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YEXT vs. WSC, RELY, DLO, APLD, CARG, ATHM, TNET, YY, JOYY, and CNXC

Should you be buying Yext stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yext include WillScot (WSC), Remitly Global (RELY), DLocal (DLO), Applied Digital (APLD), CarGurus (CARG), Autohome (ATHM), TriNet Group (TNET), JOYY (YY), JOYY (JOYY), and Concentrix (CNXC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Yext vs. Its Competitors

Yext (NYSE:YEXT) and WillScot (NASDAQ:WSC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

71.0% of Yext shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of WillScot shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Yext shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of WillScot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

WillScot has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Yext's net margin of 1.66%. WillScot's return on equity of 24.83% beat Yext's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yext1.66% 4.90% 1.27%
WillScot 4.66%24.83%4.24%

WillScot has higher revenue and earnings than Yext. Yext is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WillScot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Yext$420.96M2.55-$27.95M-$0.12-72.58
WillScot$2.40B1.77$28.13M$0.6038.85

Yext has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WillScot has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Yext had 2 more articles in the media than WillScot. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Yext and 10 mentions for WillScot. WillScot's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Yext's score of 0.18 indicating that WillScot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Yext
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WillScot
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Yext currently has a consensus target price of $9.44, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. WillScot has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.44%. Given WillScot's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WillScot is more favorable than Yext.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Yext
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
WillScot
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Summary

WillScot beats Yext on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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YEXT vs. The Competition

MetricYextTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.07B$2.93B$26.47B$21.54B
Dividend YieldN/A1.60%2.74%3.50%
P/E Ratio-72.5811.7421.0827.48
Price / Sales2.5564.78819.5252.65
Price / CashN/A41.6225.8718.13
Price / Book7.207.957.704.65
Net Income-$27.95M$34.73M$199.11M$999.94M
7 Day Performance-1.08%8.77%6.46%0.79%
1 Month Performance7.66%14.61%20.05%4.54%
1 Year Performance32.98%62.12%50.67%16.77%

Yext Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YEXT
Yext
1.8178 of 5 stars
$8.71
+0.7%
$9.44
+8.4%
+32.2%$1.07B$420.96M-72.581,150Analyst Upgrade
WSC
WillScot
4.7508 of 5 stars
$23.20
-2.2%
$36.00
+55.2%
-41.2%$4.22B$2.40B38.674,500Positive News
RELY
Remitly Global
3.1505 of 5 stars
$19.93
+2.3%
$29.00
+45.5%
+24.8%$4.11B$1.26B332.222,800Analyst Forecast
DLO
DLocal
2.8974 of 5 stars
$13.36
-0.4%
$13.73
+2.8%
+60.6%$3.81B$863.48M27.831,095Analyst Upgrade
APLD
Applied Digital
1.9566 of 5 stars
$13.91
+0.1%
$15.64
+12.4%
+206.7%$3.64B$144.19M-12.76121Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CARG
CarGurus
3.7885 of 5 stars
$35.94
-0.6%
$38.46
+7.0%
+23.7%$3.57B$894.38M29.221,282Positive News
ATHM
Autohome
3.2525 of 5 stars
$28.52
-0.3%
$36.00
+26.2%
+7.9%$3.42B$964.42M16.784,415Positive News
TNET
TriNet Group
4.1979 of 5 stars
$69.39
-1.8%
$96.33
+38.8%
-29.4%$3.37B$5.05B23.853,600Positive News
YY
JOYY
N/A$62.57
+0.9%
N/A+72.8%$3.37B$2.24B18.907,450Positive News
High Trading Volume
JOYY
JOYY
2.6587 of 5 stars
$63.68
+1.8%
N/AN/A$3.32B$2.11B1.985,815Positive News
CNXC
Concentrix
4.9403 of 5 stars
$52.54
-2.4%
$66.75
+27.0%
-20.2%$3.31B$9.62B14.43450,000Positive News

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