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Employees: 1,120
Size Yext (YEXT) is a United States Information Technology company (Data Processing Services) with a market value of $749M, the 2436th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $7.57 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 88.3%, against -27.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 1.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.8%); the operating margin is 10.1% (peer median 6.8%).
Valuation It trades at 10.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.1× (2nd cheapest of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is +5 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 11.3 points above its cost of capital (9.3% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $488M at 31 Jul 2026, up 10% on a year earlier — 1.1 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 6.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $443M | $447M | $421M | $404M | $401M |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | +4% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | $330M | $335M | $325M | $317M | $297M |
| EBITDA | $79.6M | $64.1M | $24.0M | $18.4M | -$38.4M |
| Net income | $26.1M | $37.9M | -$27.9M | -$2.63M | -$65.9M |
| Free cash flow | $52.4M | $52.2M | $47.3M | $43.0M | $11.2M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.11M | $2.56M | $2.08M | $2.73M | $6.19M |
| Total debt | $222M | $178M | $95.4M | $106M | $119M |
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| Measure | YEXT | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +11.0% | -19.7% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +88.3% | -27.9% | highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -16.2% | -45.5% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -1.5% | +8.8% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 6.8% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.0× | 19.1× | 2nd cheapest of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 9.6% | 11.9% | 4th least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.7% | +21.8% | 4th lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +4.9 pp | -5.0 pp | 5th most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +11.3 pp | -4.4 pp | 2nd highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.1× | 11.0× | 5th most expensive of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.7× | 2.5× | 4th least indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yext YEXT | United States | $749M | +88% | -1% | 10% | 10.0× | 9.6% | +4.7% |
| Pason Systems PSI.TO | Canada | $742M | -10% | -2% | 18% | 12.4× | 1.5% | +21.8% |
| SharonAI SHAZ | United States | $781M | -59% | +257% | -894% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ucap Cloud Information Technology 688228.SS | China | $786M | -26% | -39% | -14% | n/a | 39.9% | +6.8% |
| SAKURA Internet 3778.T | Japan | $688M | -13% | +26% | 8% | 35.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Rackspace Technology RXT | United States | $645M | -54% | 0% | -2% | n/a | 35.0% | -0.2% |
| WIIT WIIT.MI | Italy | $638M | -34% | -2% | 16% | 30.0× | 23.9% | +25.8% |
| Qingmu Tec 301110.SZ | China | $637M | -32% | +5% | 9% | 26.8× | 11.9% | +16.9% |
| Beijing Topnew Info & Tech 300895.SZ | China | $938M | -27% | +1% | -25% | n/a | 54.6% | -3.4% |
| Beijing Xunzhong Communication Technology 2597.HK | Hong Kong | $586M | +7% | -1% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| BLS International Services BLS.NS | India | $973M | -23% | +29% | 23% | 10.7× | 9.7% | +44.4% |
| BitGo BTGO | United States | $571M | -61% | +424% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| VNET Group, Inc. Sponsored ADR VNET | United States | $1.00B | -64% | +23% | 7% | 89.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Liberty Capital GLIBA | United States | $1.06B | -2% | +13% | 13% | 8.0× | 0.8% | +113.1% |
| Happiest Minds Technologies HAPPSTMNDS.NS | India | $506M | -19% | +12% | 15% | 16.1× | 11.4% | +24.5% |
| Beijing Huaru Technology 301302.SZ | China | $506M | -10% | +52% | -38% | 33.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Leon Technology 300603.SZ | China | $501M | -29% | -19% | -22% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| HIVE Digital Technologies HIVE.TO | Canada | $491M | -36% | +155% | -44% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Keel Infrastructure KEEL | United States | $1.15B | -53% | -23% | -121% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rendong 002647.SZ | China | $1.20B | -43% | +6% | 6% | 19.1× | 42.3% | -17.2% |
| ASrock Rack 7711.TW | Taiwan | $1.23B | +35% | +183% | 10% | 15.3× | 7.5% | +42.1% |
Yext reported $488M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Jul 2026, up 10% from a year earlier and down 2% from the previous quarter. That is 1.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.90.