Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) Updates Q2 2026 Earnings Guidance

Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) issued an update on its second quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.060-0.070 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.070. The company issued revenue guidance of $26.2 million-$26.7 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $26.5 million.

Paysign Stock Down 12.3%

NASDAQ PAYS opened at $5.83 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $321.76 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.29 and a beta of 0.72. Paysign has a 52 week low of $3.00 and a 52 week high of $8.88. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $5.26 and a 200-day moving average price of $4.91.

Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 12th. The company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $28.04 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.01 million. Paysign had a return on equity of 22.88% and a net margin of 11.38%.Paysign has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.060-0.070 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Paysign will post 0.52 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on PAYS shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded Paysign from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Lake Street Capital boosted their price objective on Paysign from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Paysign in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $9.00 price objective on shares of Paysign in a report on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $10.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Joan M. Herman sold 6,667 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $7.01, for a total transaction of $46,735.67. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 831,583 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,829,396.83. This represents a 0.80% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 24.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Paysign during the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its position in shares of Paysign by 99.8% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 6,912 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 3,453 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Paysign during the 1st quarter valued at $51,000. Quarry LP purchased a new position in shares of Paysign during the 3rd quarter valued at $54,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Paysign during the 3rd quarter valued at $67,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 25.89% of the company’s stock.

Paysign Company Profile

Paysign, Inc (NASDAQ:PAYS) is a U.S.-based financial technology company specializing in prepaid payment solutions. Through its cloud-based platform, the company enables corporations, government agencies and payroll providers to issue and manage stored-value cards, digital wallets and disbursement programs. Paysign’s offerings span gift and incentive cards, payroll and earned-wage access cards, government benefit distribution, tax refund solutions and health savings account disbursements.

The company’s flagship Paysign Experience Platform provides configurable card programs with real-time transaction reporting, fraud monitoring and regulatory compliance tools.