YEXT 10-K & 10-Q changes, risk factors and insider trading
Yext, Inc. · NYSE · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · CIK 1614178 · All filings on SEC.gov
At a glance
What changed in the latest 10-K
Risk Factors
New heading “Risks Related to Strategic Considerations”
New heading “Risks Related to Strategic Considerations”
New heading “Our capital allocation strategy, including our ongoing self-tender offer, may not be effective at enhancing stockholder value, or providing other benefits we expect.”
New heading “We may be unable to fully capture the expected value from strategic acquisitions.”
New heading “Our credit agreement may limit our operating flexibility or otherwise adversely affect our business.”
Removed heading “Our credit facility may not be available to us at all or on the same terms as it has in the past.”
Largest changes
The U.S. federal and various state governments have adopted requirements related to the collection, distribution, use, storage and security of personal data, including unique online identifiers. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, or CCPA, originally became effective January 1, 2020 and an amended version became effective on January 1, 2023. The amended CCPA requires covered businesses to, among other things, make new disclosures to consumers about their data collection, use, and sharing practices, and allows consumers to opt out of certain data sharing with third parties. Under the amended CCPA, consumers include individuals that interact with us in a professional or employment capacity. The CCPA provides a limited private cause of action for certain data breaches. Numerous other states have proposed, and in many cases, enacted, privacy legislation. The effects of such state privacy laws are potentially significant and may require us to incur substantial costs and expenses in an effort to comply and increase our potential exposure to regulatory enforcement and/or litigation. We expect additional states may continue to enact data protection legislation that may be similar to or different from the state privacy laws already adopted. In addition, the Department of Justice issued a final rule effective in 2025, that places limitations, and in some cases prohibitions, on certain transfers of sensitive personal data to entities located with other specified links to China and other designated countries. These rules also may broadly require us to extract promises from other third-party service providers that they will not transfer data we share with them onward to parties linked to countries of concern. These and other future further regulations, legislation or restrictions could adversely impact our current or future third-party arrangements, and may add unforeseen burdens to the process of contracting with service providers.see in full comparison
Our business activities are subject to various restrictions under U.S. export and import controls and trade and economic sanctions laws and regulations, including U.S. customs regulations, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations and economic and trade sanctions regulations maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. U.S. export control and U.S. economic sanctions laws and regulations include prohibitions on the sale or supply of certain products and services to U.S. embargoed or sanctioned countries, their governments, and prohibited or restricted persons and entities and also require authorization for the export of certain items including encryption items. In addition, various countries regulate the import of certain encryption technology, including through import permitting and licensing requirements, and have enacted laws and regulations that could limit our ability to distribute our services or could limit our customers’ ability to implement our services in those countries. Although we take precautions to prevent our platform from being provided in violation of such laws, our platform may have been in the past, and could in the future be, provided inadvertently in violation of such laws, despite the precautions we take.see in full comparisonAdditionally, although we take precautions to prevent transactions with U.S. sanction targets, we could inadvertently provide our platform to persons prohibited by U.S. sanctions.If we fail to comply with these laws and regulations, we and certain of our employees could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, including the possible loss of export or import privileges, monetary penalties, and, in extreme cases, imprisonment of responsible employees for knowing and willful violations of these laws. Obtaining the necessary authorizations, including any required license, for a particular transaction may be time-consuming, is not guaranteed, and may result in the delay or loss of sales opportunities. In addition, changes in our platform or changes in applicable export or import laws and regulations may create delays in the introduction and sale of our products in international markets, prevent our customers with international operations from deploying our products or, in some cases, prevent the export or import of our products to certain countries, governments or persons altogether. Any change in export or import laws and regulations, shift in the enforcement or scope of existing laws and regulations, or change in the countries, governments, persons or technologies targeted by such laws and regulations, could also result in decreased use of our products or in our decreased ability to export or sell our products to existing or potential customers with international operations.For example, in February 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and other countries announced economic sanctions against Russia, and the United States and other countries have continued to impose wider sanctions.Any decreased use of our products or limitation on our ability to export or sell our products would likely adversely affect our business. Violations of export and import laws and regulations and economic sanctions could result in negative consequences to us, including government investigations, penalties and reputational harm.
“Our capital allocation strategy, including our ongoing self-tender offer, may not be effective at enhancing stockholder value, or providing other benefits we expect.”see in full comparison
“Our credit agreement may limit our operating flexibility or otherwise adversely affect our business.”see in full comparison
“Our credit facility may not be available to us at all or on the same terms as it has in the past.”see in full comparison
“We may be unable to fully capture the expected value from strategic acquisitions.”see in full comparison
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Risks Related to Strategic Considerations
•Our capital allocation strategy, including our ongoing self-tender offer, may not be effective at enhancing stockholder value, or providing other benefits we expect.
•Adverse economic conditions including inflationinflation, trade disputes, or reduced technology spending may adversely impact our business.
Risks Related to Strategic Considerations
Our capital allocation strategy, including our ongoing self-tender offer, may not be effective at enhancing stockholder value, or providing other benefits we expect.
Although our capital allocation strategy, including our ongoing capital return, is intended to enhance stockholder value while allowing the Company to execute on its strategic initiatives, there can be no assurance it will be effective. We have taken significant steps intended to better align our existing capital structure with our go-forward capital allocation strategy. For example, in February 2026, following a strategic alternatives review process, our Board of Directors determined to commence a “modified Dutch auction” self-tender offer to repurchase up to $180.0 million in value of shares of our common stock, which was subsequently decreased to up to $140.0 million on March 4, 2026. In connection with the self-tender offer, our long-term indebtedness is expected to increase to approximately $147.5 million, compared to approximately $98.0 million as of January 31, 2026.
Returning capital to our stockholders, including through the ongoing issuer tender offer, may reduce the market liquidity for our stock, potentially affecting its trading volatility and price, diminish our cash reserves and/or increase our leverage. Therefore, if we do not properly allocate our capital, we may fail to produce optimal financial results and experience a reduction in stockholder value.
Our revenue growth has slowed and even contracted in recent periods.contracted.
We experienced revenue growth rates of 6% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, 4% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, and 1% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024. While total revenue increased by 6% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, this increase was inorganic due to our acquisition of Hearsay, and without this acquisition, our revenue would have otherwise declined 2% year-over-year in the same period. Similarly, absent Hearsay's inclusion of revenue within our results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, our revenue would have otherwise declined 4% year-over-year from the year ended January 31, 2024. While our historical revenue growth rates are not indicative of future growth, we may not achieve revenue growth in future periods, or our growth rates may slow further or contract in future periods, despite any increase in revenue as a result of acquisitions. We may also not be successful integrating acquisitions, which could lead to further erosion of revenue growth if we cannot retain the customers acquired.
We experienced declines in our revenue growth in recent years, including revenue growth rates of 3% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2022 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023, 1% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, and 4% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025. While total revenue increased by 4% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, this increase was inorganic due to our acquisition of Hearsay, and without this acquisition, our revenue would have otherwise declined 4% year-over-year in the same period. This decline is inclusive of the resulting absence of revenue from a large customer that did not renew their contract as of January 31, 2024. While our historical revenue growth rates are not indicative of future growth, we may not achieve revenue growth in future periods, or our growth rates may slow further or contract in future periods, despite any increase in revenue as a result of acquisitions. We may also not be successful integrating acquisitions, which could lead to further erosion of revenue growth if we cannot retain the customers acquired. You should not rely on our revenue for any prior quarterly or annual periods as an indication of our future revenue or revenue growth. While our recent decline in growth rate was largely attributable to the departure of a large customer, weWe may continue to experience declines in growth rate as a result of a number of factors, including our ability to execute on our business strategy, our ability to compete effectively for customers and business partners, the impact of public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical events and shifts such as regional conflicts that influence overall business activity, and other macroeconomic factors on our business, and other factors that are outside of our control. As we adjust our strategies to reflect the recent changes in our business, including transitioning a portion of our services business to various third-party service providers, this has and may continue to negatively impact our revenue growth rates. In addition, in June 2024, we initiated a substantial cost-cutting plan to reduce costs and increase our profitability, which could further limit our ability to grow organically and may even result in contraction of our revenue. If we are unable to maintain consistent revenue or revenue growth, our stock price could be volatile, and it could be difficult to achieve or maintain profitability.
