B. Riley Issues Pessimistic Outlook for Yext Earnings

Yext, Inc. (NYSE:YEXT) – B. Riley dropped their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for Yext in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, March 6th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.06. The consensus estimate for Yext’s current full-year earnings is ($0.12) per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Yext’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.03 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.11 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $0.19 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $0.26 EPS, FY2029 earnings at $0.32 EPS and FY2030 earnings at $0.39 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on YEXT. Roth Mkm reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $9.50 price objective (down previously from $10.50) on shares of Yext in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. DA Davidson increased their price target on Yext from $5.75 to $7.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $10.00 price objective on shares of Yext in a report on Thursday, March 6th.

Yext Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of YEXT stock opened at $6.17 on Monday. Yext has a twelve month low of $4.29 and a twelve month high of $8.75. The company has a market capitalization of $787.93 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.16 and a beta of 1.34. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $6.51 and a 200 day moving average price of $6.78.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Yext

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Pathstone Holdings LLC acquired a new position in shares of Yext in the 4th quarter valued at $13,026,000. Tenzing Global Management LLC boosted its holdings in Yext by 133.3% in the third quarter. Tenzing Global Management LLC now owns 2,100,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,532,000 after acquiring an additional 1,200,000 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in Yext by 160.0% in the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,758,394 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,183,000 after acquiring an additional 1,082,153 shares during the last quarter. Potrero Capital Research LLC grew its position in Yext by 36.0% during the third quarter. Potrero Capital Research LLC now owns 3,404,537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,559,000 after acquiring an additional 900,975 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Yext by 224.2% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 515,221 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,565,000 after acquiring an additional 356,324 shares during the last quarter. 70.98% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.