Key Insights from the Survey: Understanding customer behavior, including shopping and purchasing patterns, is key to enhancing the customer experience and driving sales. Additionally, merchants are prioritizing security and minimal system downtime to safeguard operations and ensure business continuity. The availability of responsive and reliable customer support significantly contributes to fostering a sense of security and trust among merchants. To learn more, download the full report: The Security Tightro ...

The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outsideaudited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 17.52% higher within the past month. Toast presently features a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy). Shares of the restaurant software provider have appreciated by 0.55% over the course of the past month, underperforming the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 6. ...

Shares of this restaurant software provider have returned -9.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The Zacks Internet - Software industry, to which Toast belongs, has lost 1% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term? Revisions to Earnings Estimates For the current quarter, Toast is expected to post a loss of $0.02 per share, indicating a change of +89.5% from the year-ago quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed ...

The word to describe the stock market over the past few months is "moody." This is especially true of small/mid-cap growth stocks, which have seen elevated volatility as investors weighed the fate of interest rate cuts and its impact on valuations. May. It's a great time, in my view, for investors to re-assess the bull case here. VAL 22.02 Toast Inc (TOST) Price 25.00 22.02 20.00 15.00 10.00 Jul '23 Oct '23 Jan '24 Apr "24 Seeking AlphaQ Jun 8, 2024, 8:40 AMEDT Powered by ソC H A R T S Data by Y Charts Toast ...

While earnings growth is arguably the most superior indicator of a company's financial health, nothing happens as such if a business isn't able to grow its revenues. After all, it's nearly impossible for a company to increase its earnings for an extended period without increasing its revenues. So, it's important to know a company's potential revenue growth. Toast reported revenues of $1.08 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +31.3%. EPS of -$0.15 for the same period ...

It's easy to see what billionaire hedge fund managers buy and sell every quarter. Although you generally don't get to watch it in real time, hedge funds are required to file a quarterly update with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and these filings are available to the public. Toast is heating up It's not surprising that Toast has been adding tons of new locations and generating higher sales. Average recurring revenue (ARR) increased 32% year over year in the 2024 first quarter, and it added 6, ...

Toast Inc (NYSE:TOST) stock is slipping today, after a downgrade from Baird to "neutral" from "outperform," along with a price target of $28. The firm still sees long-term growth for the restaurant-based software-as-a- service (SaaS) name, however, and predicts favorable EBITDA margin expansion. At last glance, TOST was down 1.9% to trade at $26.44 -- and earlier fell as low as $25.88. This negative price action has the stock moving further from its May 16 two-year high of $27.90. Heading into today, the sh ...

This under-the-radar name offers a huge opportunity for growth investors willing to see it. What the heck is Toast? It may not be a household name, but there's a good chance that you've benefited from its technology. Toast supplies restaurants with point-of-sale systems built from the ground up to meet the unique needs of operators in that industry. From customer checks to supply management to online ordering to marketing, Toast can help the managers of any eatery better handle its operation. Toast is not t ...

The company's strong performance has lifted shares this year. If you look hard enough, you can still find quality businesses to buy. Toast (TOST -1.96%) in particular just reported financial results that the market cheered for, with shares jumping 13% immediately following the announcement. If we dig a bit deeper, there's a lot to like about this company and the direction it's headed in, even though the growth stock is down 58% from its all-time high. Here's why it's still a smart buy right now. Penetrating ...

A key claim from management seems to be true, and it's a big deal. Despite revenue and customers increasing over 30% last quarter, the company's sales and marketing expense was only up 8%. Admittedly, there were some non-cash accounting items in this figure, but even adjusting for them, marketing expenses only increased 12% year over year. Another reason this is good news for Toast Sales and marketing is the biggest component of the company's operating expenses, so as revenue far outpaces those expenses, a ...