WeWhile we generated anet income of $37.9 million, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, we generated net losslosses of $27.9 million, $2.6 million and $65.9$2.6 million for the fiscal yearsyear ended January 31, 2025, 20242025 and 2023,2024, respectively. As of January 31, 2025,2026, we had an accumulated deficit of $707.1$669.2 million, reflecting our losses recognized historically on a GAAP basis. While we have historically recognized losses on a GAAP basis, we may be deemed to be profitable for tax purposes. See “Risks Related to Laws, Regulation and Taxation” for further discussion. We will need to generate and sustain increased revenue levels and reduced expenses in future periods to become profitable, and, even if we do, we may not be able to maintain or increase our level of profitability. As a result, we may continue to experience operating losses for the indefinite future. Further, while we have recently reduced operating expenses, we expect our operating expenses may increase in the coming years as we hire additional personnel, expand our distribution channels, develop our technology and new features, acquire new businesses, face increased compliance costs associated with our growth and entry into new markets and geographies and adopt new systems to scale and automate our operations. If our revenue does not increase to offset these and other potential increases in operating expenses, we may not be profitable in future periods. If we are unable to achieve and sustain profitability, the market price of our common stock may significantly decrease.
Our business depends on the overall demand for technology and on the economic performance of our current and prospective customers. In general, worldwide economic conditions such as inflation, interest rates and currency exchange rates may remain unstable, and these conditions would make it difficult for our customers, prospective customers and us to forecast and plan future business activities accurately, and they could cause our customers or prospective customers to reevaluate their decision to purchase our features. Weak global economic conditions, changes in global trade policies and tariffs resulting in increased costs, changes in consumer behavior or a reduction in technology spending even if economic conditions stabilize, could adversely impact our business and results of operations in a number of ways, including longer sales cycles, lower demand or prices for our platform, fewer subscriptions and lower or no growth.
In addition, the economies of certain countries or regions around the world may experience conflict, weakness or uncertainty, which may lead to negative impacts on our business in those areas. For example, the U.S. government is undergoing a period of rapid change as to spending and fiscal policy, which may have a considerable impact on the macroeconomic environment and behavior of our customers and end consumers.
We have in the past acquired and may in the future seek to acquire or invest in businesses, features or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our platform, enhance our technical capabilities or otherwise offer growth opportunities. For example, on August 1, 2024, we completed our acquisition of Hearsay, and on February 7, 2025, we completed the acquisition of KabanaSoft, LLC d/b/a Places Scout. We are currently in the process of integrating each business respective business into Yext. The pursuit of potential acquisitions may divert the attention of management and cause us to incur various expenses in identifying, investigating and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are consummated.
We may be unable to fully capture the expected value from strategic acquisitions.
Although we have previously acquired businesses, we have limited acquisition experience. IfAs part of our business strategy, we acquirehave additionalin businesses,the wepast acquired, and may not be ablecontinue to integrateacquire, other businesses and technologies. Our acquisitions may require substantial integration and management efforts. Successfully realizing the acquired personnel, operations and technologies successfully or effectively manage the combined business following the acquisition. We also may not achieve the anticipated benefits fromof thethese acquiredacquisitions business due toinvolves a number of factors,risks, including:
As a result of these and other risks, we may not realize the anticipated benefits from our acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions. Any failure to achieve these benefits or failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies or disaggregate divested businesses and technologies could seriously harm our business.
As a result of changes to our platform and our sales model, including as a result of our recent strategic acquisitions, our ability to forecast our future operating results is limited and subject to a number of uncertainties, including our ability to plan for and model our future growth. The dynamic nature of our business and our industry may make it difficult to evaluate our current business and future prospects, and as a result our historical performance should not be considered indicative of our future performance. We have encountered and will encounter risks and uncertainties frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly changing industries, such as the risks and uncertainties described herein. In addition, the duration and extent of the impact of volatile macroeconomic conditions on our business and industry are uncertain and introduce additional uncertainty to our forecasts of future operating results. If our assumptions regarding these risks and uncertainties are incorrect or change due to changes in our industry, or if we do not address these risks successfully, our operating and financial results could differ materially from our expectations and our business could suffer.
In addition, we have introduced new products such as Scout in recent months, which may have a significant effect on our operations. At the same time, our capital allocation strategy, including our ongoing self-tender offer, could distract from our ability to execute on our core business. As a result, we may have less ability to project our performance in the near term.
We have established strategic relationships with over 200 third-party service and application providers that comprise our Publisher Network, including Amazon Alexa, Apple, Bing, Facebook, GoogleGemini, BusinessGoogle, Profile,OpenAI, and Yelp and many others. These application providers provide us with direct access to update content on their websites and applications. This direct access enables our customers to control their business listings on the Publisher Network application providers’ websites and applications and to push real-time or nearly real-time updates to those business listings. In order to maintain relationships with application providers, we may need to modify our products or strategies in a way that may be adverse to our business and financial results. Furthermore, if we were to lose access to these applications, either in whole or in part, our Publisher Network would not be as efficient, accurate or competitive. Our customers may also place a significant value on particular application providers such as Google such that the termination or impairment of our relationship with one or a limited number of application providers could lead to a loss of a significant number of customers.
For the fiscal years ended January 31, 2025,2026, 20242025 and 2023,2024, the aggregate of our top five customers accounted for approximately 8%,9%, 8% and 9%,8%, respectively, of our revenue. During the three months ended January 31, 2024, we experienced the attrition of one of these top five customers, and the corresponding absence of revenue from this customer has andsince will bebeen realized primarily in our quarterly results for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2025. We anticipate that sales of our platform to a relatively small number of customers will continue to account for a significant portion of our revenue in future periods. If we were to lose any more of our large customers, our revenue could decline and our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. These negative effects could be exacerbated by customer consolidation, changes in technologies or solutions used by customers, changes in demand for our features, selection of suppliers other than us, customer bankruptcies or customer departures from their respective industries, pricing competition or deviation from marketing and sales methods away from physical location retailing, any one of which may result in even fewer customers accounting for a high percentage of our revenue and reduced demand from any single large customer.
We face exposure to movements in currency exchange rates, which may cause our revenue and operating results to differ materially from expectations. Our operating results could be negatively affected depending on the amount of expense and intercompany transactions including loans denominated in foreign currencies. As exchange rates vary, revenue, cost of revenue, operating expenses and other operating results, when re-measured, may differ materially from expectations. For example, a significant portion of our international revenue is derived from Europe including the United Kingdom. Our revenues and cash flows from these regions may be adversely affected as a result of weakness in the Euro or British Pound. Recent trade disputes and policy announcements have resulted in increased volatility in foreign exchange rates. In addition, our operating results are subject to fluctuation if our mix of U.S. and foreign currency denominated transactions and expenses changes in the future. Although in the future we may apply certain strategies to mitigate foreign currency risk, these strategies might not eliminate our exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations and would involve costs and risks of their own, such as ongoing management time and expertise, external costs to implement the strategies and potential accounting implications. Additionally, as we anticipate growing our business further outside of the United States, the effects of movements in currency exchange rates will increase as our transaction volume outside of the United States increases.
Our credit agreement may limit our operating flexibility or otherwise adversely affect our business.
Our credit facility may not be available to us at all or on the same terms as it has in the past.
Our credit facilityagreement contains restrictive covenants thatthat, among other things, limit our ability to transfer or dispose of assets, merge withacquire other companies or consummate certain changes of control, acquire other companies, pay dividends or repurchase Yext stock, incur additional indebtedness and liens and enter into new businesses. We therefore may not be able to engage in any of the foregoing transactions unless we obtain the consent of the lenderrequired lenders and administrative agent under the credit agreement or terminate the credit facility,agreement. whichOur mayinability to engage in such actions could limit our operating flexibility.flexibility, and prohibit us from taking certain actions that might be beneficial to our business. In addition, our obligation under the credit facilityagreement isare secured by substantially all of our assets and guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries. Our credit agreement also requires us to satisfy certain financial covenants. There is no guarantee that we will be able to generate sufficient cash flow or sales to meet these financial covenants or pay the principal and interest on any such debt. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that future working capital, borrowings or equity financing will be available to repay or refinance any such debt. In addition, if we do not comply with certain covenants, then other covenants may become applicable that we may not meet. Any inability to make scheduled payments or meetcomply with the financial covenants onin our credit facilityagreement wouldcould result in the acceleration of the obligations thereunder and could adversely affect our business.
