Inc (TOST) Top Institutional Holders
714.0 institutions hold shares in Toast Inc (TOST), with institutional investors hold 97.89% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 468.00M, and float is at 410.43M with Short Float at 7.99%. Institutions hold 88.38% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS with over 38.2 million shares valued at $984.47 million. The investor’s holdings represent 6.9841% of the TOST Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 37.73 million shares valued at $972.26 million to account for 6.8974 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 28.34 million shares representing 5.181% and valued at over $730.33 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 4.4691 of the shares totaling 24.45 million with a market value of $629.98 million.
Toast Inc (TOST) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Vassil Jonathan, the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. SEC filings show that Vassil Jonathan sold 3,009 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 03 ’25 at a price of $37.11 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 46560.0 shares.
Toast Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 03 ’25 that Narang Aman (CEO) sold a total of 6,133 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 03 ’25 and was made at $37.11 per share for $0.23 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.27 million shares of the TOST stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 03 ’25, Gomez Elena (Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 14,143 shares at an average price of $37.11 for $0.52 million. The insider now directly holds 158,637 shares of Toast Inc (TOST).
