UPST vs TOST vs PGY Stock Comparison

Upstart Holdings, Toast and Pagaya Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
UPST Upstart Holdings, Inc.
$24.84 +7.3% 1M -49.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.29B
P/E
38.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.25B
Div. yield
–
Digital Lending Technology
1 win
TOST Toast, Inc.
$31.50 +3.4% 1M -11.9% 1Y
Market cap
$17.96B
P/E
37.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.80B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
5 wins
PGY Pagaya Technologies Ltd.
$20.81 +19.8% 1M -25.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.66B
P/E
13.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.39B
Div. yield
–
Digital Lending Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Toast leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Toast 5, Pagaya Technologies 5, Upstart Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionUPSTTOSTPGYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.29B $17.96B $1.66B TOST
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.0x 37.0x 13.2x PGY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 36.0x 23.9x 12.0x PGY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +48.6% +23.0% +20.5% UPST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.8% 7.1% 9.0% PGY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.8% — 31.5% PGY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 20.6x — 0.6x PGY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -49.0% -11.9% -25.4% TOST
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -40.1%/yr -10.0%/yr -29.6%/yr TOST
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 65.1% 47.7% 74.7% TOST
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 70/100 69/100 TOST

Percentile Scorecard

UPSTTOSTPGY

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

AxisUPSTTOSTPGY
Valuation 50 #50 of 99 51 #44 of 89 93 #8 of 99
Growth 76 #23 of 94 98 #3 of 81 91 #9 of 94
Profitability 53 #43 of 90 67 #26 of 76 85 #14 of 90
Financial Health 9 #96 of 105 72 #27 of 93 40 #63 of 105
Shareholder Returns 56 #27 of 60 65 #18 of 50 34 #40 of 60
Overall 49 70 69
  • UPST ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • TOST ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • PGY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodUPSTTOSTPGYSPY
1 month +7.3%+3.4%+19.8% +0.7%
3 months -8.1%-4.1%+18.0% +3.7%
6 months -21.3%+10.4%+49.8% +7.1%
Year to date -43.2%-11.3%-0.4% +12.8%
1 year -49.0%-11.9%-25.4% +11.9%
3 years +6.5%+97.5%+41.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.1%+25.5%+12.3% +22.8%
5 years -92.3%-40.8%-82.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year -40.1%-10.0%-29.6% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureUPSTTOSTPGYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 65.1%47.7%74.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 68.5%52.5%78.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.911.073.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.75-0.25-0.34 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.5%-80.6%-98.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -51.0%-19.3%-25.4% -1.2%
52-week high $50.70$39.02$27.91 $779.14
52-week low $22.74$22.33$10.64 $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.

MultipleUPSTTOSTPGY
P/E now vs peer median 39.8xmedian 19.5x 37.5xmedian 39.2x 13.8xmedian 19.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.2x 2.7xmedian 2.4x 1.2xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 52.7xmedian 17.8x 28.4xmedian 17.3x 5.1xmedian 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -8.4xmedian 16.1x 31.6xmedian 20.3x 6.9xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 2.0x 8.9xmedian 1.8x 2.7xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.35median 0.98 0.80median 1.52 —median 0.98

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 monthsUPSTTOSTPGY
Revenue $1.25B $6.80B $1.39B
Gross profit $1.03B $1.82B $603.06M
Operating income $49.71M $431.00M $345.48M
Net income $60.33M $486.00M $127.54M
Free cash flow -$289.05M $576.00M $251.78M
R&D $304.91M $405.00M $70.60M
EPS (diluted) $0.55 $0.82 $1.29
Cash & equivalents $455.96M $1.02B $249.26M
Total debt $2.00B – $471.87M
Shares (diluted) 109.72M 590.00M 97.25M
Enterprise value $221.54M $10.63B $641.32M

