WAYWaystar Holding Corp.

$24.16

Is the business good?

How good a business is WAY?

Waystar Holding Corp. earns 4.1% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

4.1%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 4.9 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
23%

Operating margin · Health Information Services median 2.3% · 12 months to Q2 2026

Cash conversion
1.83×

Cash conversion · 3.24× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more

Share count, year on year
+7.1%

Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY202213%
FY202318%
FY202413%
FY202523%
Details
Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
69%
Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
23%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
11%
Free cash flow margin
20%
R&D as % of revenue
5.6%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$1.21B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$246M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$135M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
4.1%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.