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TOST vs. RELX, PYPL, WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, CPAY, GIB, RBA, and AER

Should you be buying Toast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toast include Relx (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), RB Global (RBA), and Aercap (AER). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Toast vs. Its Competitors

Relx (NYSE:RELX) and Toast (NYSE:TOST) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Relx has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toast has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Toast has a consensus price target of $43.42, suggesting a potential downside of 7.11%. Given Toast's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Toast is more favorable than Relx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Relx
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Toast
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Relx has higher revenue and earnings than Toast. Relx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Relx$12.06B7.86$2.47B$1.8627.74
Toast$4.96B4.69$19M$0.23203.22

Toast has a net margin of 3.04% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Toast's return on equity of 11.01% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RelxN/A N/A N/A
Toast 3.04%11.01%6.97%

15.0% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Toast shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Relx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Toast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Toast had 18 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Toast and 11 mentions for Relx. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Relx's score of 0.75 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Relx
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Toast
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Toast beats Relx on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TOST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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TOST vs. The Competition

MetricToastINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.32B$19.20B$29.08B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%3.08%3.67%
P/E Ratio203.2285.9248.1729.01
Price / Sales4.69154.471,546.2166.07
Price / Cash156.4992.4138.0722.82
Price / Book14.258.087.414.43
Net Income$19M$341.62M$782.80M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-4.13%-6.56%-3.69%-3.39%
1 Month Performance9.87%0.43%-0.16%-2.10%
1 Year Performance91.17%56.28%52,681.98%10.09%

Toast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TOST
Toast
2.7072 of 5 stars
$46.74
-4.3%
$43.42
-7.1%
+85.1%$24.32B$4.96B203.225,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
RELX
Relx
3.2471 of 5 stars
$51.85
+0.1%
N/A+11.4%$95.25B$9.53B27.8836,400Dividend Cut
PYPL
PayPal
4.8799 of 5 stars
$69.06
-0.9%
$84.57
+22.5%
+2.8%$67.11B$31.80B14.7424,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
WCN
Waste Connections
4.4633 of 5 stars
$188.14
-0.6%
$215.00
+14.3%
+4.4%$48.63B$8.92B75.8823,854Short Interest ↑
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.8089 of 5 stars
$62.12
+0.6%
$77.25
+24.4%
+47.4%$40.53B$7.30B17.9841,073News Coverage
IQV
IQVIA
4.8607 of 5 stars
$189.15
-1.2%
$228.62
+20.9%
-26.5%$32.17B$15.41B27.3988,000Positive News
RDDT
Reddit
3.0897 of 5 stars
$158.05
+5.8%
$144.75
-8.4%
+217.6%$29.17B$1.45B267.932,233Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CPAY
Corpay
3.9611 of 5 stars
$325.17
-1.2%
$401.07
+23.3%
+11.0%$22.90B$3.97B22.7811,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
GIB
CGI Group
3.8854 of 5 stars
$96.93
-0.1%
$152.50
+57.3%
-14.5%$21.75B$10.79B17.6590,250Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RBA
RB Global
3.7739 of 5 stars
$108.50
0.0%
$116.21
+7.1%
+42.3%$20.13B$4.28B53.457,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AER
Aercap
3.6974 of 5 stars
$107.74
-1.2%
$122.00
+13.2%
+17.9%$20.10B$8.06B9.55740News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement

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