B. Riley Forecasts Yext’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:YEXT)

Yext, Inc. (NYSE:YEXT) – B. Riley decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Yext in a report released on Tuesday, December 10th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.11) per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.10. The consensus estimate for Yext’s current full-year earnings is $0.08 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Yext’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $0.29 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $0.36 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $0.41 EPS.

YEXT has been the subject of several other research reports. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on Yext from $8.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Roth Mkm restated a “buy” rating and issued a $10.50 price target (up previously from $7.50) on shares of Yext in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their price target on Yext from $5.75 to $7.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday.

Yext Trading Down 4.6 %

Shares of NYSE:YEXT opened at $6.71 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $7.53 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $855.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -44.70 and a beta of 1.20. Yext has a 12-month low of $4.29 and a 12-month high of $8.75.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Seth H. Waugh purchased 32,600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $6.65 per share, with a total value of $216,790.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 153,350 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,019,777.50. This trade represents a 27.00 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 8.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Yext

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Zacks Investment Management grew its holdings in Yext by 370.2% during the third quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 378,415 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,619,000 after purchasing an additional 297,938 shares during the period. Lynrock Lake LP grew its holdings in Yext by 23.8% during the second quarter. Lynrock Lake LP now owns 8,267,487 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,231,000 after purchasing an additional 1,591,791 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its holdings in Yext by 86.6% during the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 2,748,420 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,704,000 after purchasing an additional 1,275,348 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its holdings in Yext by 12.5% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 4,734,880 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,332,000 after purchasing an additional 526,043 shares during the period. Finally, King Luther Capital Management Corp bought a new stake in Yext during the second quarter valued at about $936,000. Institutional investors own 70.98% of the company’s stock.

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.