Yext (YEXT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Yext, Inc. organizes business facts to provide answers to consumer questions in North America and internationally. It operates Yext platform, a cloud-based platform that allows its customers to offer answers to consumer questions, to control the facts about their businesses and the content of their landing pages, and to manage their consumer reviews; and provides customers to update their information and content through its publisher network of maps, apps, search engines, intelligent GPS systems, digital assistants, vertical directories, and social networks, as well as professional services. The company's platform also enables its customers to centralize, control and manage data fields, including store information comprising name, address, phone number, and holiday hours; professional information, such as headshot, specialties, and education; job information consists of title and description; FAQs and other information. It serves various industries, such as healthcare, hospitality, food services, retail, and financial services. Yext, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.73 to $7.91
• 50-Day Range: $6.30 to $8.05
• 52-Week Range: $4.29 to $8.14
• Volume: 128,888 shs
• Average Volume: 864,922 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $7.31
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Yext Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Yext scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 166th out of 323 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Yext has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Yext has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 325.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Yext are expected to grow by 325.00% in the coming year, from $0.08 to $0.34 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Yext is -157.40, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Yext is -157.40, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Yext has a P/B Ratio of 6.67. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.11% of the float of Yext has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Yext has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yext has recently decreased by 17.35%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Yext does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Yext does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.11% of the float of Yext has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Yext has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yext has recently decreased by 17.35%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Yext has a news sentiment score of 0.78. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Yext this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Yext to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Yext insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $216,790.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 8.40% of the stock of Yext is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.98% of the stock of Yext is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

YEXT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have YEXT shares performed this year?

Yext's stock was trading at $5.89 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, YEXT stock has increased by 33.6% and is now trading at $7.87.
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How were Yext's earnings last quarter?

Yext, Inc. (NYSE:YEXT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September, 4th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.02. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

When did Yext IPO?

Yext (YEXT) raised $94 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, April 13th 2017. The company issued 10,500,000 shares at $8.00-$10.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital Markets served as the underwriters for the IPO and Pacific Crest Securities (a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets) and Piper Jaffray were co-managers.

Who are Yext's major shareholders?

Yext's top institutional shareholders include The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (3.68%), Potrero Capital Research LLC (2.66%), State Street Corp (2.17%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.86%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Distelburger, Seth H Waugh, Marc Ferrentino, Ho Shin, Darryl Bond, Howard Lerman, David Rudnitsky, Hillary B Smith and Steven Cakebread.
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How do I buy shares of Yext?

Shares of YEXT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Yext own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Yext investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), PayPal (PYPL), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Arista Networks (ANET) and Tesla (TSLA).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/04/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/03/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Data processing & preparation
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:YEXT
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1614178
• Web: www.yext.com
• Phone: (212) 994-3900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,100
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $7.31
• High Stock Price Target: $8.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $5.75
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.05)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 98.38
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-2,630,000.00
• Net Margins: -1.68%
• Pretax Margin: -1.66%
• Return on Equity: -3.35%
• Return on Assets: -1.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.55
• Quick Ratio: 1.55

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $404.32 million
• Price / Sales: 2.49
• Cash Flow: $0.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 44.26
• Book Value: $1.18 per share
• Price / Book: 6.67

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 127,920,000
• Free Float: 117,176,000
• Market Cap: $1.01 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.17