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YEXT vs. FA, RNG, FIVN, CNXC, WNS, STNE, PLTK, FLYW, PAGS, and YY

Should you be buying Yext stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yext include First Advantage (FA), RingCentral (RNG), Five9 (FIVN), Concentrix (CNXC), WNS (WNS), StoneCo (STNE), Playtika (PLTK), Flywire (FLYW), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), and JOYY (YY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Yext vs.

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

Yext received 374 more outperform votes than First Advantage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.89% of users gave Yext an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First AdvantageOutperform Votes
30
57.69%
Underperform Votes
22
42.31%
YextOutperform Votes
404
66.89%
Underperform Votes
200
33.11%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Advantage$763.76M4.43$37.29M$0.03652.67
Yext$404.32M2.10-$2.63M-$0.15-44.36

First Advantage has a net margin of 0.65% compared to Yext's net margin of -4.64%. First Advantage's return on equity of 13.16% beat Yext's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Advantage0.65% 13.16% 7.33%
Yext -4.64%-11.10%-3.49%

94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Yext shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of First Advantage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Yext shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Advantage has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yext has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Yext had 11 more articles in the media than First Advantage. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Yext and 2 mentions for First Advantage. Yext's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat First Advantage's score of 0.25 indicating that Yext is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Advantage
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Yext
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Advantage currently has a consensus target price of $53.29, suggesting a potential upside of 172.14%. Yext has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.26%. Given First Advantage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Advantage is more favorable than Yext.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Advantage
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Yext
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

First Advantage beats Yext on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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YEXT vs. The Competition

MetricYextData processing & preparation IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$852.51M$4.40B$8.19B$20.41B
Dividend YieldN/A2.62%2.21%3.68%
P/E RatioN/A75.0435.2645.15
Price / Sales2.107.1981.4218.05
Price / Cash37.9532.8731.4820.34
Price / Book5.646.636.235.72
Net Income-$2.63M$39.72M$146.28M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-2.15%0.47%1.04%1.32%
1 Month Performance5.20%2.40%1.29%1.71%
1 Year Performance5.62%17.09%20.83%16.15%

Yext Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YEXT
Yext
3.2178 of 5 stars
$6.56
-1.7%
$9.00
+37.3%
+5.6%$836.55M$404.32M-43.701,100Positive News
FA
First Advantage
2.5409 of 5 stars
$19.33
+1.8%
$53.29
+175.7%
+13.8%$3.34B$763.76M645.275,000
RNG
RingCentral
4.6109 of 5 stars
$34.90
+3.2%
$40.60
+16.3%
+10.2%$3.15B$2.20B-32.894,084Upcoming Earnings
FIVN
Five9
3.3881 of 5 stars
$40.93
+0.1%
$57.50
+40.5%
-41.6%$3.08B$1.00B-81.782,684
CNXC
Concentrix
4.7708 of 5 stars
$47.35
-0.9%
$75.00
+58.4%
-41.4%$3.05B$9.62B12.77450,000Short Interest ↑
WNS
WNS
1.3081 of 5 stars
$61.24
+1.5%
$61.00
-0.4%
-2.5%$2.92B$1.32B21.3260,125
STNE
StoneCo
4.5159 of 5 stars
$9.46
+3.4%
$14.38
+52.0%
-38.8%$2.91B$2.41B7.3717,091
PLTK
Playtika
4.4607 of 5 stars
$7.41
+2.1%
$9.25
+24.9%
-3.7%$2.76B$2.57B12.773,600
FLYW
Flywire
3.9973 of 5 stars
$21.24
+4.1%
$25.38
+19.5%
-14.1%$2.64B$403.09M141.431,200Upcoming Earnings
PAGS
PagSeguro Digital
3.7063 of 5 stars
$7.61
+2.4%
$13.18
+73.3%
-36.1%$2.51B$17.60B6.297,273Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
YY
JOYY
2.1913 of 5 stars
$45.63
-1.5%
$35.00
-23.3%
+49.9%$2.46B$2.26B13.826,292News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:YEXT) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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