Insider Selling: Toast (NYSE:TOST) CFO Sells 5,761 Shares of Stock

Toast, Inc. (NYSE:TOST) CFO Elena Gomez sold 5,761 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.37, for a total value of $203,766.57. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 160,150 shares in the company, valued at $5,664,505.50. The trade was a 3.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Elena Gomez also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, August 7th, Elena Gomez sold 2,163 shares of Toast stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.10, for a total value of $75,921.30.
• On Thursday, August 6th, Elena Gomez sold 900 shares of Toast stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.02, for a total transaction of $31,518.00.
• On Wednesday, August 5th, Elena Gomez sold 16,176 shares of Toast stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.29, for a total transaction of $570,851.04.
• On Thursday, July 2nd, Elena Gomez sold 11,605 shares of Toast stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.85, for a total transaction of $334,804.25.

Toast Stock Performance

Shares of Toast stock traded down $0.81 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $34.88. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,798,700 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,778,866. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $28.60 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $27.88. The company has a market capitalization of $17.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.71 and a beta of 1.72. Toast, Inc. has a one year low of $22.26 and a one year high of $45.64.

Toast (NYSE:TOST) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32 by ($0.06). Toast had a return on equity of 23.90% and a net margin of 7.14%.The business had revenue of $1.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.87 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.13 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 23.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts forecast that Toast, Inc. will post 0.99 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on TOST shares. UBS Group raised their target price on Toast from $34.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Toast in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Toast from $36.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on shares of Toast from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on Toast from $31.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $38.77.

More Toast News

Here are the key news stories impacting Toast this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Toast expanded its global partnership with Adyen into the United States. The agreement could strengthen Toast’s payments infrastructure and support its growing platform, which processed more than $215 billion in gross payment volume across approximately 180,000 locations during the 12 months ended June 30, 2026. Adyen Expands Global Partnership with Toast into U.S.
• Positive Sentiment: Barclays reaffirmed its Buy rating on Toast, supporting the bullish long-term view among some analysts. Barclays Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Toast
• Neutral Sentiment: DA Davidson raised its price target from $30 to $34 but maintained a Neutral rating. The revised target remains below the referenced trading level, indicating limited near-term upside in the firm’s view. DA Davidson Raises Toast Price Target
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent commentary from Zacks and other outlets highlights Toast as a potential long-term growth stock, but these articles do not provide a new operating or financial catalyst. Why Toast Is a Top Growth Stock for the Long Term
• Negative Sentiment: Toast CEO Aman Narang sold approximately $5.72 million of stock across transactions on August 7 and August 10. CFO Elena Gomez also sold approximately $280,000 of shares. Although both executives’ sales were conducted under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, the scale of the transactions may pressure sentiment and is the clearest near-term negative catalyst. Toast Insider Sale Filing

Institutional Trading of Toast

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Bayban bought a new stake in shares of Toast during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new position in Toast during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Toast during the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Silicon Valley Capital Partners purchased a new stake in Toast in the 4th quarter worth approximately $36,000. Finally, Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its holdings in Toast by 2,083.3% in the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 1,048 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.91% of the company’s stock.

About Toast

Toast, Inc (NYSE: TOST) is a technology company that builds a cloud-based platform for restaurants and other foodservice businesses. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Toast offers integrated point-of-sale (POS) systems and a suite of software and hardware designed to streamline front-of-house and back-of-house operations. The company went public in 2021 and has positioned itself as a vertically integrated provider for the restaurant industry.

Toast’s product portfolio includes touchscreen POS terminals and handheld order-and-pay devices, kitchen display systems, and peripherals tailored for high-volume foodservice environments.