NYSE:YEXTYext Stock Price, Forecast & News

Yext's stock was trading at $13.40 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, YEXT shares have increased by 24.4% and is now trading at $16.67. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Yext in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Yext.

Yext is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Yext.

Yext Inc (NYSE:YEXT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June, 4th. The company reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.02. The firm earned $85.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $82.14 million. Yext had a negative return on equity of 63.32% and a negative net margin of 41.78%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.05) earnings per share. View Yext's earnings history.

Yext issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of ($0.13)-($0.11) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of ($0.14). The company issued revenue guidance of $84-$86 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $82.11 million.

10 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Yext's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Yext's stock price to reach $18.72 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Yext.

News stories about YEXT stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Yext earned a news sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Yext.

Yext saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,800,000 shares, a decline of 7.9% from the May 31st total of 7,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,150,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.9 days. Currently, 7.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Yext's Current Options Chain.

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(YEXT) raised $94 million in an initial public offering 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 served as the underwriters for the IPO and Pacific Crest Securities (a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets) and Piper Jaffray were co-managers.

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

Yext's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Diversified Trust Co (0.03%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diversified Trust Co. Company insiders that have bought Yext stock in the last two years include Charles Frumberg, and Michael Walrath. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $16.67.

Yext has a market capitalization of $1.96 billion and generates $298.83 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-121,540,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.09) on an earnings per share basis. Yext employs 1,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Yext is 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]