In the past week, WAY stock has gone down by -4.55%, with a monthly decline of -12.78% and a quarterly plunge of -2.06%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.15%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.32% for Waystar Holding Corp The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -1.73% for WAY stock, with a simple moving average of 19.88% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Waystar Holding Corp (NASDAQ: WAY) Right Now?
Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 8 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for WAY is 97.44M, and at present, short sellers hold a 4.55% of that float. On April 01, 2025, the average trading volume of WAY was 2.10M shares.
WAY) stock’s latest price update
Waystar Holding Corp (NASDAQ: WAY)’s stock price has plunge by -0.59relation to previous closing price of 37.36. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -4.55% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. benzinga.com reported 2025-03-25 that Goldman Sachs analyst Adam Hotchkiss reiterated the Buy rating on Waystar Holding Corp. WAY, with a price forecast of $52.
Analysts’ Opinion of WAY
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for WAY stocks, with Truist repeating the rating for WAY by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for WAY in the upcoming period, according to Truist is $45 based on the research report published on March 14, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Jefferies, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see WAY reach a price target of $51. The rating they have provided for WAY stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on February 11th, 2025.
Raymond James gave a rating of “Strong Buy” to WAY, setting the target price at $40 in the report published on November 22nd of the previous year.
WAY Trading at -7.26% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought WAY to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -22.80% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.32%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.15%, as shares sank -11.61% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -1.11% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, WAY fell by -4.77%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +70.76% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $37.79. In addition, Waystar Holding Corp saw 1.20% 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 WAY starting from Hawkins Matthew J., who sale 46,655 shares at the price of $35.55 back on Mar 13 ’25. After this action, Hawkins Matthew J. now owns 500,000 shares of Waystar Holding Corp, valued at $1,658,646 using the latest closing price.
Oreskovich Steven M, the Chief Financial Officer of Waystar Holding Corp, sale 16,666 shares at $37.04 during a trade that took place back on Mar 12 ’25, which means that Oreskovich Steven M is holding 173,642 shares at $617,344 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for WAY
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.14 for the present operating margin
- 0.57 for the gross margin
The net margin for Waystar Holding Corp stands at -0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value -0.75, with -0.40 for asset returns.
Based on Waystar Holding Corp (WAY), the company’s capital structure generated 0.01 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 3.99. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.88.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 310.36 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.45. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.62. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.5for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.21. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.55.
Conclusion
To sum up, Waystar Holding Corp (WAY) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
