As of right now, Toast Inc. [TOST] is trading at $24.74, up 6.87%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The TOST shares have gain 10.25% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 40.97%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 31, January 2023, Toast Announces Release Date Of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Toast (NYSE: TOST), the all-in-one digital technology platform built for restaurants, today announced that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 before the market opens on Thursday, February 16, 2023.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Toast Inc. [NYSE: TOST] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 25, 2023, when DA Davidson initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $27. Previously, Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 24, 2023, and dropped its price target to $24. On November 29, 2022, Wolfe Research initiated with a Peer Perform rating. Mizuho upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $24 on October 10, 2022. UBS initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $22 as its price target on September 14, 2022. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on April 05, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $29. In a note dated April 05, 2022, MoffettNathanson initiated an Sell rating and iterated a target price of $19 on this stock.
Through the last year, Toast Inc.’s stock price ranged from $11.91 to $30.60. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $24.26 within the next 12 months. Toast Inc. [NYSE: TOST] shares were valued at $24.74 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.94% based on the average TOST price forecast.
Analyzing the TOST fundamentals
For Toast Inc., (TOST), the latest quarter sales were 752.0 billion, which represents an 54.60% increase. Gross Margin for this corporation currently stands at +18.01% with Operating Margin at -13.08%, Pretax Margin comes in at -28.74%, and Net Margin reading is -28.56%.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 24.13 points at the first support level, and at 23.51 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 25.05, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 25.35.
Toast Inc. [TOST] reported earnings per share of -$0.08 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 6/29/2022. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of -$0.12/share, meaning a difference of $0.04 and a surprise factor of 33.30%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 3/30/2022 were -$0.09 per share as compared to estimates of -$0.13 per share, a difference of $0.04 representing a surprise of 30.80%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Toast Inc. [NYSE:TOST] has a current ratio of 3.10. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 3.95, while the Cash Ratio is 3.60. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 10.32, the price to book ratio is 16.14.
Transactions by insiders
Insider trading, which has resulted in 25 insider purchases of 9,083,768 shares and 30 insider sales of 10,022,728 shares in the past three months, is now the topic of our analysis. Recent insider trading involved Fredette Stephen, Co-President, that happened on Jan 23 when 0.14 million shares were sold. Chief Executive Officer, Comparato Christopher P completed a deal on Jan 19 to sell 0.13 million shares. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer Comparato Christopher P sold 33333.0 shares on Jan 19.