Head-To-Head Survey: Waystar (WAY) vs. Its Competitors

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Waystar and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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	48.64

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

Profitability

This table compares Waystar and its competitors’ 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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Waystar and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waystar	0	0	12	1	3.08
Waystar Competitors	593	2291	3882	128	2.51

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

54.0% of shares of all “Computer integrated systems design” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Waystar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Computer integrated systems design” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

Waystar Company Profile

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