Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.210-0.260 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.350. The company issued revenue guidance of $106.5 million-$110.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $107.3 million.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on PAYS. Lake Street Capital lifted 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. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $9.00 price objective on shares of Paysign in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Weiss Ratings raised Paysign from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Paysign from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $10.00.

Paysign Price Performance

Shares of Paysign stock opened at $7.27 on Friday. Paysign has a 1 year low of $3.08 and a 1 year high of $8.88. The company has a market capitalization of $406.47 million, a P/E ratio of 42.76 and a beta of 0.72. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $5.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $5.00.

Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 12th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.02. Paysign had a return on equity of 21.74% and a net margin of 11.38%.The firm had revenue of $28.04 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.01 million. Paysign has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.060-0.070 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Paysign will post 0.5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Joan M. Herman sold 22,534 shares of Paysign stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $7.01, for a total transaction of $157,963.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 813,989 shares in the company, valued at $5,706,062.89. The trade was a 2.69% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 24.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Rhumbline Advisers raised its holdings in Paysign by 4.7% in the 2nd quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 48,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $351,000 after acquiring an additional 2,183 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in Paysign by 19.1% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 16,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $122,000 after acquiring an additional 2,716 shares during the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Paysign by 18.0% in the 3rd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 17,851 shares of the company’s stock valued at $112,000 after acquiring an additional 2,723 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its holdings in Paysign by 11.6% in the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 29,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $188,000 after acquiring an additional 3,100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in Paysign by 99.8% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 6,912 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 3,453 shares during the last quarter. 25.89% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Paysign

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.