Contrasting Waystar (WAY) & Its Rivals

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 similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and earnings.

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%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Waystar and its competitors gross 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.

Insider & Institutional 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Waystar and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	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 target price of $40.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.55%. As a group, “Computer integrated systems design” companies have a potential upside of 19.43%. Given Waystar’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waystar has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

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

Waystar Company Profile

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