Why is YEXT down?
Down 38% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%.
- Its 3 peers' median return over five years was -55%:
YEXT's Quality Score fell 1 point on Mon, Nov 9, to 9. Its daily range widened again.
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Down 38% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%.
| Since its 2023 high | Down 44% |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 14 |
Yext filed an 8-K reporting a change of CEO
YEXT closed +2.3% the next session (Oct 15).
After its last 4 reports it closed -5.0% on average, higher 0 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
YEXT is #92 of 268 by Quality Score.
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Expected to report Mon Dec 7, before the open (in 27 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
“Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2027 was $111.1 million, compared to $113.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, a 2% decrease, driven by the same customer size cohort dynamics described above and consistent with our go-to-market strategy.”
YEXT's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Annualized free cash flow per share | at least $1 |
“Total ARR declined 1% on a year-over-year basis, driven by our sub-$50K ARR cohort, and increased slightly from fiscal Q1.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Sep 1)
Sales grew 4.7% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2021 to 2026.
Its share count grew 1.7% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | +13.2% | -3.5% | -5.8% |
| Jun 2, 2026 | -22.4% | -9.0% | -9.5% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -0.3% | -2.8% | -3.2% |
Sales grew every year from 2019 to 2026, to $447M. It turned a profit in 2026 after a loss in 2025.
RSI 60.7, MACD below signal, above both averages. Not scored.
2 insiders bought $896K across 2 filings, and one insider sold $192K across 1 filing, in the last 6 months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: YEXT is under 0.1% of VGT and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Yext Inc provides a knowledge engine platform that lets businesses manage their digital knowledge in the cloud and sync it to approximately 200 services including Apple Maps, Bing, Cortana, Facebook, Google, Google Maps, Instagram, Siri and Yelp. Digital knowledge is the structured information that a business wants to make publicly accessible. The company also makes search intelligent by helping to provide precise, accurate and current answers to location-based queries that are conducted across the web and mobile applications and voice and artificial intelligence, or AI, engines. The company derives the majority of its revenues from subscription services. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from North America and the rest from International markets.
“The market for our platform is new and rapidly evolving, and we face many competitors with a variety of product offerings.”
YEXT scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #92 of 268 in Software by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 38% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
YEXT scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #92 of 268 in Software by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind YEXT's 9.
2 insiders bought $896K across 2 filings, and one insider sold $192K across 1 filing, in the last 6 months. The newest is Ho Shin, General Counsel, who sold $192K on Sep 11. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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