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$42.73 +0.23 (+0.54%)
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TOST vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, CPAY, GIB, RDDT, GRAB, KSPI, AER, and TRU

Should you be buying Toast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toast include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Reddit (RDDT), Grab (GRAB), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), AerCap (AER), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Toast vs.

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Toast (NYSE:TOST) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waste Connections$8.02B6.01$762.80M$3.6451.31
Toast$3.87B5.21-$246M-$0.13-328.69

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toast has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Toast shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Toast shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 3 more articles in the media than Toast. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Waste Connections and 22 mentions for Toast. Toast's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.27 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Waste Connections
8 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Toast
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Toast's net margin of -1.05%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.43% beat Toast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Connections10.81% 15.43% 6.41%
Toast -1.05%-3.84%-2.34%

Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of $195.56, indicating a potential upside of 4.70%. Toast has a consensus target price of $33.86, indicating a potential downside of 20.76%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Toast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
Toast
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

Waste Connections received 796 more outperform votes than Toast when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 38.92% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes
861
75.20%
Underperform Votes
284
24.80%
ToastOutperform Votes
65
38.92%
Underperform Votes
102
61.08%

Summary

Waste Connections beats Toast on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TOST vs. The Competition

MetricToastData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.13B$4.37B$23.84B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%2.76%3.49%
P/E Ratio-328.6923.52229.3636.63
Price / Sales5.215.513,404.3317.98
Price / CashN/A31.3933.0621.28
Price / Book14.205.966.814.58
Net Income-$246M$42.17M$658.63M$985.06M
7 Day Performance5.87%-0.93%0.46%0.51%
1 Month Performance44.75%4.04%1.08%1.13%
1 Year Performance209.41%8.24%19.39%24.80%

Toast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TOST
Toast
3.0456 of 5 stars
$42.73
+0.5%
$33.86
-20.8%
+193.7%$20.13B$3.87B-328.695,500Analyst Forecast
WCN
Waste Connections
4.5095 of 5 stars
$186.78
+0.1%
$195.56
+4.7%
+38.8%$48.20B$8.02B51.2422,539Analyst Revision
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.4655 of 5 stars
$65.28
+0.8%
$74.18
+13.6%
+76.7%$42.05B$6.27B19.4036,249Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
IQV
IQVIA
4.9855 of 5 stars
$194.01
-0.2%
$256.50
+32.2%
-5.3%$35.21B$14.98B25.5187,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CPAY
Corpay
4.1201 of 5 stars
$372.40
+0.9%
$363.93
-2.3%
N/A$25.96B$3.76B26.3410,500
GIB
CGI
3.3866 of 5 stars
$110.93
+1.0%
$137.00
+23.5%
+8.0%$25.28B$10.79B20.4291,500
RDDT
Reddit
1.3959 of 5 stars
$143.88
+5.6%
$91.67
-36.3%
N/A$25.26B$804.03M0.002,013Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
GRAB
Grab
2.1451 of 5 stars
$5.59
-1.2%
$5.47
-2.1%
+75.2%$21.93B$2.36B0.009,490Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.0237 of 5 stars
$103.96
-2.1%
$156.40
+50.4%
N/A$20.74B$4.19B0.008,772
AER
AerCap
3.9082 of 5 stars
$96.25
+1.0%
$112.00
+16.4%
+40.5%$19.05B$7.58B7.55740Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
TRU
TransUnion
4.657 of 5 stars
$97.07
+0.3%
$106.38
+9.6%
+61.4%$18.92B$3.83B84.1213,200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:TOST) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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