Waystar Holding (WAY) Stock Overview
Develops a cloud-based software solution for healthcare payments. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
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| Valuation | 3/6 |
| Future Growth | 3/6 |
| Past Performance | 3/6 |
| Financial Health | 4/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$25.27 |
| 52 Week High | US$42.55 |
| 52 Week Low | US$20.94 |
| Beta | 0 |
| 1 Month Change | 4.81% |
| 3 Month Change | -4.86% |
| 1 Year Change | -35.96% |
| 3 Year Change | n/a |
| 5 Year Change | n/a |
| Change since IPO | 22.08% |
Recent News & Updates
WAY: AI Recoupment Automation And Data Scale Will Support Future Earnings Power
Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for Waystar Holding slightly to $36.00, reflecting small adjustments to the discount rate, profit margin assumptions, and future P/E expectations while keeping revenue growth assumptions broadly in line. What's in the News Waystar is rolling out new AI-powered capabilities for what it describes as an autonomous revenue cycle, including AltitudeAI agentic tools and broader platform updates that will be showcased at the Spring 2026 Waystar Innovation Showcase at 1 p.m. ET (Key Developments).WAY: AI Revenue Cycle Automation And Data Scale Will Support Future Earnings Power
Analysts have nudged their price target for Waystar Holding slightly lower to about $36.09 from around $36.77, reflecting small tweaks to assumptions on discount rate, long term revenue, growth, profit margin, and future P/E expectations. What's in the News Waystar launched an AI-powered solution aimed at identifying provider revenue affected by post payment recoupments, supported by a proprietary dataset covering more than 7.5 billion healthcare payment transactions and over US$2.4b in annual gross claims (Key Developments).Recent updates
WAY: AI Recoupment Automation And Data Scale Will Support Future Earnings Power
Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for Waystar Holding slightly to $36.00, reflecting small adjustments to the discount rate, profit margin assumptions, and future P/E expectations while keeping revenue growth assumptions broadly in line. What's in the News Waystar is rolling out new AI-powered capabilities for what it describes as an autonomous revenue cycle, including AltitudeAI agentic tools and broader platform updates that will be showcased at the Spring 2026 Waystar Innovation Showcase at 1 p.m. ET (Key Developments).WAY: AI Revenue Cycle Automation And Data Scale Will Support Future Earnings Power
Analysts have nudged their price target for Waystar Holding slightly lower to about $36.09 from around $36.77, reflecting small tweaks to assumptions on discount rate, long term revenue, growth, profit margin, and future P/E expectations. What's in the News Waystar launched an AI-powered solution aimed at identifying provider revenue affected by post payment recoupments, supported by a proprietary dataset covering more than 7.5 billion healthcare payment transactions and over US$2.4b in annual gross claims (Key Developments).WAY: Expanded Google Cloud AI Partnership Will Support Future Earnings Power
Analysts have slightly adjusted their price target for Waystar Holding to about $36.77 from $37.00. This change reflects updated assumptions around fair value, discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E that remain broadly consistent with prior views.WAY: Agentic AI Partnership With Google Cloud Will Support Long Term Earnings Power
Analysts have maintained their $37.00 price target on Waystar Holding, citing largely unchanged assumptions around revenue growth, profit margins, and a future P/E near 43.8x as support for keeping their fair value view steady. What's in the News Waystar expanded its collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate agentic AI capabilities, with deeper use of Gemini models and data infrastructure across its revenue cycle platform (Client Announcements).
AI Automation And Healthcare Data Scale Will Shape A Fairly Valued Future
Catalysts About Waystar Holding Waystar Holding provides AI-enabled revenue cycle management and payment software that helps health care providers get paid accurately and efficiently. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?WAY: Agentic AI Rollout Will Drive Long Term Earnings Power
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Waystar Holding from $46.36 to $37.00, citing updated views on fair value, discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E assumptions. What's in the News Waystar Holding issued earnings guidance for full year 2026, with total revenue expected in a range of $1.274b to $1.294b (company guidance).
AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Platform Will Benefit From Expanding Healthcare Data And Network Effects
Catalysts About Waystar Holding Waystar Holding provides AI driven software that helps health care providers manage the full revenue cycle and get paid accurately and efficiently. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Waystar Holding Corp.: A Lot Of Market Share Yet To Convert, In An Ever-Growing Market.
