Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.290-1.320 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.830. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.0 billion.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

WAY has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of Waystar from $36.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Waystar in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $51.00 price target for the company. Raymond James upgraded Waystar from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $40.00 price target for the company in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Waystar from $31.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on Waystar from $42.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $39.64.

Waystar Trading Down 2.8 %

Shares of Waystar stock opened at $43.86 on Thursday. Waystar has a 1 year low of $20.26 and a 1 year high of $48.11. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $38.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a quick ratio of 2.29 and a current ratio of 2.29.

Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $244.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $232.29 million. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Waystar will post 0.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Waystar

In other news, CFO Steven M. Oreskovich sold 16,666 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.89, for a total transaction of $564,810.74. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 173,642 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,884,727.38. The trade was a 8.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

About Waystar

Waystar Holding Corp. is a software company which provide healthcare payments. Waystar Holding Corp. is based in LEHI, Utah.