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Paymentus Holdings, Inc.

PAY

Technology · 36.38 +0.2% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 21 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 13 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 30.2% versus the comparable filing period.
Company+0.2% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 21 activeEnterprise Software & Services · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Research and development expenses increased primarily due to higher employee-related costs, including benefits, driven by headcount growth and annual compensation adjustments.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if PAY's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 21 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 13 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 30.2% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 1.7 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 51.2% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • Research and development expenses increased primarily due to higher employee-related costs, including benefits, driven by headcount growth and annual compensation adjustments.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods7
Price observations328
Usable filing statements110
Verified relationships13
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +37.3% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +1.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.42x in the latest annual period.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
Evidence challenging the case

No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.

Questions before a position
  • P/E is 174% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 36% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

36.38
6m+50.8%12m+3.4%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$395.5M+31.1%$0.06+11.9%
2022-12-31$497.0M+25.7%$0.00+2.8%
2023-12-31$614.5M+23.6%$0.18+2.4%
2024-12-31$871.7M+41.9%$0.35+2.1%
2025-12-31$1.2B+37.3%$0.52+1.1%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Product pipeline and R&Dpositive · 3 filings
Research and Development Expenses Research and development expenses increased primarily due to higher employee-related costs, including benefits, driven by headcount growth and annual compensation adjustments.
10-Q · May 5, 2026
Demand and volumepositive · 1 filings
Finally, the increased worldwide demand for data, including as a result of the increased adoption and development of AI and its processing demands, has resulted in an increased demand for data centers and data-related infrastructure.
10-K · Feb 24, 2026
Legal and regulatory exposurepositive · 1 filings
Accordingly, we are now subject to increased scrutiny of compliance with Canadian payments regulations.
10-K · Feb 24, 2026
Macroeconomic conditionsmixed · 1 filings
Impact of Economic and Inflationary Trends Significant economic uncertainty is expected to persist through the remainder of 2025, driven by concerns over trade policies, geopolitical tensions, stubborn inflation, and the interest rate outlook.
10-Q · Aug 5, 2025

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 3.9× · EV/sales 3.7×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

36.38+0.2% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for PAY. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-07.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +4
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

What improved

  • Revenue increased 30.2% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 1.7 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 51.2% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

19 Free Cash Flow Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 2025 (in thousands) Net cash provided by operating activities $ 30,452 $ 50,441 Purchases of property and equipment (80 ) (60 ) Capitalized internal-use software development costs (9,461 ) (9,278 ) Free cash flow $ 20,911 $ 41,103 The decrease in free cash flow for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, was primarily driven by lower cash generated from operations, driven mainly by investment in working capital.

Sales and Marketing Expenses The increase in sales and marketing expenses was primarily driven by higher reseller commissions and employee-related costs.

The increase was driven by growth in transaction count and volume driven from both new and existing billers and financial institutions.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind PAY

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

AXPAmerican Express CompanypartnerFeb 24, 2026

Our operations depend on adherence to the operating rules and standards set by payment networks, such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, NACHA and INTERAC, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS).

GDOTGreen Dot CorporationdistributorFeb 24, 2026

For example, we enable Walmart's consumers to pay their bills in-store at retail locations, and enable in-person cash payments at more than 90,000 retail locations in the Green Dot network.

Depended on by

ACIWACI Worldwide, Inc.competitorFeb 26, 2026

Bill Payments The primary competitors for our bill payments solution include Alacriti, FIS, Fiserv, InvoiceCloud, Kubra, One Inc., Paymentus, PayNearMe, Repay, as well as smaller vertical-specific providers.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

PAY is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Enterprise Software & Services. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.