Toast Inc (NYSE: TOST) has seen a rise in its stock price by 3.56 in relation to its previous close of 37.60. However, the company has experienced a 3.84% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. fool.com reported 2025-01-04 that In January 2024, analysts at financial firm Baird named Toast (TOST 3.35%) as one of its top financial-technology stocks for the upcoming year. The team’s pick proved prescient.
Is It Worth Investing in Toast Inc (NYSE: TOST) Right Now?
Additionally, the 36-month beta value for TOST is 1.97. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 9 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 rating it as “overweight,” 15 rating it as “hold,” and 1 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for TOST is 410.00M and currently, short sellers hold a 7.81% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of TOST on January 07, 2025 was 7.14M shares.
TOST’s Market Performance
TOST stock saw an increase of 3.84% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 2.10% and a quarterly increase of 35.35%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.05%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.61% for Toast Inc (TOST). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 3.05% for TOST’s stock, with a 37.78% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of TOST
DA Davidson, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see TOST reach a price target of $38, previously predicting the price at $44. The rating they have provided for TOST stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on December 05th, 2024.
Goldman gave a rating of “Neutral” to TOST, setting the target price at $45 in the report published on December 02nd of the previous year.
TOST Trading at 4.00% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought TOST to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -11.73% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.61%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.05%, as shares surge +2.42% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +33.13% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, TOST rose by +3.84%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +64.37% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $37.79. In addition, Toast Inc saw 6.83% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at TOST starting from Vassil Jonathan, who sale 3,009 shares at the price of $37.11 back on Jan 03 ’25. After this action, Vassil Jonathan now owns 46,560 shares of Toast Inc, valued at $111,655 using the latest closing price.
Narang Aman, the CEO of Toast Inc, sale 6,133 shares at $37.11 during a trade that took place back on Jan 03 ’25, which means that Narang Aman is holding 273,433 shares at $227,577 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for TOST
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.01 for the present operating margin
- 0.23 for the gross margin
The net margin for Toast Inc stands at -0.01. The total capital return value is set at -0.05. Equity return is now at value -3.81, with -2.41 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -255.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at -144.6. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.59. The receivables turnover for the company is 26.77for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 2.09. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.32.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Toast Inc (TOST) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