We are vulnerable to computer viruses, break-ins, phishing attacks, ransomware, supply chain attacks, attempts to overload our servers with denial-of-service or other attacks and similar disruptions from unauthorized use of our computer systems. Any such attack, or any security breach or incident from any other source affecting us or our service providers, including, for example, through employee error or misconduct or additional vulnerabilities introduced by remote work arrangements, third-party integrations or other sources, could lead to interruptions, delays, website or application shutdowns, lossloss, corruption, or unavailability of data or unauthorized access to, or use or acquisition of, personal information, confidential information or other data that we or our service providers processmaintain or maintain.otherwise process.
If we experience compromises to our security that result in performance or availability problems, the complete shutdown of our platform or the actual or perceived loss of, or unauthorized access to, unavailability of, or unauthorized use, disclosure, destruction, or other unauthorized processing of, personal information or other types of confidential information, our customers or application providers may assert claims against us for credits, refunds or other damages, and may lose trust and confidence in our platform. Additionally, security breaches and incidents or other unauthorized access to, unavailability of, or unauthorized use, disclosure, destruction, acquisition, or other processing of, personal information or other types of confidential information that we or our service providers maintain, or the perception that any of these have occurred, could result in claims against us for identity theft or other similar fraud claims, breach of contract or indemnity, governmental enforcement actions, litigation, fines and penalties or adverse publicity, or other claims and litigation, and could cause our customers and partners to lose trust in us, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, reputation, operating results and financial condition. Our existing insurance coverage may not continue to be available on acceptable terms or may not be available in sufficient amounts to cover one or more large claims related to a security breach.breach or incident. An insurer may also deny coverage as to a future claim. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies could have a material adverse effect on our business. We could also be required to incur significant costs for remediation or expend significant capital and other resources to address a security breach.breach or incident. The techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service or sabotage systems change frequently, often are not recognized until launched against a target and may originate from less regulated countries, we may be unable to proactively address these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures.
We could be required to spend significant resources to monitor and protect our intellectual property rights. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, determine the validity and scope of our proprietary rights or those of others, or defend against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such litigation may fail, and even if successful, could be costly, time-consuming and distracting to management and could result in a diversion of significant resources. Our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights may be met with defenses, counterclaims and countersuits attacking the validity and enforceability of our intellectual property rights or alleging that we infringe the counterclaimant’scounter claimant’s own intellectual property. An adverse determination of any litigation or defense proceedings could put our intellectual property at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and could put our related pending patent applications at risk of not being issued. Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential or sensitive information could be compromised by disclosure in the event of litigation. During the course of litigation there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments. If securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a substantial adverse effect on the price of our common stock.
Furthermore, any content created by us using generative AI tools may not be subject to copyright protection which may adversely affect our intellectual property rights in, or ability to commercialize or use, any such content, and certain content collected, used in, or accessed via AI tools may be subject to third-party usage restrictions that could impede our ability to use such content or AI tools or otherwise lead to liability. In the United States, a number of civil lawsuits have been initiated related to the foregoing and other concerns, the outcome of any one of which may, amongst other things, require us to limit the ways in which we use AI in our business and may affect our ability to develop our AI-powered platform innovations and features. While AI-related lawsuits to date have generally focused on the AI service providers themselves, the collection and use of content for AI tools or our use of any output produced by any generative AI tools may expose us to claims, increasing our risks of liability. For example, the output produced by generative AI tools may include information subject to certain rights of publicity or privacy laws or constitute an unauthorized derivative work of the copyrighted material used in training the underlying AI model, any of which could also create a risk of liability for us, or adversely affect our business or operations. Further, numerous jurisdictions have proposed, and in certain cases enacted, laws and regulations addressing the development, use, and deployment of AI. In addition, the use of AI has resulted in, and may in the future result in, cybersecurity incidents that implicate the personal data of users of AI-powered applications. To the extent that we do not have sufficient rights to use the data or other material or content used in or produced by the generative AI tools used in our business, that we fail to comply with relevant legal obligations, or if we experience cybersecurity incidents in connection with our use of AI, or if any of the foregoing is believed or reported to have occurred, it could adversely affect our reputation and expose us to legal liability or regulatory risk, including with respect to third-party intellectual property, privacy, publicity, contractual or other rights. Further, our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively.
Further, our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively.
The U.S. federal and various state governments have adopted requirements related to the collection, distribution, use, storage and security of personal data, including unique online identifiers. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, or CCPA, originally became effective January 1, 2020 and an amended version became effective on January 1, 2023. The amended CCPA requires covered businesses to, among other things, make new disclosures to consumers about their data collection, use, and sharing practices, and allows consumers to opt out of certain data sharing with third parties. Under the amended CCPA, consumers include individuals that interact with us in a professional or employment capacity. The CCPA provides a limited private cause of action for certain data breaches. Numerous other states have proposed, and in many cases, enacted, privacy legislation. The effects of such state privacy laws are potentially significant and may require us to incur substantial costs and expenses in an effort to comply and increase our potential exposure to regulatory enforcement and/or litigation. We expect additional states may continue to enact data protection legislation that may be similar to or different from the state privacy laws already adopted. In addition, the Department of Justice issued a final rule effective in 2025, that places limitations, and in some cases prohibitions, on certain transfers of sensitive personal data to entities located with other specified links to China and other designated countries. These rules also may broadly require us to extract promises from other third-party service providers that they will not transfer data we share with them onward to parties linked to countries of concern. These and other future further regulations, legislation or restrictions could adversely impact our current or future third-party arrangements, and may add unforeseen burdens to the process of contracting with service providers.
In particular, in the European Union, the GDPR became effective in May 2018. The GDPR includes stringent operational requirements for processors and controllers of personal data and imposes significant penalties for non-compliance. Other new EU laws, including the EU Data Act, may impose additional rules and restrictions on the use of our products and services. The United Kingdom has implemented data protection laws that substantially align with requirements under the GDPR and provide for similar penalties. The United Kingdom’s decision to adopt a separate data protection regime after its exit from the European Union, known as Brexit, has created uncertainty and the potential for differing regulations as compared to the European Union, which in turn may delay or deter transactions with customers that transfer personal data to and from the United Kingdom.
For example, the European Union has enacted legislation, the AI Act, which entered into force on August 1, 2024. The AI Act establishes a risk-based governance framework for regulating high-risk AI systems operating in the EU market. This framework categorizes AI systems based on the risks associated with such AI systems’ intended purposes as creating “unacceptable”, “high” or “limited” risks. There is a risk that our current or future AI-powered software or applications may obligate us to comply with the applicable requirements of the AI Act, which may impose additional costs on us, increase our risk of liability, or adversely affect our business. For example, “high” risk AI systems are required, amongst other things, to implement and maintain certain risk and quality management systems, conduct certain conformity and risk assessments, use appropriate data governance and management practices, including in development and training, and meet certain standards related to testing, technical robustness, transparency, human oversight, and cybersecurity. Even if our AI systems are not categorized as “high” or “unacceptable” risk we may be subject to additional transparency and other obligations for “low” risk AI system providers. The AI Act sets forth certain penalties, including fines of the greater of EUR 35 million or 7% of worldwide annual turnover (as defined in the AI Act) for the prior year for violations related to offering prohibited AI-systems or data governance, fines of the greater of EUR 15 million or 3% of worldwide annual turnover for the prior year for violations related to the requirements for “high” risk AI systems, and fines of the greater of EUR 7.5 million or 1.5% of worldwide annual turnover for the prior year for violations related to supplying incorrect, incomplete or misleading information to the European Union and member state authorities. This regulatory framework is expected to have a material impact on AI regulation in the European Union, and together with developing guidance and/or decisions in this area, may affect our use of AI and our ability to provide and to improve our services, require additional compliance measures and changes to our operations and processes, result in increased compliance costs and potential increases in civil claims against us, and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, several U.S. states have proposed, and in certain cases have enacted, legislation covering the development, deployment and use of AI technology, or otherwise imposing obligations in connection with the use of AI.
