Toast (NYSE:TOST) CFO Elena Gomez Sells 5,761 Shares of Stock

Toast, Inc. (NYSE:TOST) CFO Elena Gomez sold 5,761 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.37, for a total transaction of $203,766.57. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 160,150 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,664,505.50. This represents a 3.47% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Elena Gomez also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, August 7th, Elena Gomez sold 2,163 shares of Toast stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.10, for a total transaction of $75,921.30.
• On Thursday, August 6th, Elena Gomez sold 900 shares of Toast stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.02, for a total transaction of $31,518.00.
• On Wednesday, August 5th, Elena Gomez sold 16,176 shares of Toast stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.29, for a total transaction of $570,851.04.
• On Thursday, July 2nd, Elena Gomez sold 11,605 shares of Toast stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.85, for a total transaction of $334,804.25.

Toast Stock Performance

NYSE:TOST opened at $34.88 on Wednesday. Toast, Inc. has a 52 week low of $22.26 and a 52 week high of $45.64. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $28.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $27.89. The firm has a market cap of $17.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.71 and a beta of 1.72.

Toast (NYSE:TOST) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32 by ($0.06). The business had revenue of $1.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.87 billion. Toast had a return on equity of 23.90% and a net margin of 7.14%.Toast’s quarterly revenue was up 23.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Toast, Inc. will post 0.99 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Toast

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of TOST. Capelight Capital Asset Management LP bought a new position in Toast in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,131,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its holdings in Toast by 6.3% during the 4th quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 972,230 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,524,000 after acquiring an additional 57,512 shares during the period. Lecap Asset Management Ltd. raised its holdings in Toast by 206.7% during the 4th quarter. Lecap Asset Management Ltd. now owns 59,123 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,099,000 after acquiring an additional 39,847 shares during the period. Campbell Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Toast during the fourth quarter worth $9,812,000. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank lifted its position in shares of Toast by 11.5% during the fourth quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 514,992 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,287,000 after acquiring an additional 52,959 shares in the last quarter. 82.91% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Toast

Here are the key news stories impacting Toast this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Toast expanded its global partnership with Adyen into the U.S. Adyen will provide payment capabilities for Toast’s restaurant, hospitality and retail customers, supporting a platform that processed more than $215 billion in gross payment volume across approximately 180,000 locations in the 12 months ended June 30, 2026. The agreement could strengthen Toast’s payments infrastructure and support continued growth. Adyen Expands Global Partnership with Toast into U.S.
• Positive Sentiment: Barclays reaffirmed its Buy rating, indicating continued confidence in Toast’s long-term growth prospects. Barclays Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Toast
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent growth-stock coverage highlighted Toast as a potential long-term growth investment, though the commentary was based primarily on screening and style factors rather than a new company-specific operating update. Why Toast Is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term
• Negative Sentiment: Toast CEO Aman Narang sold approximately $5.72 million of shares across transactions on August 7 and August 10. CFO Elena Gomez also sold roughly $280,000 of stock. Because the trades were conducted under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, they may reflect scheduled diversification rather than a negative view of the business, but the scale of the CEO’s sales can weigh on sentiment. Toast CEO Stock Sale Filing
• Negative Sentiment: DA Davidson raised its price target from $30 to $34 but maintained a Neutral rating, implying limited upside relative to recent trading levels and reinforcing valuation concerns. DA Davidson Toast Price Target Update

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have issued reports on TOST. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Toast in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Oppenheimer lifted their target price on Toast from $36.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on shares of Toast from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Mizuho reduced their price target on shares of Toast from $45.00 to $38.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Toast from $31.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $38.77.

About Toast

Toast, Inc (NYSE: TOST) is a technology company that builds a cloud-based platform for restaurants and other foodservice businesses. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Toast offers integrated point-of-sale (POS) systems and a suite of software and hardware designed to streamline front-of-house and back-of-house operations. The company went public in 2021 and has positioned itself as a vertically integrated provider for the restaurant industry.

Toast’s product portfolio includes touchscreen POS terminals and handheld order-and-pay devices, kitchen display systems, and peripherals tailored for high-volume foodservice environments.