PAY
BuyPremium GrowerAI neutralPaymentus Holdings, Inc. · Technology · United States · $4.2B cap · $33.9M/day traded
$33.35 -2.1% · close 23 Oct · scored 24 Oct
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
Report expected 2 Nov: the next-year EPS estimate has risen 6.8% over the last 14 weeks.
As of 24 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY) is 79/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 82, Value 32, Momentum 61, each scored against its sector).
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Paymentus runs bill-presentment and payment software for utilities, insurers and municipalities. Its contracts are sticky, its network grows through partners such as Guidewire, and it is profitable with net cash. Analysts raised forward earnings by 1.9%. However, the shares fell about 10% after second-quarter results, its gross margins are thin because processing costs pass through, and insiders sold 0.3% of shares in 90 days. It is a good business at a full valuation.
ABOUT PAYMENTUS HOLDINGS, INC.
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Paymentus Holdings, Inc. provides a leading cloud-based electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) platform that enables businesses to streamline customer billing and payment processes. The company's Instant Payment Network connects billers directly to major consumer platforms, facilitating real-time payments across multiple channels. Its competitive moat is driven by high customer retention rates, a scalable SaaS business model, and deep integrations with enterprise billing systems.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 497.0M | 614.5M | 871.7M | 1.2B | 34.0% | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 19.5% |
| EPS | -0.00 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.53 | 71.6% | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.87 | 28.1% |
| Shares | 123.2M | 123.8M | 124.8M | 125.6M | +1.9% | — | — | — | — |
| Debt | 12.6M | 10.5M | 8.4M | 6.9M | -18.4% | 10.4M | — | — | — |
| Equity | 397.2M | 429.6M | 485.6M | 560.4M | 12.2% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 19.9M | 68.8M | 63.6M | 162.1M | 101.3% | 159.5M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -34.6M | -34.3M | -36.8M | -36.5M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -37.3M | -1.2M | -0.2M | -10.6M | — | — | — | — | — |
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Swung more than 78% of stocks we rank over the past year (63% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
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SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Technology, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of PAY are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAY | Paymentus Holdings, Inc.(you) | $4.2B | 79 | Buy |
| BOX | Box, Inc. | $5.9B | 82 | Strong Buy |
| AVPT | AvePoint, Inc. | $3.5B | 73 | Buy |
| EEFT | Euronet Worldwide, Inc. | $2.5B | 78 | Buy |
| PAYO | Payoneer Global Inc. | $2.4B | 78 | Buy |
| APPN | Appian Corporation | $3.7B | 69 | Buy |
| ACIW | ACI Worldwide, Inc. | $5.6B | 89 | Strong Buy |
| RELY | Remitly Global, Inc. | $5.3B | 91 | Strong Buy |
| NTCT | NetScout Systems, Inc. | $2.9B | 90 | Strong Buy |
| DOX | Amdocs Limited | $6.6B | 89 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 4.7% · P/E 32.6x · Gross margin 52.2%
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