Yext (YEXT) Competitors

Yext (NYSE:YEXT) and Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Is YEXT or CNXC more profitable?

Concentrix has a net margin of 2.61% compared to Yext's net margin of -4.64%. Concentrix's return on equity of 16.67% beat Yext's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yext	-4.64%	-11.10%	-3.49%
Concentrix	2.61%	16.67%	5.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YEXT or CNXC?

Yext received 381 more outperform votes than Concentrix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.05% of users gave Yext an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave Concentrix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yext	Outperform Votes 407 67.05%	Underperform Votes 200 32.95%
Concentrix	Outperform Votes 26 55.32%	Underperform Votes 21 44.68%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of YEXT or CNXC?

71.0% of Yext shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Concentrix shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Yext shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Concentrix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, YEXT or CNXC?

Yext has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concentrix has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer YEXT or CNXC?

In the previous week, Concentrix had 12 more articles in the media than Yext. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Concentrix and 2 mentions for Yext. Concentrix's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Yext's score of 1.12 indicating that Concentrix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yext	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Concentrix	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer YEXT or CNXC?

Yext currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.26%. Concentrix has a consensus target price of $65.75, suggesting a potential upside of 28.91%. Given Yext's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Yext is more favorable than Concentrix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yext	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Concentrix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, YEXT or CNXC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yext	$420.96M	1.98	-$2.63M	-$0.22	-30.02
Concentrix	$9.59B	0.34	$251.22M	$3.99	12.78

Summary

Concentrix beats Yext on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.