What is William Blair’s Forecast for Toast Q1 Earnings?

Toast, Inc. (NYSE:TOST) – Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Toast in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 19th. William Blair analyst S. Sheldon expects that the company will earn $0.09 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Toast’s current full-year earnings is $0.39 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Toast’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.12 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.15 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of Toast from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Compass Point started coverage on shares of Toast in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $49.00 price objective for the company. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 target price on shares of Toast in a research note on Thursday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their target price on Toast from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on Toast from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $40.09.

Toast Stock Down 6.4 %

TOST opened at $37.68 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $17.75 billion, a PE ratio of -3,764.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.98. Toast has a twelve month low of $20.57 and a twelve month high of $44.12. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $38.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.58.

Toast (NYSE:TOST) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.06 by ($0.01). Toast had a return on equity of 1.54% and a net margin of 0.40%. The firm had revenue of $1.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Toast

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of TOST. Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in Toast by 120.4% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 692 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 378 shares in the last quarter. Piscataqua Savings Bank purchased a new position in Toast during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in Toast during the fourth quarter worth $34,000. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Toast in the fourth quarter valued at $35,000. Finally, Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Toast in the fourth quarter valued at $40,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.91% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, President Stephen Fredette sold 1,068 shares of Toast stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $39.63, for a total transaction of $42,324.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the president now directly owns 1,644,656 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $65,177,717.28. The trade was a 0.06 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Christopher P. Comparato sold 145,000 shares of Toast stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $36.04, for a total value of $5,225,800.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 182,451 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,575,534.04. This represents a 44.28 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 149,779 shares of company stock valued at $5,415,192 in the last three months. 13.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Toast Company Profile

Toast, Inc operates a cloud-based digital technology platform for the restaurant industry in the United States, Ireland, and India. The company offers software products for restaurant operations and point of sale, such as Toast POS, Toast now, multi-location management, kitchen display system, Toast mobile order and pay, Toast catering and events, Toast invoicing, Toast tables, and restaurant retail; and hardware products, including Toast flex, Toast flex for guest, Toast go 2, Toast tap, kiosks, and Delphi by Toast.