Company Analysis

Waystar Holding Corp. (WAY)

Nasdaq: WAY · Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design · Lehi, UT · filing with the SEC since 2023
Grade6.8
◀ Past 6.7● Present 7.0▶ Future 6.4
1 est.

The grade of Waystar Holding Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past6.740% of the headline
● Present7.035% of the headline
▶ Future6.425% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2023.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 45 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Waystar Holding Corp.'s filings since 2023 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
7.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+16% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 1 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Waystar Holding Corp.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $705 million in fiscal 2022 to $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 16% a year; it rose in 3 of 3 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 1 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span16.0%top 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 17% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 47% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 17% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 14.9% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Waystar Holding Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 14.9% 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 12 sales (11 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $189 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 35% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 40% 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?

7.0/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 33%: owes 33¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Waystar Holding Corp. earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 33 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 23.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 30% of its family
  • return on equitytop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 32% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 24% of 40 in its family; net margin 10.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 40 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Waystar Holding Corp.'s standing among 40 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 29% by size; a net margin of 10.2% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of 16% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 24% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.10Btop 29% of its family
  • net margin10.2%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth16.0%top 24% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
8.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 8.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 18% of 35 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-06-07 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2024-06-07 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 35 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Waystar Holding Corp.'s leadership is put at 8.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 18% of 35 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-06-07 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 43% of 39 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 39 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Waystar Holding Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $77 million against debt of $1.5 billion leaves -23.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 25.8% of revenue (top 9%); research spending of 5% of revenue (bottom 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-23.9%bottom 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue25.8%top 9% of its family
  • research spending against revenue5.0%bottom 21% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 38 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Waystar Holding Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 16% a year over the last three filed years against 16% over all 4, speeding up (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew 16.5% (top 34%); research spending grew 18.5% a year (top 20%); capital spending grew 14.9% a year (top 35%) (its annual reports). Waystar Holding Corp. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Subscription and Circulation at $558 million (51%), Volume Based Revenue at $535 million (49%), Implementation Services and Other Revenue at $6 million (1%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth16.5%top 34% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending18.5%top 20% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending14.9%top 35% 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
7.3/10

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

top 27% of 32 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Waystar Holding Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.7% above the $1.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $112 million against a prior three-year average of $41 million (top 5%); a net margin of 10.2% against -5.3% before (top 30%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.7%top 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+376%top 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+15.5 pointstop 30% 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 WAY · research, not advice