TOST vs BKNG vs TACT Stock Comparison

Toast, Booking Holdings and Transact Technologies Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TOST Toast, Inc.
$32.72 +9.7% 1M -15.7% 1Y
Market cap
$18.55B
P/E
38.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.80B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
2 wins
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc.
$155.83 0.0% 1M -23.5% 1Y
Market cap
$117.57B
P/E
16.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.24B
Div. yield
–
Digital Marketplaces Technology
7 wins
TACT Transact Technologies Inc
$5.27 +5.2% 1M +13.3% 1Y
Market cap
$55.56M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$52.99M
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Booking Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Booking Holdings 7, Toast 2, Transact Technologies 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTOSTBKNGTACTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $18.55B $117.57B $55.56M BKNG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.2x 16.3x -138.9x BKNG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.8x 14.3x — BKNG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +23.0% +12.9% +10.5% TOST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.1% 25.5% -0.8% BKNG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 75.5% -1.2% BKNG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.3x -82.3x TACT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.7% -23.5% +13.3% TACT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.0%/yr +10.2%/yr -18.7%/yr BKNG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 48.0% 38.0% 51.1% BKNG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 60/100 60/100 TOST

Percentile Scorecard

TOSTBKNGTACT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisTOSTBKNGTACT
Valuation 52 #44 of 90 66 #57 of 167 84 #15 of 90
Growth 98 #3 of 82 38 #96 of 153 30 #58 of 82
Profitability 65 #28 of 77 99 #2 of 153 49 #40 of 77
Financial Health 71 #29 of 96 39 #109 of 179 77 #23 of 96
Shareholder Returns 60 #22 of 54 59 #39 of 94 –
Overall 69 60 60
  • TOST ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • BKNG ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • TACT ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodTOSTBKNGTACTSPY
1 month +9.7%0.0%+5.2% -1.0%
3 months +12.6%-12.2%+4.8% +2.9%
6 months +12.7%-13.5%+53.6% +6.4%
Year to date -7.9%-27.3%+31.7% +11.4%
1 year -15.7%-23.5%+13.3% +13.1%
3 years +84.3%+37.4%-11.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +22.6%+11.2%-3.9% +21.5%
5 years -34.1%+62.7%-64.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year -8.0%+10.2%-18.7% +10.9%
10 years —+165.5%-25.2% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+10.3%-2.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureTOSTBKNGTACTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 48.0%38.0%51.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.1%38.2%48.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.070.860.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.33-0.620.26 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -80.6%-39.5%-78.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.1%-29.1%-9.8% -2.5%
52-week high $39.02$219.68$5.84 $779.14
52-week low $22.33$154.13$3.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleTOSTBKNGTACT
P/E now vs peer median 38.9xmedian 42.7x 16.6xmedian 17.5x -135.6xmedian 42.7x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.7x 4.1xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 29.6xmedian 19.0x 12.2xmedian 14.9x 191.1xmedian 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.8xmedian 19.6x 12.3xmedian 11.2x 10.4xmedian 19.6x
P/B now vs peer median 9.2xmedian 1.8x -10.9xmedian 1.7x 1.7xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.83median 1.75 -0.29median 0.42 4.89median 1.75

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsTOSTBKNGTACT
Revenue $6.80B $28.24B $52.99M
Gross profit $1.82B – $26.26M
Operating income $431.00M $9.28B -$425.00K
Net income $486.00M $7.21B -$400.00K
Free cash flow $576.00M $9.54B $5.23M
R&D $405.00M – $5.95M
EPS (diluted) $0.82 $9.36 $-0.04
Cash & equivalents $1.02B $17.21B $19.39M
Total debt – $20.18B $12.00M
Shares (diluted) 590.00M 770.00M 10.29M
Enterprise value $11.22B $50.62B -$23.14M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricTOSTBKNGTACT
P/E 38.9x 16.6x -135.6x
P/FCF 32.8x 12.3x 10.4x
P/Operating cash flow 29.7x 11.9x 10.0x
P/S 2.8x 4.1x 1.0x
P/B 9.2x -10.9x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 9.3x -10.1x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA 29.6x 12.2x 191.1x
EV/EBIT 39.8x 12.9x -89.5x
EV/Revenue 2.5x 4.3x 0.7x
EV/FCF 29.8x 12.6x 7.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.0x 12.2x 7.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.83 -0.29 4.89

