NYSE:YEXT - Yext Stock Price, Forecast & News

Yext trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "YEXT."

Yext Inc (NYSE:YEXT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, December, 5th. The company reported ($0.19) EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.32) by $0.13. The business earned $76.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $76.37 million. Yext had a negative return on equity of 56.29% and a negative net margin of 37.85%. The firm's revenue was up 30.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.12) earnings per share. View Yext's Earnings History.

Yext is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Yext.

Yext issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of ($0.15-0.13) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of ($0.08). The company issued revenue guidance of $79-81 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $83.92 million.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Yext's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Yext's stock price to reach $20.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Yext.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Yext in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Yext.

News coverage about YEXT stock has been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Yext earned a media sentiment score of -4.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Yext.

Yext saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,680,000 shares, an increase of 10.6% from the January 15th total of 7,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.2 days. Approximately 8.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Yext's Current Options Chain.

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(YEXT) raised $94 million in an initial public offering (IPO) 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.

Yext's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (9.22%), Capital World Investors (8.03%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (6.84%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.44%), Invus Financial Advisors LLC (3.61%) and Bamco Inc. NY (1.93%). Company insiders that own Yext stock include Andrew T Sheehan, Brian Distelburger, Charles Frumberg, Darryl Bond, Howard Lerman, Jim Steele, Julie Richardson, Michael Walrath, Nir Zuk, Phillip M Fernandez, Steven Cakebread and Tom Christopher Dixon. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Yext.

YEXT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, King Luther Capital Management Corp, Gagnon Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, New York State Common Retirement Fund, UBS Group AG, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Yext company stock in the last year include Andrew T Sheehan, Brian Distelburger, Darryl Bond, Howard Lerman, Jim Steele, Julie Richardson, Nir Zuk, Phillip M Fernandez, Steven Cakebread and Tom Christopher Dixon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Yext.

YEXT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invus Financial Advisors LLC, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Baillie Gifford & Co., UBS Oconnor LLC, FMR LLC, Capital World Investors and Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Yext stock in the last two years include Andrew T Sheehan, Charles Frumberg and Michael Walrath. View Insider Buying and Selling for Yext.

Shares of YEXT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of YEXT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.92.

Yext has a market capitalization of $1.94 billion and generates $228.28 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-74,840,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.76) on an earnings per share basis. Yext employs 900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Yext.

The official website for Yext is http://www.yext.com/.

Yext's mailing address is 1 MADISON AVENUE 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10010. The company can be reached via phone at 212-994-3900 or via email at [email protected]