Waystar Holding Corp (NASDAQ: WAY) is -1.28% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $20.26 and a high of $48.11 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 WAY stock was last observed hovering at around $37.52 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.29%.
Currently trading at $36.23, the stock is -2.52% and -8.65% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.2 million and changing -3.44% at the moment leaves the stock 15.05% off its SMA200. WAY registered a gain of 32.23% in past 6-months. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $39.6624 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $31.49065.
The stock witnessed a -1.76% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.41%, and is -2.01% 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 8.40% over the week and 5.15% over the month.
Fwd P/E is 24.57. Profit margin for the company is -2.03%. Distance from 52-week low is 78.83% and -24.69% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-0.44%).
with sales reaching $248.47M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 20.63% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.13% year-over-year.
247.0 institutions hold shares in Waystar Holding Corp (WAY), with institutional investors hold 103.90% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 172.11M, and float is at 96.01M with Short Float at 7.19%. Institutions hold 88.55% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD with over 37.21 million shares valued at $800.0 million. The investor’s holdings represent 22.3266 of the WAY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC with 27.98 million shares valued at $601.58 million to account for 16.789 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FRANCISCO PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, LP which holds 6.48 million shares representing 3.8875 and valued at over $139.3 million, while NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC holds 3.5323 of the shares totaling 5.89 million with a market value of $126.57 million.
Waystar Holding Corp (WAY) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Hawkins Matthew J., the company’s Chief Executive Officer. SEC filings show that Hawkins Matthew J. sold 46,655 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 13 ’25 at a price of $35.55 per share for a total of $1.66 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.5 million shares.
Waystar Holding Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 12 ’25 that Oreskovich Steven M (Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 16,666 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 12 ’25 and was made at $37.04 per share for $0.62 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.17 million shares of the WAY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 12 ’25, STEVEN M ORESKOVICH (Officer) Proposed Sale 16,666 shares at an average price of $36.96 for $0.62 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Waystar Holding Corp (WAY).
