Waystar (WAY) and The Competition Head-To-Head Review

Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) is one of 94 publicly-traded companies in the “Computer integrated systems design” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Waystar to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Waystar and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waystar	$975.19 million	-$51.33 million	434.56
Waystar Competitors	$1.86 billion	$24.52 million	52.05

Waystar’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Waystar. Waystar is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Waystar and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waystar	0	0	12	1	3.08
Waystar Competitors	592	2289	3879	127	2.51

Waystar currently has a consensus price target of $40.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.55%. As a group, “Computer integrated systems design” companies have a potential upside of 19.47%. Given Waystar’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waystar has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

54.0% of shares of all “Computer integrated systems design” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.4% of shares of all “Computer integrated systems design” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Waystar and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waystar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Waystar Competitors	-168.48%	-246.80%	-16.41%

Summary

Waystar beats its competitors on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Waystar

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