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Added to YB: 2026-05-15

Pitch date: 2026-05-13

TOST [neutral]

Toast, Inc.

Author Info

Bob’s Payment Stock Substack is a former analyst and portfolio manager. Fundamental buy-and-hold investor. Talking stocks and markets. Focus on Payments, Financial Technology, and Payroll and HCM. Sign up for the newsletter.

Company Info

Toast, Inc. operates a cloud-based digital technology platform for the restaurant industry in the United States, Ireland, India, and internationally.

Market Cap

$12.9B

Pitch Price

N/A

Price Target

N/A

Dividend

N/A

EV/EBITDA

26.65

P/E

33.54

EV/Sales

1.74

Sector

Financial Services

Category

growth

Show full summary:
Payments and FinTech Earnings Recap: Q1 2026 - Toast, Inc.

TOST (earnings): Q1 beat w/ 22% GPV growth, 50.9bps take rate (+2bps YoY), 4% SaaS ARPU gain. FY26 recurring gross profit & adj EBITDA raised. Stock -46% post-ER on Q2 slowdown (27%→23% recur GP growth), Square competition, chip buys hurting FCF, 2027 hardware headwinds. Now at $23 vs $50 pre-ER = U.S. SMB restaurants priced in, intl/enterprise optionality cheap.

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