Yext (YEXT) Competitors

DLocal (NASDAQ:DLO) and Yext (NYSE:YEXT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend DLO or YEXT?

DLocal presently has a consensus price target of $11.31, suggesting a potential downside of 4.21%. Yext has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.29%. Given Yext's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Yext is more favorable than DLocal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DLocal	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Yext	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DLO or YEXT?

Yext received 382 more outperform votes than DLocal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.83% of users gave Yext an outperform vote while only 30.88% of users gave DLocal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DLocal	Outperform Votes 21 30.88%	Underperform Votes 47 69.12%
Yext	Outperform Votes 403 66.83%	Underperform Votes 200 33.17%

Does the media refer more to DLO or YEXT?

In the previous week, DLocal had 5 more articles in the media than Yext. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for DLocal and 8 mentions for Yext. Yext's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat DLocal's score of 0.04 indicating that Yext is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DLocal	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Yext	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, DLO or YEXT?

DLocal has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yext has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DLO or YEXT more profitable?

DLocal has a net margin of 16.35% compared to Yext's net margin of -4.64%. DLocal's return on equity of 32.59% beat Yext's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DLocal	16.35%	32.59%	12.95%
Yext	-4.64%	-11.10%	-3.49%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DLO or YEXT?

DLocal has higher revenue and earnings than Yext. Yext is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLocal, 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
DLocal	$650.35M	5.38	$148.96M	$0.40	29.53
Yext	$404.32M	2.00	-$2.63M	-$0.15	-42.17

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DLO or YEXT?

90.1% of DLocal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Yext shares are held by institutional investors. 45.4% of DLocal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Yext shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DLocal beats Yext on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.