Our business activities are subject to various restrictions under U.S. export and import controls and trade and economic sanctions laws and regulations, including U.S. customs regulations, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations and economic and trade sanctions regulations maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. U.S. export control and U.S. economic sanctions laws and regulations include prohibitions on the sale or supply of certain products and services to U.S. embargoed or sanctioned countries, their governments, and prohibited or restricted persons and entities and also require authorization for the export of certain items including encryption items. In addition, various countries regulate the import of certain encryption technology, including through import permitting and licensing requirements, and have enacted laws and regulations that could limit our ability to distribute our services or could limit our customers’ ability to implement our services in those countries. Although we take precautions to prevent our platform from being provided in violation of such laws, our platform may have been in the past, and could in the future be, provided inadvertently in violation of such laws, despite the precautions we take. Additionally, although we take precautions to prevent transactions with U.S. sanction targets, we could inadvertently provide our platform to persons prohibited by U.S. sanctions. If we fail to comply with these laws and regulations, we and certain of our employees could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, including the possible loss of export or import privileges, monetary penalties, and, in extreme cases, imprisonment of responsible employees for knowing and willful violations of these laws. Obtaining the necessary authorizations, including any required license, for a particular transaction may be time-consuming, is not guaranteed, and may result in the delay or loss of sales opportunities. In addition, changes in our platform or changes in applicable export or import laws and regulations may create delays in the introduction and sale of our products in international markets, prevent our customers with international operations from deploying our products or, in some cases, prevent the export or import of our products to certain countries, governments or persons altogether. Any change in export or import laws and regulations, shift in the enforcement or scope of existing laws and regulations, or change in the countries, governments, persons or technologies targeted by such laws and regulations, could also result in decreased use of our products or in our decreased ability to export or sell our products to existing or potential customers with international operations. For example, in February 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and other countries announced economic sanctions against Russia, and the United States and other countries have continued to impose wider sanctions. Any decreased use of our products or limitation on our ability to export or sell our products would likely adversely affect our business. Violations of export and import laws and regulations and economic sanctions could result in negative consequences to us, including government investigations, penalties and reputational harm.
We are subject to income taxes in the United States and various jurisdictions outside of the United States. Our effective tax rate could fluctuate due to multiple factors, including but not limited to changes in the mix of earnings and losses in countries with differing statutory tax rates, changes in non-deductible expenses, expiration or non-utilization of net operating losses, changes in excess tax benefits related to exercises and vesting of stock options and awards compensation, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities and our ability to utilize them, the applicability of withholding taxes, effects from acquisitions, and changes in accounting principles and tax laws in jurisdictions where we operate. While we regularly evaluate new information that may changeaffect our judgmenttax liabilities, resulting in recognition, derecognition or change in measurement of a tax position taken, there can be no assurance that the final determination of any examinations will not have an adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.
In fiscal year 2023, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the option to deduct research and development expenditures annually and required taxpayers to amortize such costs over a period of five or fifteen years. On July 4, 2025, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or the OBBBA, was enacted in the United States and made a number of changes to the U.S. federal income tax law. Among other things, the OBBBA restored deductions for U.S. research and development expenditures (while continuing to require taxpayers to capitalize and amortize foreign research and development expenditures), changed the calculation and deductibility of global intangible low-taxed income (renamed Net CFC Tested Income) and foreign derived intangibles income (renamed Foreign-Derived Deduction Eligible Income) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and changed the calculation of deductible business interest expense to include depreciation and amortization. Although we have evaluated the potential impact of the OBBBA on our operations, business and financial performance, the application of these provisions may evolve and could cause our cash taxes and effective tax rate to fluctuate.
Beginning in fiscal year 2023, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the option to deduct research and development expenditures currently and requires taxpayers to amortize such costs over a period of five or fifteen years. Such provision may accelerate our cash taxes and increase our effective tax rate, resulting in an adverse effect on our overall results of operations and financial condition.
In addition, global tax developments applicable to multinational businesses continue to evolve and create uncertainty tofor us. For example, in 2022, the United States has enacted an alternative minimum tax for companies with modified GAAP net income in excess of $1 billion. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”) also has proposalsdeveloped regarding the implementation ofa global minimum tax.tax framework to impose a minimum tax of 15% for multinationals with global revenue exceeding certain thresholds, known as "Pillar Two". Although these rules are not currently applicable to us, we operate in participating countries that have implemented or are expected to implement these rules. In January 2026, the OECD released administrative guidance reflecting a "side-by-side" framework to exclude U.S. multinational companies from certain minimum tax enforcement measures beginning in fiscal 2027. We continue to evaluate the impact of these tax developments and those under other OECD and non-U.S. rules as new guidance and regulations are published and such becomes applicable. Changes to these and other areas in relation to international tax reform, including future actions taken by foreign governments could increase uncertainty and may adversely affect our tax rate and operating results in future years.
Significant judgments and estimates are required in determining the provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities. We generally conduct our international operations through wholly-owned subsidiaries in various jurisdictions and report our taxable income based upon our business operations in those jurisdictions. The amount of taxes we pay may depend on the application of the tax laws of various jurisdictions, including the United States, to our business activities, changes in tax rates, new or revised tax laws or interpretations of existing tax laws and policies and our ability to operate our business in a manner consistent with our corporate structure and intercompany arrangements.
The United States enacted the Inflation Reduction Act Augustof 2022 which introduced several tax provisions including a 1% excise tax on certain stock repurchases made after December 31, 2022. We may be subject to this new excise tax which could increase the cost of such repurchases.
The trading market for our common stock depends in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. Some analysts have ceased covering us, and current coverage by analysts may be more limited than prior periods. In particular, we do not plan to release any earnings guidance or host earnings conference calls in the near future and instead intend to continue to provide our financial results in a quarterly letter to stockholders and earnings release. If additional analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our common stock could decrease, which might cause our common stock price and trading volume to decline. In addition, if one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our common stock or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price of our common stock would likely decline.
In addition,the from time to time,future, we may release earnings guidance or other forward-looking statements in our earnings releases, earnings conference calls or otherwise regarding our future performance that represent our management’s estimates as of the date of release. Some or all of the assumptions of any future guidance that we furnish may not materialize or may vary significantly from actual future results. Furthermore, the adoption of new accounting standards may require us to modify our earnings guidance, and such modifications though solely attributed to changes in accounting standards, may be perceived unfavorably. Any failure to meet guidance or analysts’ expectations could have a material adverse effect on the trading price or trading volume of our common stock.
We may not declare or pay cash dividends on our capital stock in the near future. We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our ability to pay dividends may be limited by our credit facility.agreement. Consequently, stockholders must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment.
In March 2022, we announced a program to repurchase up to $100.0 million of our common stock, which was increased by an additional $50.0 million in September 2023 and an additional $50.0 million in March 2025. Such repurchases may be made from time to time subject to pre-determined price and volume guidelines. As of January 31, 2025,2026, we repurchased 19,512,44828,930,297 shares for $118.1$185.1 million.million Repurchasesunder pursuantthe repurchase program. In addition, in February 2026, we commenced an issuer tender offer to repurchase up to $180.0 million of our sharecommon repurchasestock, programwhich was subsequently decreased to up to $140.0 million on March 4, 2026. Such repurchases could affect our stock price and increase its volatility and will reduce the market liquidity for our stock. These activities may have the effect of maintaining the market price of our common stock or slow down a decline in the market price of the common stock, and, as a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. Additionally, these repurchases will diminish our cash reserves, which could impact our ability to pursue possible future strategic opportunities and acquisitions and result in lower overall returns on our cash balances.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
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“The May 2025 Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants and restrictions that, among other things, restrict our and our subsidiaries' ability to repurchase stock, incur additional debt, pay dividends and make distributions, make certain investments and acquisitions, prepay certain indebtedness, create liens, enter into agreements with affiliates, modify the nature of our business, enter into sale-leaseback transactions, transfer and sell material assets and merge or consolidate. …”see in full comparison
“The Credit Facility contains customary affirmative and negative covenants and restrictions, as well as financial covenants that require us to maintain minimum liquidity of $35.0 million at all times and a consolidated total leverage ratio of no greater than 3.00 to 1.00, tested on a quarterly basis.”see in full comparison
“General and administrative expense was $63.3 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, compared to $105.1 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, a decrease of $41.7 million or 40%. The decrease was primarily driven by the acquisition of Hearsay on August 1, 2024, which resulted in $8.8 million of costs associated with the incentive pool being incurred during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, as well as changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $34.1 million. …”see in full comparison
“Net cash provided by operating activities of $55.8 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 reflected our net income of $37.9 million, adjusted by non-cash charges including stock-based compensation expense of $48.7 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $27.0 million, amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets of $9.4 million, asset impairment charges of $8.6 million, and bad debt expense of $3.1 million. These non-cash charges were offset by $28.6 million related to adjustments to contingent consideration. …”see in full comparison
“Customer count is defined as the total number of customers with contracts executed as of the last day of the reporting period and a unique administrative account identifier on our platform. Generally, we assign unique administrative accounts to each separate and distinct entity (such as a company or government institution) or a business unit of a large corporation, that has its own separate contract with us to access our platform. Historically, we believed that customer count provided insight into our ability to grow our enterprise and mid-size customer base. …”see in full comparison
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Yext empowers businesses to manage their knowledge so they can deliver relevant, actionable answers to consumer questions as well as consistent, accurate and engaging experiences to customers throughout the digital ecosystem. Our digital presence platform (also known as the Answers Platform) lets businesses structure and organize information about their brands in our knowledgeKnowledge graph, Yext ContentGraph (alsopreviously known as theYext Knowledge GraphContent), which is then delivered across first-and third-party websites and applications through our network of over 200 service and application providers, which we refer to as our Publisher Network. These publishers include, among others, Amazon Alexa, Apple, Bing, Facebook, Gemini, Google, OpenAI, and Yelp. Our platform powers all of our key products, including Listings, Reviews, PagesPages, Search, Social, Relate, and Search,Scout, each with robust analytics capabilities for businesses to easily track performance across customer experiences. It is our mission to empower businesses to easily manage every aspect of their digital presence to make meaningful connections with their customers across every digital touchpoint.
