Toast Inc (TOST): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Toast Inc (NYSE:TOST) currently has a daily average trading volume of 7.99M but it saw 4437743 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 12.64B USD, the company’s current market price of $23.07 came falling about -0.52 while comparing to the previous closing price of $23.19. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $27.00 and as low as $13.77.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Toast Inc (TOST) gives us an average price of $23.24, while its current price level is -14.56% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 67.60% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $23.09 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $19.83. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.45% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.79%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 50.32 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Keefe Bruyette which initiated the stock as “Mkt Perform” in its note to investors issued on April 09, 2024, recommending a price target of $25 for it. Exane BNP Paribas upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Neutral” on March 07, 2024 while assigning a price target of $30. Evercore ISI also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $32.

Over the week, TOST’s stock price is moving 1.41% up while it is -3.07% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 26.34% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 30.49%.

Currently, Toast Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 429.00M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -20.05% and return on equity (ROE) at -21.47%. It has a 37.93 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.79. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 10.49 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.27. Its return on asset (ROA) is -13.23% on average.