Paymentus (PAY) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Paymentus (NYSE: PAY):

• 9/17/2026 – Paymentus is now covered by Seaport Research Partners. They set a “buy” rating and a $42.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/17/2026 – Paymentus is now covered by Seaport Research Partners. They set a “buy” rating and a $42.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/15/2026 – Paymentus was upgraded by Freedom Broker to “strong-buy”.
• 9/13/2026 – Paymentus was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 9/5/2026 – Paymentus was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 9/3/2026 – Paymentus was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 8/25/2026 – Paymentus was downgraded by Wolfe Research from “outperform” to “peer perform”.
• 8/19/2026 – Paymentus was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “hold (c)”.
• 8/4/2026 – Paymentus was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 8/4/2026 – Paymentus had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Wolfe Research. They now have a $44.00 price target on the stock.
• 8/4/2026 – Paymentus had its price target raised by Robert W. Baird from $34.00 to $38.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 8/4/2026 – Paymentus had its price target raised by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $32.00 to $40.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/30/2026 – Paymentus was downgraded by Robert W. Baird from “outperform” to “neutral”. They now have a $34.00 price target on the stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Paymentus news, Director Gary Trainor sold 80,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.79, for a total transaction of $3,263,200.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 509,888 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,798,331.52. This trade represents a 13.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Sanjay Kalra sold 2,909 shares of Paymentus stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.25, for a total value of $117,087.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 505,597 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,350,279.25. This represents a 0.57% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 147,909 shares of company stock valued at $5,735,337. Insiders own 55.75% of the company’s stock.

Paymentus Holdings, Inc (NYSE: PAY) provides cloud-based electronic bill presentment and payment technology. Its platform enables organizations to issue bills and invoices, accept digital payments, and manage payment-related communications through web, mobile, text, interactive voice response, and other channels.

The company serves billers across industries including utilities, government, financial services, telecommunications, insurance, and other recurring-payment businesses. Its offerings are designed to support payment processing, billing and account management, customer engagement, automated notifications, and related back-office workflows through a unified software platform.

Paymentus was founded in 2004 and primarily serves organizations in the United States and Canada.