Yext (YEXT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Yext, Inc. is a software company that helps businesses manage and optimize their digital information across websites, search engines, maps, social networks and other online services. Its platform is designed to give organizations greater control over how information about their locations, products, services and people is presented to customers.

The company’s offerings include tools for managing business listings, developing website pages, monitoring and responding to reviews, and providing search experiences for websites and other digital channels. Yext also uses artificial intelligence and its Knowledge Graph technology to organize business data and help customers deliver more accurate, relevant answers to consumer questions.

Yext was founded in 2006 by Howard Lerman and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2017. The company serves businesses and organizations across multiple industries and geographic markets, including enterprises with large numbers of locations or complex digital information. Its platform is available to customers internationally.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.78 to $6.98
• 50-Day Range: $5.48 to $6.93
• 52-Week Range: $3.27 to $9.03
• Volume: 434,017 shs
• Average Volume: 1.91 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $686.42 million
• P/E Ratio: 40.79
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $6.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Yext Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Yext scored higher than 32% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 475th out of 598 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: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Yext has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Yext has a consensus price target of $6.33, representing about 8.7% downside from its current price of $6.94.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Yext has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 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 40.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.02.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Yext is 40.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 81.26.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Yext has a P/B Ratio of 5.38. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.53% 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 6.44.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yext has recently increased by 13.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing 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.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.06

News Sentiment

Yext has a news sentiment score of 0.06. 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 0.44 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Yext this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 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

Only 1 people have added Yext to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 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 0.0300% 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: 10/09/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/14/2026
• 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: -8.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 40.79
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.08
• 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: $443.02 million
• Price / Sales: 1.55
• Cash Flow: $0.57 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.27
• Book Value: $1.29 per share
• Price / Book: 5.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 98,979,000
• Free Float: 91,259,000
• Market Cap: $686.42 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.14