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WAY: Raised Fiscal 2025 Guidance Will Drive Upward Momentum

Cloud-Based RCM And AI Automation Will Transform Healthcare Ecosystem

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Published 08 Jun 2025

Update shared on 24 Nov 2025

Fair value Decreased 2.43%
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Analysts have revised their price target for Waystar Holding downward from $50.38 to $49.16. They cited revised long-term assumptions including higher expected revenue growth and profit margins, along with a slightly higher discount rate and modestly lower forward price-to-earnings estimates.

What's in the News

  • Waystar Holding Corp. raised its earnings guidance for fiscal year 2025, expecting revenue between $1.085 billion and $1.093 billion (Corporate Guidance).
  • Waystar Holding completed a follow-on equity offering totaling $709.2 million, selling 18 million shares at $39.4 each with a $0.19 per share discount (Follow-on Equity Offerings).
  • The company will unveil major AI-powered innovations at its Fall Innovation Showcase, introducing solutions for denial prevention, reimbursement recovery, and enhanced patient payment processes (Product-Related Announcements).
  • Waystar Holding was added to several stock indices, including the S&P 1000, S&P 600 (Health Care sector), S&P 600, and S&P Composite 1500 (Index Constituent Adds).
  • Certain stock and options are subject to a lock-up agreement ending November 10, 2025. This affects restricted stock units, common stock, and stock options (End of Lock-Up Period).

Valuation Changes

  • Consensus Analyst Price Target has decreased slightly, moving from $50.38 to $49.16.
  • Discount Rate has risen moderately, from 8.30% to 8.64%.
  • Revenue Growth projections have increased significantly, moving from 9.30% to 13.76%.
  • Net Profit Margin estimates have improved, increasing from 18.80% to 21.91%.
  • Future P/E Ratio forecasts have declined modestly, shifting from 46.40x to 43.98x.

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