Yext (YEXT) Competitors

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

Is YEXT or DXC more profitable?

DXC Technology has a net margin of 0.18% compared to Yext's net margin of -1.68%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 20.42% beat Yext's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yext	-1.68%	-3.35%	-1.07%
DXC Technology	0.18%	20.42%	4.69%

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

71.0% of Yext shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of DXC Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Yext shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DXC Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to YEXT or DXC?

In the previous week, DXC Technology had 8 more articles in the media than Yext. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DXC Technology and 6 mentions for Yext. DXC Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Yext's score of 0.71 indicating that DXC Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yext	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DXC Technology	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, YEXT or DXC?

Yext has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXC Technology has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YEXT or DXC?

DXC Technology received 11 more outperform votes than Yext when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.78% of users gave Yext an outperform vote while only 61.25% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yext	Outperform Votes 400 66.78%	Underperform Votes 199 33.22%
DXC Technology	Outperform Votes 411 61.25%	Underperform Votes 260 38.75%

Do analysts prefer YEXT or DXC?

Yext presently has a consensus target price of $7.31, indicating a potential downside of 6.01%. DXC Technology has a consensus target price of $20.89, indicating a potential upside of 0.38%. Given DXC Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DXC Technology is more favorable than Yext.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yext	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
DXC Technology	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78

Which has better valuation & earnings, YEXT or DXC?

DXC Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Yext. Yext is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXC Technology, 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
Yext	$404.32M	2.46	-$2.63M	-$0.05	-155.60
DXC Technology	$13.67B	0.28	$91M	$0.08	260.16

Summary

DXC Technology beats Yext on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.