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: $7.98 to $8.26
• 50-Day Range: $7.74 to $8.88
• 52-Week Range: $4.73 to $9.15
• Volume: 719,929 shs
• Average Volume: 808,833 shs
• Market Capitalization: $981.04 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.44
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Yext Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Yext scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 175th out of 316 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: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Yext has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, 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: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Yext are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.12) to $0.19 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Yext is -44.53, 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 -44.53, 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 6.62. 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

2.36% 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 2.6, 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 8.63%, 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

2.36% 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 2.6, 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 8.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.09

News Sentiment

Yext has a news sentiment score of 1.09. 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 0.69 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Yext this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for YEXT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Yext to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Yext insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 5.20% 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 $6.36 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, YEXT shares have increased by 26.0% and is now trading at $8.0150.

How were Yext's earnings last quarter?

Yext (NYSE:YEXT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 5th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.20. The business earned $113.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $112.77 million. Yext had a negative net margin of 5.38% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.07%.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Yext IPO?

Yext (YEXT) raised $94 million in an initial public offering (IPO) 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 acted 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 investors include The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (4.57%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.99%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (1.33%) and Federated Hermes Inc. (1.22%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Distelburger, Seth H Waugh and Ho Shin.
View institutional ownership trends.

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.

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: 3/05/2025
• Today: 8/14/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 9/03/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Technology Services
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:YEXT
• CIK: 1614178
• Web: www.yext.com
• Phone: (212) 994-3900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,150
• Year Founded: 2006

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Yext: $9.44
• High Price Target: $10.00
• Low Price Target: $8.25
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.18)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$27.95 million
• Net Margins: -5.38%
• Pretax Margin: -5.46%
• Return on Equity: -14.07%
• Return on Assets: -3.99%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.75
• Quick Ratio: 0.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $420.96 million
• Price / Sales: 2.42
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.21 per share
• Price / Book: 6.89

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 122,400,000
• Free Float: 116,033,000
• Market Cap: $1.02 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.06