Yext (NYSE:YEXT) Earns Neutral Rating from DA Davidson

Yext (NYSE:YEXT)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reissued by investment analysts at DA Davidson in a report released on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $6.00 price objective on the stock. DA Davidson’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 13.96% from the company’s previous close.

Several other research firms also recently commented on YEXT. B. Riley Financial lowered their target price on shares of Yext from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Yext from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 7th. Roth Mkm downgraded shares of Yext from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $9.50 to $6.00 in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Yext from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $7.50.

Yext Stock Performance

NYSE YEXT opened at $5.27 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. Yext has a twelve month low of $4.66 and a twelve month high of $9.20. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $6.39 and a 200-day moving average price of $7.79. The firm has a market cap of $647.23 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 87.76 and a beta of 1.01.

Yext (NYSE:YEXT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 9th. The company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.01. Yext had a return on equity of 29.61% and a net margin of 8.48%.The company had revenue of $112.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $114.21 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Yext will post -0.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in YEXT. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its holdings in Yext by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 420,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,593,000 after buying an additional 4,802 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yext in the 1st quarter worth about $3,964,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Yext by 18.8% in the 2nd quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 730,703 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,205,000 after acquiring an additional 115,850 shares during the last quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey boosted its stake in shares of Yext by 19.0% during the 2nd quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey now owns 25,430 shares of the company’s stock worth $216,000 after purchasing an additional 4,060 shares during the period. Finally, Creative Planning purchased a new position in shares of Yext during the 2nd quarter worth about $109,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 70.98% of the company’s stock.

Key Yext News

Here are the key news stories impacting Yext this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: DA Davidson reaffirmed a neutral rating and set a $6.00 price target (about mid-single-digit upside from current levels), signaling cautious stance rather than outright bearish action. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Benzinga’s Q4 assessment notes mixed fundamentals — a modest EPS beat but revenue below expectations and modest year-over-year decline — which supports the cautious analyst tone but is not a clear-cut positive. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Roth Capital/MKM downgraded Yext from Buy to Neutral and cut its price target from $9.50 to $6.00, reducing upside expectations and signaling lower conviction in near-term growth. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: B. Riley published a pessimistic forecast for Yext’s stock, adding to downward pressure from the sell-side and increasing the risk that more conservative estimates feed through to price targets. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: TipRanks flagged new disclosure risk around Yext’s acquisitions — integration challenges and uncertain revenue realization — which could materially reduce expected deal value and create execution risk for future growth. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Independent commentary (Seeking Alpha) argues that with a buyout scenario off the table and declining fundamentals, Yext looks risky — a narrative that can accelerate selling among momentum and value-rotation investors. Read More.

Yext Company Profile

Yext, Inc is a software-as-a-service company that provides a platform for digital knowledge management. Its core offering enables businesses to centrally manage and synchronize public-facing information—such as location details, product descriptions and service offerings—across a network of search engines, mapping services, voice assistants and third-party directories.

The Yext platform is built around a proprietary Knowledge Graph, which stores and structures data to ensure consistency and accuracy.