Yext (YEXT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Yext, Inc. (NYSE:YEXT) provides a digital experience platform that helps organizations manage and improve the information customers encounter across websites, search engines, maps, social networks and other digital services. Its technology is designed to help businesses deliver accurate, consistent and discoverable information across multiple online channels.

The company’s platform is built around a centralized knowledge base and includes tools for digital listings, website content, site search, reviews, analytics and customer engagement. Yext also provides AI-powered search and conversational experiences intended to help users find answers about a business, its locations, products and services.

Founded in 2006 by Howard Lerman, Yext has served businesses and organizations across industries and geographies through a cloud-based model. The company is headquartered in New York City and became a publicly traded company in 2017. Michael Walrath serves as chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.44 to $6.63
• 50-Day Range: $4.93 to $6.93
• 52-Week Range: $3.27 to $9.03
• Volume: 1.05 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.03 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $642.88 million
• P/E Ratio: 38.21
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $6.33
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Yext Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Yext scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 408th out of 595 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Yext has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.83, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Yext is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Yext has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.52%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Yext are expected to grow by 6.52% in the coming year, from $0.46 to $0.49 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Yext is 38.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.99.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Yext is 38.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 76.32.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Yext has a P/B Ratio of 5.03. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.06% 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 7.12.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yext has recently decreased by 1.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

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.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.91

News Sentiment

Yext has a news sentiment score of 0.91. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Yext this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 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: 3.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $206,012.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0320% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Yext insiders have bought 107.47% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $397,712.00 in company stock and sold $191,700.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.80% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/01/2026
• Today: 9/14/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:YEXT
• CIK: 1614178
• Web: www.yext.com
• Phone: (212) 994-3900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,120
• Year Founded: 2006

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Yext: $6.33
• High Price Target: $7.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.5%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 38.21
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.12
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $37.87 million
• Net Margins: 5.90%
• Pretax Margin: 6.34%
• Return on Equity: 43.23%
• Return on Assets: 7.50%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 4.14
• Current Ratio: 0.83
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $446.58 million
• Price / Sales: 1.44
• Cash Flow: $0.55 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.86
• Book Value: $1.29 per share
• Price / Book: 5.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 98,980,000
• Free Float: 91,259,000
• Market Cap: $642.88 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.15