Feb 15Some Confidence Is Lacking In Waystar Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:WAY) As Shares Slide 27%
Feb 13
WAY: Agentic AI Rollout And 2025 Guidance Will Support Further Upside
Analysts have adjusted their price target on Waystar Holding slightly lower to reflect updated assumptions for fair value, discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E. This has resulted in a modest trim of the implied equity value in dollar terms.WAY: Raised 2025 Guidance And Agentic AI Progress Will Drive Upside
Analysts have modestly trimmed their price target for Waystar Holding to US$46.90 from US$48.10, reflecting small updates to fair value estimates, discount rate assumptions, revenue growth expectations, profit margin forecasts, and the future P/E multiple. What's in the News Waystar introduced agentic intelligence to its cloud-native platform through Waystar AltitudeAI, using a data network that combines clinical, financial, and administrative information at scale to support an autonomous revenue cycle approach.WAY: Raised 2025 Guidance And Solid Earnings Outlook Will Drive Upside
Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for Waystar Holding by about $0.25 to roughly $48.10, reflecting updated assumptions around discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E levels. What's in the News Waystar Holding raised earnings guidance for full fiscal year 2025, with total revenue now expected to be between US$1.085b and US$1.093b (Key Developments).WAY: Raised 2025 Guidance And Strengthened Balance Sheet Will Drive Upside
Analysts have slightly reduced their price target on Waystar Holding to approximately $48.35 per share, down from about $48.74. They attribute this adjustment to a modestly higher discount rate and slightly softer long term margin assumptions, which more than offset marginally stronger projected revenue growth.WAY: Raised Fiscal 2025 Guidance Will Support Bullish Momentum
Analysts have slightly lowered their price target on Waystar Holding, trimming fair value by approximately $0.42 per share as they incorporate a marginally higher discount rate while keeping long term growth and profitability assumptions largely unchanged. What's in the News Raised full year 2025 revenue guidance to a range of $1.085 billion to $1.093 billion, signaling stronger than previously expected top line performance (corporate guidance) Announced and subsequently closed a private placement of common shares, including a planned issuance for gross proceeds of about $620.8 million under Regulation D (private placements) Completed a follow on equity offering of 18 million common shares, raising approximately $709.2 million at a price of $39.40 per share (follow on equity offering) Added to the S&P 1000 index, increasing the company profile among institutional investors and index tracking funds (index constituent add) Unveiled new AI powered AltitudeAI capabilities aimed at cutting denial related administrative time by over 90 percent and significantly improving patient payment collections for healthcare providers (product related announcement) Valuation Changes Fair Value: decreased slightly from $49.16 to $48.74 per share, reflecting a modest reduction in intrinsic value.WAY: Raised Fiscal 2025 Guidance Will Drive Upward Momentum
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.Advanced AI And Cloud RCM Will Transform Digital Healthcare
Advanced AI adoption and cloud-based solutions are enhancing operational efficiency, expanding market reach, and driving strong cross-sell activity and recurring revenue growth.The Strong Earnings Posted By Waystar Holding (NASDAQ:WAY) Are A Good Indication Of The Strength Of The Business
May 08Waystar: Healthcare Payment Provider Goes Public
Jun 14Shareholder Returns
| WAY | US Healthcare Services | US Market | |
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| 7D | 1.7% | -1.8% | -0.2% |
| 1Y | -36.0% | -38.9% | 27.6% |
Return vs Industry: WAY exceeded the US Healthcare Services industry which returned -38.2% over the past year.
Return vs Market: WAY underperformed the US Market which returned 29.1% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| WAY volatility | |
|---|---|
| WAY Average Weekly Movement | 7.2% |
| Healthcare Services Industry Average Movement | 10.5% |
| Market Average Movement | 7.2% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 16.2% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.3% |
Stable Share Price: WAY has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: WAY's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1,700 | Matt Hawkins | www.waystar.com |
Waystar Holding Corp. develops a cloud-based software solution for healthcare payments. Its platform offers financial clearance, patient financial care, claim and payer payment management, denials prevention and recovery, clinical integrity and revenue capture, and analytics and reporting solutions. It primarily serves healthcare industry.
Waystar Holding Corp. Fundamentals Summary
| WAY fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | US$4.85b |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$112.09m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$1.10b |
43.2x
P/E Ratio4.4x
P/S RatioIs WAY overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| WAY income statement (TTM) | |
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| Revenue | US$1.10b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$348.16m |
| Gross Profit | US$751.12m |
| Other Expenses | US$639.03m |
| Earnings | US$112.09m |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2025
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 0.58 |
| Gross Margin | 68.33% |
| Net Profit Margin | 10.20% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 38.0% |
How did WAY perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/04/30 13:22 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/04/29 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Waystar Holding Corp. is covered by 29 analysts. 23 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Vikram Kesavabhotla | Baird |
| Glen Santangelo | Barclays |
| Saket Kalia | Barclays |