Yext (YEXT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Yext, Inc. is a technology company that provides a cloud-based platform designed to manage and maintain digital knowledge for businesses. The company’s core offering, the Yext Knowledge Engine, enables organizations to store, update and distribute authoritative information—such as addresses, hours of operation, product details and employee profiles—across a wide range of online directories, search engines, maps, voice assistants and social media channels. Since its founding in 2006, Yext has focused on helping enterprises reduce inconsistencies in online listings and improve the customer experience by ensuring accurate, real-time data across all digital touchpoints.

Yext’s product suite includes Listings, Pages, Reviews, Answers and Analytics modules that work together to drive higher engagement and more informed consumer interactions. The Listings product automates the synchronization of business information across more than 200 publisher networks, while Pages allows companies to build and host SEO-optimized landing pages. The Reviews product streamlines the collection and management of customer feedback, and Answers leverages natural language processing to power AI-driven site search experiences. Yext Analytics provides insights into consumer search trends and listing performance, helping marketers and operations teams measure ROI and identify areas for improvement.

Over the years, Yext has expanded its geographic footprint to serve customers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Its platform caters to a diverse array of industries, including retail, healthcare, financial services, hospitality and professional services. Organizations ranging from small and medium-sized businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises rely on Yext to enhance brand consistency, drive foot traffic and improve digital engagement across both mobile and desktop environments. The company maintains offices in major business hubs such as New York City, London, Berlin and Tokyo.

Yext was co-founded by Howard Lerman, Brian Distelburger and Yong Kim. Howard Lerman continues to serve as Chief Executive Officer, guiding the company through its initial public offering in 2017 and subsequent expansion of its AI-powered search and knowledge management capabilities. Under his leadership, Yext has invested in research and development to refine its machine learning algorithms and forge partnerships with leading technology platforms. The company’s management team brings together expertise in software development, digital marketing and enterprise sales to support global customer success and ongoing innovation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.07 to $8.28
• 50-Day Range: $6.47 to $8.94
• 52-Week Range: $4.69 to $9.15
• Volume: 650,715 shs
• Average Volume: 861,978 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.00 billion
• 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 33% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 215th out of 304 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 -45.55, 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 -45.55, 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 6.78. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.25% 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 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yext has recently increased by 0.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

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

2.25% 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 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yext has recently increased by 0.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Yext has a news sentiment score of 0.25. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Yext this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for YEXT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 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 28.9% and is now trading at $8.20.

How were Yext's earnings last quarter?

Yext (NYSE:YEXT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 5th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $113.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 on Thursday, April 13th 2017. The company issued 10,500,000 shares at a price of $8.00-$10.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital Markets served as the underwriters for the IPO and Pacific Crest Securities (a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets) and Piper Jaffray were co-managers.

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: 7/10/2025
• 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: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Yext: $9.44
• High Price Target: $10.00
• Low Price Target: $8.25
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.7%
• 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: 2.39
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.21 per share
• Price / Book: 6.80

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 122,400,000
• Free Float: 116,033,000
• Market Cap: $1.01 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.05