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Waystar (WAY) Competitors

$27.28
+0.45 (+1.68%)
(As of 09/16/2024 ET)

WAY vs. GEN, SNAP, DT, NTNX, BSY, PSN, OKTA, MNDY, DOCU, and CYBR

Should you be buying Waystar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waystar include Gen Digital (GEN), Snap (SNAP), Dynatrace (DT), Nutanix (NTNX), Bentley Systems (BSY), Parsons (PSN), Okta (OKTA), monday.com (MNDY), DocuSign (DOCU), and CyberArk Software (CYBR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Waystar vs.

Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) and Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Gen Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Waystar.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waystar$863.29M5.27N/AN/AN/A
Gen Digital$3.83B4.35$616M$0.9528.02

Waystar presently has a consensus target price of $28.90, indicating a potential upside of 5.94%. Given Waystar's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Waystar is more favorable than Gen Digital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waystar
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Gen Digital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Gen Digital has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Waystar's net margin of 0.00%. Gen Digital's return on equity of 52.29% beat Waystar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WaystarN/A N/A N/A
Gen Digital 15.87%52.29%7.36%

81.4% of Gen Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Gen Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Gen Digital had 2 more articles in the media than Waystar. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gen Digital and 10 mentions for Waystar. Waystar's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Gen Digital's score of 0.01 indicating that Waystar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Waystar
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gen Digital
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Gen Digital received 56 more outperform votes than Waystar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Waystar an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave Gen Digital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WaystarOutperform Votes
14
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Gen DigitalOutperform Votes
70
64.81%
Underperform Votes
38
35.19%

Summary

Gen Digital beats Waystar on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WAY vs. The Competition

MetricWaystar IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.55B$2.13B$20.93B$8.22B
Dividend YieldN/A15.16%2.75%4.09%
P/E RatioN/A10.73274.9618.63
Price / Sales5.27156.03570.9867.82
Price / CashN/A91.2330.2031.81
Price / BookN/A1.296.744.53
Net IncomeN/A$84.40M$644.01M$224.17M
7 Day Performance3.61%3.19%2.00%4.47%
1 Month Performance5.86%1.52%1.72%7.12%
1 Year PerformanceN/A10.94%20.78%10.65%

Waystar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GEN
Gen Digital
2.4478 of 5 stars
2.45 / 5 stars
$26.33
+0.3%
N/A+39.8%$16.21B$3.81B27.723,400
SNAP
Snap
3.8157 of 5 stars
3.82 / 5 stars
$9.53
+2.3%
$13.87
+45.5%
+5.2%$15.64B$4.98B-11.775,289
DT
Dynatrace
4.7916 of 5 stars
4.79 / 5 stars
$50.62
+0.1%
$59.70
+17.9%
+11.1%$15.10B$1.50B97.354,700Short Interest ↑
NTNX
Nutanix
4.8659 of 5 stars
4.87 / 5 stars
$59.29
-2.4%
$73.31
+23.6%
+67.6%$14.62B$2.15B-846.886,450Positive News
BSY
Bentley Systems
4.3857 of 5 stars
4.39 / 5 stars
$49.42
+1.1%
$59.57
+20.5%
-0.4%$14.36B$1.23B46.195,200Analyst Forecast
PSN
Parsons
3.2739 of 5 stars
3.27 / 5 stars
$97.79
+2.4%
$94.67
-3.2%
+76.3%$14.35B$6.12B543.3118,500Short Interest ↓
OKTA
Okta
4.8376 of 5 stars
4.84 / 5 stars
$73.93
+0.6%
$105.14
+42.2%
-12.2%$12.56B$2.26B-44.275,908
MNDY
monday.com
2.4837 of 5 stars
2.48 / 5 stars
$256.97
-0.8%
$285.79
+11.2%
+61.1%$12.41B$729.70M676.251,168
DOCU
DocuSign
4.2107 of 5 stars
4.21 / 5 stars
$56.75
+0.5%
$61.45
+8.3%
+29.1%$11.52B$2.76B109.146,840
CYBR
CyberArk Software
1.7592 of 5 stars
1.76 / 5 stars
$271.99
-0.3%
$290.83
+6.9%
+60.8%$11.49B$751.89M-424.982,140Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:WAY) was last updated on 9/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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