In August 2024, we acquired Hearsay Social, Inc., a digital client engagement platform for financial services ("Hearsay"). See Note 4 "Business CombinationCombinations" to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Our results of operations have been and may continue to be influenced by general macroeconomic conditions, including, but not limited to, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, interest rates, inflation, recession risks, tariffs and other trade restrictions, geopolitical events and shifts.shifts, and changes in government administration policy positions. Fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and rising inflation have had, and may continue to have an adverse impact on our financial condition and operating results in future periods. The extent to which such disruptions will continue in future periods remains uncertain, which has had and may continue to have an adverse impact on our financial condition and operating results in future periods. We continue to be committed to our business, the strength of our platform, our ability to continue to execute on our strategy, and our efforts to support our customers.
On February 10, 2026, we commenced an issuer self-tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase for cash up to $180.0 million in value of shares of our common stock at a price of not less than $5.75 nor greater than $6.50 per share, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the offer to purchase and the related letter of transmittal filed with the SEC on February 10, 2026, as each may be amended time to time. The Tender Offer was originally scheduled to expire on March 12, 2026, unless the offer was extended or terminated. On March 4, 2026, we decreased the maximum aggregate purchase price of shares to be repurchased in the Tender Offer to $140.0 million and extended the expiration date to March 18, 2026, unless further extended or earlier terminated.
On August 18, 2025, we announced that Michael Walrath, Yext's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman on the Board of Directors, submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of Yext not already owned by him at a price of $9.00 per share in cash. Our Board of Directors formed a Special Committee of independent directors to evaluate the proposal, advised by independent legal and financial advisers. On February 2, 2026, we announced that Michael Walrath, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, had withdrawn his previously announced non-binding proposal.
On May 15, 2025, we entered into a credit agreement with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock as lenders, and Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Administrative Agent (the “May 2025 Credit Agreement”), which provides for term loan facilities in aggregate principal amounts of up to $200.0 million. In connection with entry into the May 2025 Credit Agreement, we borrowed $100.0 million on May 15, 2025 and used a portion of the proceeds under the May 2025 Credit Agreement to pay all outstanding principal, interest and other amounts owing under our existing credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank, which was then terminated. On March 6, 2026, we borrowed an additional $50.0 million, which we intend to use in connection with the Tender Offer. See Note 12 "Debt" to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
On June 4, 2024, we committed to a restructuring plan in response to evolving business needs to reduce operating expenses and position Yext for profitable future growth (the “Plan”). The Plan reduced the size of our workforce by approximately 12 percent of our full-time employees as compared to our headcount as of January 31, 2024. We incurred approximately $5 million in costs in connection with the Plan during our second quarter of fiscal year 2025, consisting primarily of severance payments, payments in lieu of notice, employee benefits and related costs.
Following approval by our Board of Directors, on June 10, 2024, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) for the acquisition of Hearsay Social, Inc. (“Hearsay”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Hearsay became a wholly owned subsidiary of Yext upon closing of the transaction on August 1, 2024. The acquisition of Hearsay is intended to produce an end-to-end digital presence platform, combining Yext’s cutting-edge digital presence management capabilities with Hearsay’s compliant engagement solutions across social media, websites, text, and voice. We acquired Hearsay for approximately $125 million in cash, as adjusted for customary adjustments set forth in the Merger Agreement and the assumption of Hearsay employee equity awards. We also offered participation rights to key employees and former founders of Hearsay in a bonus pool of $20 million that can be settled in cash or our common stock and shall be subject to 100% vesting on the first anniversary of closing, generally subject to continued employment. In addition, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, we may also be required to pay additional contingent consideration of up to $75 million to Hearsay based on the achievement of certain milestones (the “Earnout”). The Earnout shall be payable based on achievement of certain annual recurring revenue targets. The targets shall be measured at the end of the first and second anniversaries of closing. The Earnout may be settled in cash or our common stock at our election. See Note 4 "Business Combination" to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
On February 7, 2025, we completed an acquisition of KabanaSoft, LLC, doing business as Places Scout (“Places Scout”), for a purchase price of $20.3 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments as set forth in the Unit Purchase Agreement.adjustments. The acquisition strengthens Yext’s ability to provide best-in-class competitive intelligence, benchmarking, and AI-powered insights. In addition, subject to the terms of the Unit Purchase Agreement, we agreed to grant approximately $10.0 million of incentive equity, based on current trading prices of Yext’s common stock, to certain key employees of Places Scout.
See Part I Item 1A “Risk Factors” for further discussion of the possible impact of the current macroeconomic conditions and recent developments on our business.
Annual recurring revenue, or ARR, for Direct customers is defined as the annualized recurring amount of all contracts in our enterprise, mid-size and small business customer base as of the last day of the reporting period. The recurring amount of a contract is determined based upon the terms of a contract and is calculated by dividing the amount of a contract by the term of the contract and then annualizing such amount. The calculation assumes no subsequent changes to the existing subscription. Contracts include portions of professional services contracts that are recurring in nature.
ARR for Third-party Reseller customers is defined as the annualized recurring amount of all contracts with Third-party Reseller customers as of the last day of the reporting period. The recurring amount of a contract is determined based upon the terms of a contract and is calculated by dividing the amount of a contract by the term of the contract and then annualizing such amount. The calculation assumes no subsequent changes to the existing subscription. The calculation includes the annualized contractual minimum commitment and amounts related to usage above the contractual minimum commitment. Contracts include portions of professional services contracts that are recurring in nature. See Part I Item 1A “Risk Factors" for further discussion of Third-party reseller customers.
Total ARR is defined as the annualized recurring amount of all contracts executed as of the last day of the reporting period. The recurring amount of a contract is determined based upon the terms of a contract and is calculated by dividing the amount of a contract by the term of the contract and then annualizing such amount. The calculation assumes no subsequent changes to the existing subscription, and where relevant, includes the annualized contractual minimum commitment and amounts related to usage above the contractual minimum commitment. We calculate usage by annualizing monthly amounts in excess of contractual minimum commitments in the current month. Contracts include portions of professional services contracts that are recurring in nature.
We calculate usage by annualizing monthly amounts in excess of contractual minimum commitments in the current month.
ARR is independent of historical revenue, unearned revenue, remaining performance obligations or any other accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, ("GAAP"), financial measure over any period. It should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, nor superior to or in isolation from, these measures and other measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. We believe ARR-based metrics providesprovide insight into the performance of our recurring revenue business model while mitigating fluctuations in billing and contract terms.
The following table providespresents our ARR for customers with less than $50,000 of ARR and customers with ARR of $50,000 or more for the periods presented:
(1) ARR as of January 31, 2025 is inclusive of Hearsay's results.
