Yext, Inc. (YEXT) Stock

Yext, Inc. (YEXT) is a Technology stock trading at $6.25 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $770.91M and a trailing P/E of 19.4. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Yext, Inc. provides a cloud platform used by businesses to manage and publish information that appears in consumer-facing answers across maps, apps, search services, GPS and digital assistants, directories, and social networks. The platform helps customers control business facts, landing-page content, and reviews, and it serves industries such as healthcare, retail, and financial services.

Understand Yext, Inc.: how it makes money

Yext provides a cloud platform that helps businesses organize and control the business facts shown to consumers, including managing reviews and updating content across its knowledge network, and it monetizes this platform through recurring customer subscriptions reflected in Annual Recurring Revenue (including usage).

Yext's profit engine is recurring platform revenue, tracked by Annual Recurring Revenue (including usage) and Remaining Performance Obligations, and sustained by customer retention measured in the Dollar-Based Net Revenue Retention Rate.

Business quality (Solid): Good visibility into recurring revenue and retention metrics (ARR, remaining performance obligations, net revenue retention), but the provided data does not include a clean official reportable segment revenue breakdown that sums to total revenue.

Valuation: Trades at 53× trailing earnings · $0B market cap.

Bull case

Recurring revenue orientation: Annual Recurring Revenue, including usage is provided (0.44 USD_B) and Remaining Performance Obligations are provided (0.42 USD_B), supporting a recurring revenue model.
Measured retention: Dollar-Based Net Revenue Retention Rate is 91.0 percent, indicating the company tracks and reports retention as a key driver of revenue durability.
Strong gross profitability (reported): Gross margin is 72.9 percent for the latest period provided.

Bear case

Churn sensitivity is explicitly tracked: A metric is provided for Customer Revenue Impact from a Large Customer Churn, suggesting large customer churn can affect reported results.
Revenue timing risk from deferred revenue: Unearned Revenue is provided (0.22 USD_B), which can imply revenue recognition timing effects rather than immediate cash or fully recognized revenue.
Operating margin is relatively thin (reported): Operating margin is 5.2 percent for the latest period provided, so the business may have less cushion if retention or costs move against expectations.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$6.25
Market Cap	$770.91M
P/E Ratio	19.4
EV / EBITDA	13.7
Price / Book	31.49
Price / Sales	1.73
FCF Yield	6.9%
DCF Value (model)	$3.14
DCF Upside vs Price	-49.8%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$446.58M
Net Margin	8.5%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	-1.4%
EPS Growth (YoY)	100.0%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-0.4%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	0.49 (distress)
Piotroski F-Score	7/9 (strong)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	19.4
Sector P/E (Technology)	33.9
Industry P/E (Business Services)	30.0
vs Sector	-42.8%
vs Industry	-35.2%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	VANGUARD GROUP INC ($122.32M)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10
Congressional Trades (recent)	10

Company
Sector	Technology
Industry	Business Services
CEO	Michael Walrath
Employees	1,150
Country	US
IPO Date	2017-04-13

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.