B. Riley Has Negative Estimate for Yext Q2 Earnings

Yext, Inc. (NYSE:YEXT) – Equities researchers at B. Riley dropped their Q2 2026 EPS estimates for Yext in a note issued to investors on Thursday, March 6th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.02 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.05. The consensus estimate for Yext’s current full-year earnings is ($0.12) per share.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $9.50 price target (down from $10.50) on shares of Yext in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of Yext from $5.75 to $7.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $10.00 target price on shares of Yext in a research report on Thursday.

Yext Stock Down 0.9 %

Shares of YEXT stock opened at $6.24 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $795.72 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.57 and a beta of 1.34. Yext has a fifty-two week low of $4.29 and a fifty-two week high of $8.75. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $6.52 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $6.75.

Yext (NYSE:YEXT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 5th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by ($0.20). The business had revenue of $113.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $112.77 million. Yext had a negative net margin of 4.64% and a negative return on equity of 11.10%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in YEXT. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Yext by 18.2% in the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 22,002 shares of the company’s stock worth $152,000 after buying an additional 3,384 shares during the last quarter. Summit Trail Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Yext by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Summit Trail Advisors LLC now owns 188,039 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,196,000 after buying an additional 3,409 shares during the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers increased its stake in shares of Yext by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 148,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $945,000 after buying an additional 3,813 shares during the last quarter. Magnetar Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Yext by 17.3% in the fourth quarter. Magnetar Financial LLC now owns 28,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $183,000 after buying an additional 4,245 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi increased its stake in shares of Yext by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 59,877 shares of the company’s stock worth $391,000 after buying an additional 4,284 shares during the last quarter. 70.98% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Yext

Yext, Inc organizes business facts to provide answers to consumer questions in North America and internationally. It operates Yext platform, a cloud-based platform that allows its customers to offer answers to consumer questions, to control the facts about their businesses and the content of their landing pages, and to manage their consumer reviews; and provides customers to update their information and content through its publisher network of maps, apps, search engines, intelligent GPS systems, digital assistants, vertical directories, and social networks, as well as professional services.