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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
First Advantage beats Yext on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:YEXT) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff