Yext (NYSE:YEXT) Director Seth Waugh Buys 133,000 Shares

Yext (NYSE:YEXTGet Free Report) Director Seth Waugh bought 133,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $3.75 per share, for a total transaction of $498,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 319,411 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,197,791.25. The trade was a 71.35% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Yext Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of NYSE YEXT traded down $0.03 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $3.78. 1,240,985 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,515,086. Yext has a 52-week low of $3.27 and a 52-week high of $9.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $378.44 million, a PE ratio of 53.93 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.03, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 0.79. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $3.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $5.77.

Yext (NYSE:YEXTGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, June 2nd. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.01. Yext had a return on equity of 43.47% and a net margin of 8.93%.The business had revenue of $107.92 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $110.70 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.13 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that Yext will post 0.31 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Yext

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in Yext by 1.2% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 420,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,593,000 after acquiring an additional 4,802 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC acquired a new position in Yext in the first quarter valued at approximately $3,964,000. Creative Planning acquired a new position in Yext in the second quarter valued at approximately $109,000. Rhumbline Advisers boosted its stake in Yext by 2.9% in the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 160,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,360,000 after acquiring an additional 4,444 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in Yext by 35.9% in the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 222,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,893,000 after acquiring an additional 58,859 shares during the period. 70.98% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on YEXT. Wall Street Zen downgraded Yext from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, May 3rd. DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $6.00 price target on shares of Yext in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. B. Riley Financial decreased their price target on Yext from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Yext from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, Roth Mkm downgraded Yext from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $9.50 to $6.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $7.50.

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About Yext

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Yext, Inc is a software-as-a-service company that provides a platform for digital knowledge management. Its core offering enables businesses to centrally manage and synchronize public-facing information—such as location details, product descriptions and service offerings—across a network of search engines, mapping services, voice assistants and third-party directories.

The Yext platform is built around a proprietary Knowledge Graph, which stores and structures data to ensure consistency and accuracy.

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