Yext (YEXT) Competitors

Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) and Yext (NYSE:YEXT) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is FTDR or YEXT more profitable?

Frontdoor has a net margin of 12.87% compared to Yext's net margin of -4.64%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 132.99% beat Yext's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontdoor	12.87%	132.99%	22.10%
Yext	-4.64%	-11.10%	-3.49%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FTDR or YEXT?

Yext received 270 more outperform votes than Frontdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.05% of users gave Yext an outperform vote while only 58.55% of users gave Frontdoor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontdoor	Outperform Votes 137 58.55%	Underperform Votes 97 41.45%
Yext	Outperform Votes 407 67.05%	Underperform Votes 200 32.95%

Do analysts rate FTDR or YEXT?

Frontdoor currently has a consensus price target of $50.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.47%. Yext has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.42%. Given Yext's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Yext is more favorable than Frontdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Yext	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FTDR or YEXT?

Frontdoor has higher revenue and earnings than Yext. Yext is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Frontdoor	$1.84B	1.62	$171M	$3.03	13.22
Yext	$420.96M	1.83	-$2.63M	-$0.22	-27.75

Does the media favor FTDR or YEXT?

In the previous week, Frontdoor had 7 more articles in the media than Yext. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Frontdoor and 6 mentions for Yext. Frontdoor's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Yext's score of 0.92 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontdoor	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Yext	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FTDR or YEXT?

Frontdoor has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yext has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FTDR or YEXT?

71.0% of Yext shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Frontdoor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Yext shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Frontdoor beats Yext on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.