Change in ARR MethodologyPresentation
Beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and as reflected in the immediately preceding table, we refined our presentation of ARR to show ARR for customers with ARR of less than $50,000 and for customers with ARR of $50,000 or more. This view of ARR better aligns with management's internal assessment of ARR and assists in the allocation of resources to better serve customers that more meaningfully impact our business. Prior to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, we presented ARR for Direct customers and Third-party Reseller customers as set forth below.
From time to time, we may refine our methodology of calculating our key performance metrics to better reflect our business. For example, beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, we refined our ARR methodology to include usage to align with management’s internal assessment of customers. Prior to that quarter, we had excluded what we previously referred to as overage. While this change may introduce additional volatility, we believe it provides a more comprehensive view of ARR that better aligns with the way we evaluate and manage our business. The amounts presented in the immediately preceding table have been restated to reflect our ARR presented on this current definition for periods previously disclosed that did not include overage.
To accompany the transition to this new presentation, theThe following table presents our ARR for the periods presented asbased calculated usingon our priorhistorical definition of ARR,presentation, which excludedwe usagedo not expect to refer to regularly in the future:
ARR for Direct customers was defined as the annualized recurring amount of all contracts in our enterprise, mid-size and small business customer base as of the last day of the reporting period. The recurring amount of a contract was determined based upon the terms of a contract and was calculated by dividing the amount of a contract by the term of the contract and then annualizing such amount. The calculation assumed no subsequent changes to the existing subscription. Contracts included portions of professional services contracts that are recurring in nature.
ARR for Third-party Reseller customers was defined as the annualized recurring amount of all contracts with Third-party Reseller customers as of the last day of the reporting period. The recurring amount of a contract was determined based upon the terms of a contract and was calculated by dividing the amount of a contract by the term of the contract and then annualizing such amount. The calculation assumed no subsequent changes to the existing subscription. The calculation included the annualized contractual minimum commitment and amounts related to usage above the contractual minimum commitment. We calculated usage by annualizing monthly amounts in excess of contractual minimum commitments in the current month. Contracts included portions of professional services contracts that are recurring in nature.
(1) ARR as of January 31, 2025 is inclusive of Hearsay's results.
This metric is calculated first by determining the ARR generated 12 months prior to the end of the current period for a cohort of customers who had active contracts at that time. We then calculate ARR from the same cohort of customers at the end of the current period, which includes customer expansion, contraction and churn. The current period ARR is then divided by the prior period ARR to arrive at our dollar-based net retention rate. Any ARR obtained through merger and acquisition transactions does not affect the dollar-based net retention rate until one year from the date on which the transaction closed. The cohorts of customers that we present dollar-based net retention rate for include direct,customers third-partywith reseller,ARR of less than $50,000, customers with ARR of $50,000 or more, and total customers. DirectThe customerscohort includedesignation enterprise,is mid-sizebased on the designation as of the 12 months prior to the end of the current period and smalldoes businessnot customers.reflect changes in cohort designation that may occur through the current period.
Change in Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate MethodologyPresentation
Beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and as reflected in the immediately preceding table, our dollar-based net retention rate is presented for customers with ARR of less than $50,000 and customers with ARR of $50,000 or more to align with the presentation change in ARR discussed above. We believe this view of our dollar-based net retention rate better aligns with the way we evaluate and manage our business. Prior to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, we presented our dollar-based net retention rate based on Direct customers and Third-party Reseller customers, as set forth below.
From time to time, we may refine our methodology of calculating our key performance metrics to better reflect our business. For example, beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, we refined our ARR calculation methodology to include usage. This update resulted in a corresponding change in our dollar-based net retention rate, which is based on ARR. While this change may introduce additional variability due to changes in customer usage, it provides a more comprehensive view of our dollar-based net retention rate. The amounts presented in the immediately preceding table have been restated to reflect our dollar-based net retention rate presented as measured on our current definition of ARR for periods previously disclosed that did not include overage.
To accompany the transition to this new presentation, theThe following table presents our dollar-based net retention rate for the periods presented asbased calculated usingon our priorhistorical definition of ARR,presentation, which excludedwe usagedo not expect to refer to regularly in the future:
Dollar-Based Gross Retention Rate
We also evaluate our ability to retain customers and the ARR they generate for us over time, excluding the impact of expansion. We assess our performance in this area using a metric we refer to as dollar-based gross retention rate. We believe this metric provides insight into the stability of our customer base and our ability to deliver sustained value to customers independent of growth through expansion.
This metric is calculated by first determining the ARR generated 12 months prior to the end of the current period for a cohort of customers who had active contracts at that time. We then calculate ARR from the same cohort of customers at the end of the current period, which includes customer contraction and churn, and excludes customer expansion. The current period ARR is then divided by the prior period ARR to arrive at our dollar-based gross retention rate. The cohort of customers that we present dollar-based gross retention rate for include customers with ARR of less than $50,000, customers with ARR of $50,000 or more, and total customers. The cohort designation is based on the designation as of the 12 months prior to the end of the current period and does not reflect changes in cohort designation that may occur through the current period.
The following table provides our dollar-based gross retention rate for the periods presented:
Change in Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate Presentation
Beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and as reflected in the immediately preceding table, our dollar-based gross retention rate is presented for customers with ARR of less than $50,000 and customers with ARR of $50,000 or more to align with the presentation change in ARR discussed above. We believe this view of our dollar-based gross retention rate better aligns with the way we evaluate and manage our business. Prior to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, we presented our dollar-based gross retention rate based on Direct customers and Third-party Reseller customers, as set forth below.
The following table presents our dollar-based gross retention rate for the periods presented based on our historical presentation, which we do not expect to refer to regularly in the future:
Customer Count
Customer count is defined as the total number of customers with contracts executed as of the last day of the reporting period and a unique administrative account identifier on our platform. Generally, we assign unique administrative accounts to each separate and distinct entity (such as a company or government institution) or a business unit of a large corporation, that has its own separate contract with us to access our platform. Historically, we believed that customer count provided insight into our ability to grow our enterprise and mid-size customer base. As such, customer count excluded third-party reseller customers and small business customers as well as customers only receiving free trials. From time to time, some customers previously characterized as small business customers transitioned to mid-size customers, and customer count included these changes resulting from any recharacterization.
We no longer consider customer count to be a key performance measure of our business. As such, we are presenting customer count as of the end of January 31, 2025 as a key metric, but we do not expect to refer to it regularly in the future. As of January 31, 2025, customer count was approximately 2,920.
Cost of revenue consists primarily of employee-related costs, including personnel-related costs, which mainly consist of salaries and wages, and stock-based compensation expense. Cost of revenue also includes fees associated with our Publisher Network application provider arrangements, the nature of which may be unpaid, fixed, or variable, and are unpaid with many of our larger providers, as well as the costs associated with our data centers. In addition, cost of revenue includes depreciation expense, which includes amounts allocated based on employee headcount, as well as amounts related to certain capitalized software development costs incurred in connection with additional functionality to our platform. Cost of revenue also includes amortization expense, which includes amounts related to intangible assets arising from acquisitionsacquisitions, andas well as lease expenses and asset impairments associated with our office spaces, which are allocated based on employee headcount. In addition, cost of revenue includes professional related costs and software expense, which relates to licenses, professional services, and other costs associated with software for use in the operations of our business, which is also allocated based on employee headcount.
Sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related costs which are comprised of personnel-related costs and stock-based compensation expense. Personnel-related costs mainly consist of salaries and wages and costs of obtaining revenue contracts. Sales and marketing expenses also include lease expenses and asset impairments associated with our office spaces, as well as software expense, each of which are allocated based on employee headcount. In addition, sales and marketing expenses include amortization expense, which includes amounts related to intangible assets arising from acquisitions, as well as costs related to advertising and conferences and brand awareness events.
Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related costs which are comprised of personnel-related costs and stock-based compensation expense. Personnel-related costs mainly consist of salaries and wages. Capitalized software development costs related to additional functionality to our platform are excluded from research and development expenses as they are capitalized as a component of property and equipment, net and depreciated to cost of revenue over the term of their useful life. Research and development expenses also include data centers costs associated with pre-production costs for testing and quality assurance, as well as lease expenses and asset impairments associated with our office spaces, and software expense, each of which are allocated based on employee headcount.