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTOSTBKNGTACT
Revenue growth (1Y) 23.0% 12.9% 10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.1% 13.4% -12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.5% – 15.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 38.1% – -12.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 128.0% 12.9% 80.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 47.5% 15.3% -27.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 117.0% 49.8% 95.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 48.7% 17.4% -27.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 122.5% -93.7% 95.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 46.7% -57.3% -27.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.8% 2.9% -11.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 106.7% 13.2% -3.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 13.4% 3.2% -13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 82.9% 13.9% 2.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTOSTBKNGTACT
Gross margin 26.7% – 49.6%
EBITDA margin 8.5% 34.9% 0.4%
Operating margin 6.3% 32.9% -0.8%
Pretax margin 7.3% 32.9% -0.5%
Net margin 7.1% 25.5% -0.8%
FCF margin 8.5% 33.8% 9.9%
Operating cash flow margin 9.3% 34.9% 10.3%
Return on equity 24.1% – -1.2%
Return on assets 15.5% 25.1% -0.8%
Return on invested capital – 75.5% -1.2%
Return on capital employed 21.2% 121.7% -1.2%
Asset turnover 2.2x 1.0x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.4x -13.6x
Stock comp / revenue 3.4% 2.1% 3.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTOSTBKNGTACT
Debt / assets – 68.0% 5.9%
Debt / equity – -1.9x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.3x -82.3x
Debt / FCF – 2.1x 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 35.7% 136.3% 36.0%
Equity / assets 64.3% -36.3% 64.0%
Interest coverage – 8.4x -1.3x
Current ratio 2.4x 1.1x 2.7x
Quick ratio 1.7x 1.0x 1.9x
Cash ratio 1.6x 0.8x 1.3x
Altman Z-score 12.71 5.83 3.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTOSTBKNGTACT
Dividend yield – 1.1% –
Net buyback yield 2.7% 9.0% –
Shareholder yield 2.7% 10.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusTOSTBKNGTACT
Forward P/E 24.8xFY2026 14.3xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.32FY2026 $10.90FY2026 $-0.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +34.7%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +35.6% +16.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.84BFY2026 $27.56BFY2026 $59.30MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +27.5%FY2026 +2.4%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.8% +11.5% -7.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTOSTBKNGTACT
Held by institutions 93.1% 92.9% 38.0%
Institutions holding 774 1,915 37
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.1% -9.6% -14.2%
Institutions buying 427 891 13
Institutions selling 245 828 8
Buyers to sellers 1.74 1.08 1.63

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

TOSTBKNGTACT
TOST 1.00 0.47 0.05
BKNG 0.47 1.00 0.01
TACT 0.05 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TOST, BKNG and TACT?

Booking Holdings (BKNG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Toast (TOST) $18.55B, Booking Holdings (BKNG) $117.57B, Transact Technologies (TACT) $55.56M.

Which stock is cheaper, TOST, BKNG and TACT?

Booking Holdings (BKNG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Toast (TOST) 38.2x, Booking Holdings (BKNG) 16.3x, Transact Technologies (TACT) -138.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Booking Holdings (BKNG) is cheapest (Toast (TOST) 24.8x, Booking Holdings (BKNG) 14.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Toast (TOST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Toast (TOST) +23.0%, Booking Holdings (BKNG) +12.9%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Booking Holdings (BKNG) has the highest net margin (Toast (TOST) 7.1%, Booking Holdings (BKNG) 25.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) -0.8%). On return on invested capital, Booking Holdings (BKNG) leads (Booking Holdings (BKNG) 75.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) -1.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Transact Technologies (TACT) returned the most: Toast (TOST) -15.7%, Booking Holdings (BKNG) -23.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +13.3%. Over five years, Booking Holdings (BKNG) compounded fastest (Toast (TOST) -8.0%/yr, Booking Holdings (BKNG) +10.2%/yr, Transact Technologies (TACT) -18.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Booking Holdings (BKNG) has been the steadiest (Toast (TOST) 48.0%, Booking Holdings (BKNG) 38.0%, Transact Technologies (TACT) 51.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TOST, BKNG and TACT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Booking Holdings (BKNG) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.