NYSE:YEXT - Yext Stock Price, Forecast & News

Yext's stock was trading at $13.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, YEXT shares have decreased by 18.1% and is now trading at $10.98. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

Yext is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Yext.

Yext Inc (NYSE:YEXT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 3rd. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.14) by $0.02. The company had revenue of $81.38 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $80.21 million. Yext had a negative net margin of 40.67% and a negative return on equity of 55.70%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 27.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted ($0.03) EPS. View Yext's earnings history.

Yext issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $(0.50)-(0.45) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of ($0.43). The company issued revenue guidance of $378-382 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $380.70 million.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Yext's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Yext's stock price to reach $18.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 71.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Yext.

Media stories about YEXT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Yext earned a coverage optimism score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning 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 aboutYext.

Yext saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 8,070,000 shares, a drop of 7.7% from the February 13th total of 8,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.0 days. Currently, 8.7% 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 $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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, Geode Capital Management LLC, Gagnon Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, New York State Common Retirement Fund, UBS Group AG, and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.. 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 activity for Yext.

YEXT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invus Financial Advisors LLC, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Norges Bank, Baillie Gifford & Co., UBS Oconnor LLC, Maltin Wealth Management Inc., and FMR LLC. 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 $10.98.

Yext has a market capitalization of $1.27 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 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]