General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee-related costs which are comprised of personnel-related costs and stock-based compensation expense for our finance and accounting, human resources, information technology and legal support departments. Personnel-related costs mainly consist of salaries and wages. General and administrative expenses also include lease expenses and asset impairments associated with our office spaces, as well as software expense, each of which are allocated based on employee headcount. In addition, general and administrative expenses include bad debt expense and other professional related costs, which include acquisition-related costs, as well as fair value adjustments related to contingent consideration.
(1) See Note 10 "Stock-Based Compensation" to theour consolidated financial statements for amounts included.
Total revenue was $446.6 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, compared to $421.0 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, compared to $404.3 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, an increase of $16.6$25.6 million or 4%.6%. The increase was entirely driven by the inclusion of Hearsay’s revenue as a result of the acquisition which did not exist in the comparative period. The increase was negativelycompleted affectedon byAugust the resulting absence of revenue from the attrition of a large customer that did not renew their contract as of January 31,1, 2024. Revenue recognized from subscriptions and associated support to our platform was 93%94% and 92%,93%, while revenue recognized from professional services was 7%6% and 8%,7%, for the fiscal years ended January 31, 20252026 and 2024,2025, respectively.
Revenue attributable to direct customers was $372.5 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, compared to $347.0 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, compared to $327.1 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, an increase of $19.9$25.5 million or 6%.The7%. The increase was entirely driven by the inclusion of Hearsay’s revenue as a result of the acquisition which did not exist in the comparative period. The increase was negativelycompleted affectedon byAugust the resulting absence of revenue from the attrition of a large customer that did not renew their contract as of January 31,1, 2024. Revenue attributable to third-party reseller customers was $74.1 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, compared to $74.0 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, comparedremaining relatively consistent. As we no longer regularly evaluate or assess performance by sales channel, the above disaggregation of revenue is not expected to $77.2be millionreferred forto on a consistent basis in the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, a decrease of $3.2 million or 4% primarily due to customer attrition.future.
Cost of revenue was $114.1 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, compared to $96.4 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, compared to $87.5 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, an increase of $8.9$17.7 million, or 10%.18%. The increase was primarily driven by the acquisition of Hearsay, which resulted in a $4.0$5.5 million increase in amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets,assets largely related to the acquisition of Hearsay, as well as a $1.3$1.2 million increase related to royalties and integration fees. In addition, personnel-related costs increased $3.6 million reflecting higher headcount, data center costs increased $2.4$2.7 million, and professionalasset impairment charges of $2.5 million were recognized in connection with subleasing activity related coststo increasedour $1.6corporate million. These increases were offset by a $2.0 million decrease in depreciation expense, as certain assets have fully depreciated.headquarters.
Sales and marketing expense was $134.8 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, compared to $174.8 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, compared to $178.8 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, a decrease of $4.1$40.0 million, or 2%.23%. The decrease was primarily driven by aemployee-related $1.9costs, as personnel-related costs decreased $26.4 million decreaseand instock-based personnel-relatedcompensation costs,expense decreased $8.2 million, reflecting lower headcount, a $1.4 million decrease in depreciation expense as certain assets have fully depreciated, a $1.3 million decrease in employee travel and a $1.2 million decrease in lease expense.headcount. In addition, thereadvertising werecosts smallerdecreased decreases$2.8 inmillion and conferences and events ofdecreased $0.6 million and software expense of $0.5$2.4 million. These decreases were offset by a $3.1$3.7 million increase in amortization expense largely related to acquired intangible assets from the Hearsay acquisition.acquisition, and asset impairment charges of $2.3 million recognized in connection with subleasing activity related to our corporate headquarters.
Research and development expense was $89.9 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, compared to $77.2 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, compared to $72.0 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, an increase of $5.2$12.7 million, or 7%.16%. The increase was primarily driven by aemployee-related $7.6costs, million increase inas personnel-related costs,costs increased $2.5 million reflecting higher headcount.headcount, This increase was offset by decreases inand stock-based compensation expense ofincreased $1.1$3.6 million, depreciationlargely due to awards granted in connection with the acquisition of Places Scout. In addition, software expense ofincreased $0.6$1.0 million, as certain assets have fully depreciated, and aasset $0.5impairment charges of $2.1 million decreasewere recognized in professionalconnection with subleasing activity related costs,to amongour others.corporate headquarters.
General and administrative expense was $63.3 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, compared to $105.1 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, a decrease of $41.7 million or 40%. The decrease was primarily driven by the acquisition of Hearsay on August 1, 2024, which resulted in $8.8 million of costs associated with the incentive pool being incurred during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, as well as changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $34.1 million. See Note 6 "Fair Value of Financial Instruments" to our consolidated financial statements for additional information on contingent consideration. In addition, professional related costs decreased $2.3 million largely due to acquisition-related costs in connection with the Hearsay acquisition on August 1, 2024, which were primarily incurred in the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025. These decreases were offset by $2.1 million of payroll tax contingencies for a non-recurring state payroll withholding tax audit expected to be settled in the first half of fiscal 2027, a $1.7 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, largely due to awards granted to certain executives including performance-based RSUs, and impairment charges of $1.7 million that were recognized in connection with subleasing activity related to our corporate headquarters.
General and administrative expense was $105.1 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, compared to $72.2 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, an increase of $32.9 million or 46%. The increase was primarily driven by the acquisition of Hearsay, which resulted in $8.8 million of costs being incurred related to the portion of the incentive pool payable to founders and early employees, as well as $5.5 million related to changes in the fair value of contingent consideration. The increase was further driven by employee-related costs, as stock-based compensation expense increased $7.5 million, mainly due to PSUs granted in fiscal year 2024, and personnel-related costs increased $3.1 million, largely due to retention amounts related to Hearsay employees. In addition, professional related costs increased $7.3 million, primarily due to professional services related to the Hearsay acquisition.
Net Income (Loss)
Net lossincome was $27.9 million and $2.6$37.9 million for the fiscal yearsyear ended January 31, 20252026, andcompared 2024,to respectively.a net loss of $27.9 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025.
Non-GAAP net income (loss) is a financial measure that is not calculated in accordance with GAAP. We define non-GAAP net income (loss) as our GAAP net income (loss) as adjusted to exclude the effects of stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related costs, amortization of acquired intangibles, asset impairments, strategic transaction costs, and payroll tax contingencies, as well as the related income tax effect of these adjustments. Acquisition-related costs include transaction and related costs, subsequent fair value movements in contingent consideration, and compensation arrangements. Strategic transaction costs relate to third-party costs incurred in connection with Michael Walrath’s, Yext’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman on the Board of Directors, non-binding proposal to acquire all outstanding shares. Payroll tax contingencies are related to a state payroll withholding tax audit expected to be settled in the first half of fiscal 2027 that are not expected to recur. We believe non-GAAP net income (loss) provides investors and other users of our financial information consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations. We also believe non-GAAP net income (loss) is useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry, as it eliminates the effects of stock-based compensation, acquisition-related costs, and amortization of acquired intangibles, asset impairments, strategic transaction costs, and payroll tax contingencies, which may vary for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.
In addition, beginningBeginning in fiscal 2025,year 2026, we are utilizingutilized a projected tax rate of 25%23.5% in our computation of the non-GAAP income tax provision.provision which was subsequently updated to 25.5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. This compares to a projected tax rate of 25% in fiscal year 2025. Our estimated tax rate on non-GAAP income is determined annually and may be adjusted during the year to take into account events or trends that we believe materially impact the estimated annual rate including, but not limited to, significant changes resulting from tax legislation, material changes in the geographic mix of revenue and expenses and other significant events. Our estimated tax rate on non-GAAP income may differ from our GAAP tax rate and from our actual tax liabilities.
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that we believe offers a useful view of overall operations used to assess the performance of core business operations and for planning purposes. We define Adjusted EBITDA as GAAP net income (loss) before (1) interest income (expense), net, (2) (provision for) benefit from income taxes, (3) depreciation and amortization, (4) other income (expense), net, (5) stock-based compensation expense, and (6) acquisition-related costs.costs, (7) asset impairments, (8) strategic transaction costs and (9) payroll tax contingencies. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to Adjusted EBITDA is GAAP net income (loss). Users should consider the limitations of using Adjusted EBITDA, including the fact that this measure does not provide a complete measure of our operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to purport to be an alternate to GAAP net income (loss) as a measure of operating performance.
