Why Should You Add Toast Inc (TOST) To Your Portfolio?

Toast Inc (NYSE:TOST) has a beta value of 1.86 and has seen 3.6 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $19.65B, closed the last trade at $34.18 per share which meant it gained $1.1 on the day or 3.33% during that session. The TOST stock price is -29.08% off its 52-week high price of $44.12 and 37.62% above the 52-week low of $21.32. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 5.87 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 7.06 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Toast Inc (TOST) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.16. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 7 out of 14 have rated it as a Hold, with 7 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.19.

Toast Inc (NYSE:TOST) trade information

Sporting 3.33% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the TOST stock price touched $34.18 or saw a rise of 3.17%. Year-to-date, Toast Inc shares have moved -6.23%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -1.27%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Toast Inc (NYSE:TOST) have changed -2.87%. Short interest in the company has seen 26.84 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.88.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $38, which means that the shares’ value could jump 10.05% from current levels. The projected low price target is $37.0 while the price target rests at a high of $46.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -34.58% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -8.25% from current levels.

Toast Inc (TOST) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have gained 15.71% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 22.18%.

23 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 1.34B for the current quarter. 23 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.53B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.07B and 1.24B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 24.94% for the current quarter and 22.18% for the next.

Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 56.38% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 37.72%.

TOST Dividends

Toast Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-18 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Toast Inc (NYSE:TOST)’s Major holders

Insiders own 9.21% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 92.70% with a share float percentage of 102.10%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Toast Inc having a total of 869.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS with over 38.2 million shares worth more than $984.47 million. As of 2024-06-30, CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS held 6.871% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 37.73 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $972.26 million and represent 6.7857% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 4.80% shares in the company for having 23.7 shares of worth $810.17 million while later fund manager owns 14.03 shares of worth $479.46 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.84% of company’s outstanding stock.