Company Analysis

Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY)

NYSE: PAY · Services-Business Services, NEC · Charlotte, NC · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade6.2
◀ Past 6.2● Present 6.3▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Paymentus Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.2/10
◀ Past6.225% of the headline
● Present6.335% of the headline
▶ Future6.040% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2021 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+31.1% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 6 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 80th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $236 million in fiscal 2019 to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 31.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 6 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 6 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span31.1%top 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 18% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.9% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 27th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales (13 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 16%: owes 16¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Paymentus Holdings, Inc. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 44 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 16 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 6% of its family
  • return on equitytop 36% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 35% of 101 in its family; net margin 5.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 47% by size; a net margin of 5.6% ranks in the top 44%; revenue growth of 34% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.20Btop 47% of its family
  • net margin5.6%top 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth34.0%top 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 48% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sharma, Dushyant (Chairman, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-05-25, 5.5 years (top 45% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.5 years (bottom 49%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 13 peoplebottom 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.5 yearsbottom 49% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.5 yearstop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 50% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $325 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 48.6% of its assets as net cash, top 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 13.5% of revenue (top 42%); a gross margin of 24.8% (bottom 23%); research spending of 5.1% of revenue (bottom 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets48.6%top 6% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue13.5%top 42% of its family
  • gross margin24.8%bottom 23% of its family
  • research spending against revenue5.1%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 34% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 34% a year over the last three filed years against 31.1% over all 7, speeding up (top 11% of its family); the newest year grew 37.3% (top 14%); research spending grew 14.2% a year (top 26%); capital spending grew -34% a year (bottom 13%) (its annual reports). Paymentus Holdings, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Payment Transaction Processing Revenue at $1.2 billion (99%), Other at $9 million (1%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.9 points a yeartop 11% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth37.3%top 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending14.2%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-34.0%bottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 35% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.7% above the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 36% of its family); net income of $67 million against a prior three-year average of $22 million (top 16%); a net margin of 5.6% against 2.9% before (bottom 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.7%top 36% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+204%top 16% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.7 pointsbottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PAY · research, not advice