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
MetricUPSTTOSTPGY
P/E 39.8x 37.5x 13.8x
P/FCF -8.4x 31.6x 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow -8.5x 28.6x 6.6x
P/S 1.9x 2.7x 1.2x
P/B 3.0x 8.9x 2.7x
P/Tangible book 3.0x 8.9x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 52.7x 28.4x 5.1x
EV/EBIT 79.8x 38.2x 5.7x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 2.4x 1.4x
EV/FCF -13.7x 28.6x 7.8x
EV/Operating cash flow -14.0x 25.9x 7.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.35 0.80 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricUPSTTOSTPGY
Revenue growth (1Y) 48.6% 23.0% 20.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.9% 27.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 53.0% 30.5% 23.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 33.7% 38.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 199.7% 128.0% 118.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.6% 47.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) 1,050% 117.0% 141.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 30.5% 48.7% –
EPS growth (1Y) 990.2% 122.5% 136.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 29.5% 46.7% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -335.4% 13.8% 135.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -13.2% 106.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -341.5% 13.4% 160.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -13.0% 82.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricUPSTTOSTPGY
Gross margin 82.5% 26.7% 43.4%
EBITDA margin 6.0% 8.5% 27.7%
Operating margin 4.0% 6.3% 24.9%
Pretax margin 4.9% 7.3% 7.1%
Net margin 4.8% 7.1% 9.0%
FCF margin -23.2% 8.5% 18.1%
Operating cash flow margin -22.8% 9.3% 19.0%
Return on equity 7.9% 24.1% 19.0%
Return on assets 2.0% 15.5% 7.1%
Return on invested capital 1.8% – 31.5%
Return on capital employed – 21.2% –
Asset turnover 0.4x 2.2x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -4.7x 1.3x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 11.7% 3.4% 2.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricUPSTTOSTPGY
Debt / assets 63.2% – 27.9%
Debt / equity 2.5x – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 20.6x – 0.6x
Debt / FCF -6.9x – 1.9x
Liabilities / assets 74.9% 35.7% 61.7%
Equity / assets 25.1% 64.3% 38.3%
Interest coverage 1.2x – –
Current ratio – 2.4x –
Quick ratio – 1.7x –
Cash ratio – 1.6x –
Altman Z-score – 12.34 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricUPSTTOSTPGY
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 3.4% 2.8% -0.2%
Shareholder yield 3.4% 2.8% -0.2%
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.

ConsensusUPSTTOSTPGY
Forward P/E 36.0xFY2026 23.9xFY2026 12.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.69FY2026 $1.32FY2026 $1.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -58.4%FY2026 +34.7%FY2026 +86.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +191.3% +35.6% +28.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.35BFY2026 $7.84BFY2026 $1.38BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +29.4%FY2026 +27.5%FY2026 +6.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +42.2% +17.8% +28.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersUPSTTOSTPGY
Held by institutions 60.0% 93.1% 38.9%
Institutions holding 364 775 221
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.2% +8.1% -12.0%
Institutions buying 196 428 133
Institutions selling 98 245 62
Buyers to sellers 2.00 1.75 2.15

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.

UPSTTOSTPGY
UPST 1.00 0.43 0.64
TOST 0.43 1.00 0.42
PGY 0.64 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, UPST, TOST and PGY?

Toast (TOST) is the largest by market capitalisation: Upstart Holdings (UPST) $2.29B, Toast (TOST) $17.96B, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) $1.66B.

Which stock is cheaper, UPST, TOST and PGY?

Pagaya Technologies (PGY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Upstart Holdings (UPST) 38.0x, Toast (TOST) 37.0x, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) 13.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) is cheapest (Upstart Holdings (UPST) 36.0x, Toast (TOST) 23.9x, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) 12.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Upstart Holdings (UPST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Upstart Holdings (UPST) +48.6%, Toast (TOST) +23.0%, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) +20.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pagaya Technologies (PGY) has the highest net margin (Upstart Holdings (UPST) 4.8%, Toast (TOST) 7.1%, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) 9.0%). On return on invested capital, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) leads (Upstart Holdings (UPST) 1.8%, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) 31.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Toast (TOST) returned the most: Upstart Holdings (UPST) -49.0%, Toast (TOST) -11.9%, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) -25.4%. Over five years, Toast (TOST) compounded fastest (Upstart Holdings (UPST) -40.1%/yr, Toast (TOST) -10.0%/yr, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) -29.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Toast (TOST) has been the steadiest (Upstart Holdings (UPST) 65.1%, Toast (TOST) 47.7%, Pagaya Technologies (PGY) 74.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, UPST, TOST and PGY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Toast (TOST) leads on 5. 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.