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WAY vs. ZM, PTC, PINS, SRAD, CHKP, TWLO, MDB, DOCU, SNAP, and GEN

Should you be buying Waystar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waystar include Zoom Video Communications (ZM), PTC (PTC), Pinterest (PINS), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Twilio (TWLO), MongoDB (MDB), DocuSign (DOCU), Snap (SNAP), and Gen Digital (GEN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Waystar vs.

Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) and Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Zoom Video Communications has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Waystar's net margin of 0.00%. Zoom Video Communications' return on equity of 10.98% beat Waystar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WaystarN/A N/A N/A
Zoom Video Communications 20.34%10.98%8.89%

In the previous week, Zoom Video Communications had 11 more articles in the media than Waystar. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Zoom Video Communications and 9 mentions for Waystar. Zoom Video Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Waystar's score of 0.59 indicating that Zoom Video Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Waystar
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Zoom Video Communications
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Zoom Video Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Waystar.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waystar$906.14M7.89-$51.33MN/AN/A
Zoom Video Communications$4.53B5.91$637.46M$3.0029.10

Waystar presently has a consensus target price of $35.10, suggesting a potential downside of 15.50%. Zoom Video Communications has a consensus target price of $89.10, suggesting a potential upside of 2.07%. Given Zoom Video Communications' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zoom Video Communications is more favorable than Waystar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waystar
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Zoom Video Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

66.5% of Zoom Video Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Zoom Video Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Zoom Video Communications received 287 more outperform votes than Waystar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Waystar an outperform vote while only 51.24% of users gave Zoom Video Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WaystarOutperform Votes
24
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Zoom Video CommunicationsOutperform Votes
311
51.24%
Underperform Votes
296
48.76%

Summary

Zoom Video Communications beats Waystar on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WAY vs. The Competition

MetricWaystarComputer integrated systems design IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.00B$3.92B$26.64B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.97%2.72%3.98%
P/E RatioN/A17.29236.7917.66
Price / Sales7.8923.893,313.5381.09
Price / CashN/A38.1636.0737.71
Price / BookN/A20.588.434.73
Net Income-$51.33M$27.28M$674.23M$225.42M
7 Day Performance6.38%-1.88%-0.79%0.75%
1 Month Performance13.19%0.71%1.82%3.61%
1 Year PerformanceN/A14.57%25.93%21.42%

Waystar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAY
Waystar
2.8295 of 5 stars
$41.54
+2.1%
$35.10
-15.5%
N/A$7.00B$906.14M0.001,400Short Interest ↓
ZM
Zoom Video Communications
4.212 of 5 stars
$82.00
+2.3%
$89.10
+8.7%
+29.9%$25.13B$4.53B27.337,420
PTC
PTC
4.5212 of 5 stars
$188.48
-0.3%
$207.54
+10.1%
+4.3%$22.69B$2.30B60.607,501Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
PINS
Pinterest
4.325 of 5 stars
$33.49
+1.8%
$40.70
+21.5%
-14.7%$22.64B$3.06B111.654,014Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
SRAD
Sportradar Group
3.1101 of 5 stars
$20.14
-2.9%
$17.25
-14.3%
+105.2%$22.38B$1.05B100.714,552Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.4764 of 5 stars
$198.20
+1.9%
$203.05
+2.4%
+36.6%$21.80B$2.41B27.086,450Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
TWLO
Twilio
4.2933 of 5 stars
$139.13
+2.1%
$116.17
-16.5%
+102.8%$21.34B$4.15B-54.145,867Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
MDB
MongoDB
4.6387 of 5 stars
$264.58
+1.0%
$361.00
+36.4%
-34.8%$19.70B$1.68B-96.565,037Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
DOCU
DocuSign
4.4648 of 5 stars
$92.26
+0.7%
$92.45
+0.2%
+55.6%$18.64B$2.76B19.026,840Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SNAP
Snap
4.1613 of 5 stars
$10.85
-0.4%
$36.99
+241.0%
-31.2%$18.19B$4.61B-18.705,289Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
GEN
Gen Digital
3.8094 of 5 stars
$27.49
+0.2%
N/A+16.4%$16.94B$3.81B28.053,400Earnings Report
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:WAY) was last updated on 1/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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