Freemont Management S.A. Has $376,000 Stock Holdings in Toast, Inc. $TOST

Freemont Management S.A. lowered its stake in Toast, Inc. (NYSE:TOST) by 88.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 10,300 shares of the company’s stock after selling 77,700 shares during the period. Freemont Management S.A.’s holdings in Toast were worth $376,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. RiverPark Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Toast in the second quarter valued at about $30,000. Quent Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Toast during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Alpine Bank Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of Toast in the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Motco acquired a new stake in shares of Toast in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Finally, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P bought a new position in Toast during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $42,000. 82.91% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Toast Trading Down 6.7%

Shares of NYSE TOST opened at $26.13 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $33.72 and a 200 day moving average price of $37.43. The firm has a market cap of $13.46 billion, a PE ratio of 60.77 and a beta of 1.93. Toast, Inc. has a 1-year low of $25.91 and a 1-year high of $49.66.

Toast (NYSE:TOST) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.62 billion. Toast had a net margin of 4.68% and a return on equity of 15.77%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.05 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Toast, Inc. will post 0.39 EPS for the current year.

Toast declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 12th that authorizes the company to repurchase $0.00 in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Key Stories Impacting Toast

Here are the key news stories impacting Toast this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Canaccord Genuity reiterated its buy rating on Toast, which can lend support to the stock by signaling continued analyst conviction in the company’s growth outlook. Canaccord Genuity Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Toast Inc (TOST)
• Positive Sentiment: A bullish Seeking Alpha piece argues Toast is being unfairly punished amid sector weakness, highlighting ~30% ARR growth, expanding margins and rising take rate — fundamentals that could drive longer-term upside if execution continues. Toast Is Not A Horse: Why This SaaS Stock Could Outrun The AI Panic
• Neutral Sentiment: The board approved a share repurchase authorization, a normally positive signal, but the disclosed figure shows $0.00 (likely a placeholder), leaving the buyback’s size/timing unclear and limiting immediate impact. RTT News — Stock Buybacks
• Negative Sentiment: Toast reported Q4 results that missed consensus on the bottom line: management reported EPS below Street estimates (company disclosures cited an EPS miss vs. consensus), which is the primary catalyst for the intraday weakness despite revenue growing ~22% year-over-year. Investors tend to punish EPS misses, especially for growth-tech names priced for execution. Toast Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Financial Results
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple news summaries and outlets noted the quarterly earnings “lag” versus estimates, reinforcing negative momentum from the miss and raising near-term volatility risk as investors reassess near-term guidance and margin cadence. Toast (TOST) Q4 Earnings Lag Estimates

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have commented on TOST shares. Evercore raised shares of Toast from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Toast from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $43.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Wolfe Research lowered Toast from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 8th. BNP Paribas Exane raised Toast from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Finally, DA Davidson lowered their price target on Toast from $42.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $45.55.

Insider Activity

In other news, CRO Jonathan Vassil sold 66,390 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.86, for a total transaction of $2,380,745.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive directly owned 84,589 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,033,361.54. This trade represents a 43.97% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, General Counsel Brian R. Elworthy sold 3,303 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.38, for a total transaction of $113,557.14. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel directly owned 235,757 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,105,325.66. This represents a 1.38% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 100,856 shares of company stock worth $3,540,449. 12.14% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Toast Profile

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.