B. Riley Has Pessimistic Outlook of Yext Q2 Earnings

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

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

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

Yext Price Performance

Shares of Yext stock opened at $6.24 on Friday. Yext has a 1 year low of $4.29 and a 1 year high of $8.75. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $6.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $6.73. The stock has a market cap of $795.72 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.57 and a beta of 1.34.

Institutional Trading of Yext

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new stake in shares of Yext in the 3rd quarter valued at about $38,000. KBC Group NV bought a new stake in shares of Yext in the 4th quarter valued at about $47,000. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yext in the 4th quarter valued at about $64,000. EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yext in the 4th quarter valued at about $67,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yext in the 4th quarter valued at about $67,000. 70.98% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Yext Company Profile

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.