Our non-GAAP financial measures may be limited in their usefulness because they do not present the full economic effect of the expensesaforementioned mentioned above.items. We compensate for these limitations by providing a reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the most closely related GAAP financial measures. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure and to view non-GAAP net income (loss) and Adjusted EBITDA in conjunction with GAAP net income (loss).
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, we revised our definitions of Non-GAAP net income (loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to include adjustments for asset impairment charges associated with subleasing floors of our corporate offices, as well as strategic transaction costs related to third-party costs incurred for Michael Walrath’s, Yext’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman on the Board of Directors, non-binding proposal to acquire all outstanding shares, and payroll tax contingencies related to a non-recurring state payroll withholding tax audit. We believe these changes provide investors with a view of continuing core operations without the effects of these items, which may vary for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.
Beginning with the three months ended July 31, 2024, we revised our definitions of Non-GAAP net income (loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to adjust for the effects of certain acquisition-related costs prompted by our recent acquisition of Hearsay. We believe these changes provide investors with a view of continuing core operations without the effects of unusual activity specific to acquisition-related accounting. These adjustments do not omit or adjust for the inclusion of ongoing operations of acquisitions.
We have recast our results on the same basis for the prior comparative periods presented, although the effects in those periods remain unchanged notwithstanding as no suchstrategic acquisition-relatedtransaction activitycosts, hadasset impairments, or payroll tax contingencies occurred. The following table reconciles our GAAP net loss to non-GAAP net income (loss):
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“In addition, artificial intelligence (“AI”) is forcing rapid evolution of multiple industries. The introduction of alternative tools to traditional software is changing market opportunities and customer behavior generally. While we seek to anticipate our customers’ needs, any such changes in the general market for our products and services may be harder to anticipate given the speed with which AI is transforming behavior.”see in full comparison
Third-party reseller customers comprise a significant portion of our revenue. In transactions with third-party reseller customers, we are only party to the transaction with the reseller and are not a party to the reseller’s transaction with its customer, and we do not control the efforts of these resellers. Such resellers may elect not to renew their subscriptions with us or may elect to purchase significantly fewer licenses, which would materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition. In addition, our third-party reseller customers, which often sell to small and midsized organizations that can have liquidity and expense limitations, are also susceptible to global economic weakness and uncertainty. See also “—If customers do not renew their subscriptions for our platform or if they reduce their subscriptions at the time of renewal, our revenue will decline and our business will suffer.” Lower demand from certain of our reseller customers has and may continue to result in them not renewing their subscriptions with us, purchasing fewer licenses, attempting to renegotiate contracts to obtain concessions and requesting extended billing and payment terms. Such an adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results would not be fully reflected in our results of operations until future periods. In addition, if third-party reseller customers merge or consolidate with other businesses, declare bankruptcy or depart from their respective industries, our business could be harmed. For example, consolidation among our third-party reseller customers may require us to renegotiate agreements on less favorable terms, including longer payment periods, or may lead to a termination of our agreements with these resellers. We may expend significant resources managing these relationships. Further, in some international markets, we grant certain reseller customers the exclusive right to sell our features. If those reseller customers to whom we have granted exclusive rights elect not to renew their subscriptions or to purchase significantly fewer licenses, then we may be unable to adequately address sales opportunities in that territory. If we are unable to maintain or replace our contractual relationships with our existing reseller customers, efficiently manage our relationships with them or establish new contractual relationships with other third parties, we may fail to retain customers or acquire potential new customers and may experience delays and increased costs in adding or replacing customers that were lost, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. Finally, we also on occasion have experienced issues of wrongful behavior by resellers. While our internal controls have identified these events, we have been forced to terminate reseller relationships. This may make it difficult for us to fully budget and project performance if resellers are found to be unreliable.see in full comparison
We have in the past acquired and may in the future seek to acquire or invest in businesses, features or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our platform, enhance our technical capabilities or otherwise offer growth opportunities. For example, on August 1, 2024, we completed our acquisition of Hearsay,see in full comparisonandon February 7, 2025, we completed the acquisition of KabanaSoft, LLC d/b/a PlacesScout.Scout,WeandareoncurrentlyJunein14,the2026,processweofacquiredintegratingGoShineeachAIbusiness into Yext.Ltd. The pursuit of potential acquisitions may divert the attention of management and cause us to incur various expenses in identifying, investigating and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are consummated.
While we generated net income ofsee in full comparison$2.6$15.8 million for thethreesix months endedAprilJuly30,31, 2026, and $37.9 million for the fiscal year ended January 31 2026, we generated net losses of $27.9 million, and $2.6 million for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As ofAprilJuly30,31, 2026, we had an accumulated deficit of$666.6$653.5 million, reflecting our losses recognized historically on a GAAP basis. While we have recognized losses on a GAAP basis in past periods, we may have been deemed to be profitable for tax purposes. See “Risks Related to Laws, Regulation and Taxation” for further discussion. We will need to generate and sustain increased revenue levels and reduced expenses in future periods to continue to be profitable, and, even if we do, we may not be able to remain profitable or increase our level of profitability. As a result, we may experience operating losses in the future. Further, while we have recently reduced operating expenses, we expect our operating expenses may increase in the coming years as we hire additional personnel, expand our distribution channels, develop our technology and new features, acquire new businesses, face increased compliance costs associated with our growth and entry into new markets and geographies and adopt new systems to scale and automate our operations. If our revenue does not increase to offset these and other potential increases in operating expenses, we may not be profitable in future periods. If we are unable to sustain profitability, the market price of our common stock may significantly decrease.
We experienced revenue growth rates of 6% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, 4% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, and 1% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024. While total revenue increased by 6% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, this increase was inorganic due to our acquisition of Hearsay, and without this acquisition, our revenue would have otherwise declined 2% year-over-year in the same period. Similarly, absent Hearsay's inclusion of revenue within our results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, our revenue would have otherwise declined 4% year-over-year from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024. In addition, our revenue decreased bysee in full comparison1%2% from thethreesix months endedAprilJuly30,31, 2025 to thethreesix months endedAprilJuly30,31, 2026. While our historical revenue growth rates are not indicative of future growth, we may not achieve revenue growth in future periods, or our growth rates may slow further or contract in future periods, despite any increase in revenue as a result of acquisitions. We may also not be successful integrating acquisitions, which could lead to further erosion of revenue growth if we cannot retain the customers acquired.
In March 2022, we announced a program to repurchase up to $100.0 million of our common stock, which was increased by an additional $50.0 million in September 2023, an additional $50.0 million in March 2025, and an additional $100.0 million in May 2026. Such repurchases may be made from time to time subject to pre-determined price and volume guidelines. In February 2026, we commenced an issuer tender offer to repurchase up to $180.0 million of our common stock, which was subsequently decreased to up to $140.0 million on March 4, 2026. Such repurchases could affect our stock price and increase its volatility and will reduce the market liquidity for our stock. As ofsee in full comparisonAprilJuly30,31, 2026, we repurchased28,930,29730,747,993 shares for$185.1$193.8 million under the share repurchase program and 24,347,825 shares for $140.0 million in connection with the Tender Offer. These activities may have the effect of maintaining the market price of our common stock or slow down a decline in the market price of the common stock, and, as a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. Additionally, these repurchases will diminish our cash reserves, which could impact our ability to pursue possible future strategic opportunities and acquisitions and result in lower overall returns on our cash balances.
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We experienced revenue growth rates of 6% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, 4% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, and 1% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024. While total revenue increased by 6% from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, this increase was inorganic due to our acquisition of Hearsay, and without this acquisition, our revenue would have otherwise declined 2% year-over-year in the same period. Similarly, absent Hearsay's inclusion of revenue within our results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, our revenue would have otherwise declined 4% year-over-year from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024. In addition, our revenue decreased by 1%2% from the threesix months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2025 to the threesix months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026. While our historical revenue growth rates are not indicative of future growth, we may not achieve revenue growth in future periods, or our growth rates may slow further or contract in future periods, despite any increase in revenue as a result of acquisitions. We may also not be successful integrating acquisitions, which could lead to further erosion of revenue growth if we cannot retain the customers acquired.
While we generated net income of $2.6$15.8 million for the threesix months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, and $37.9 million for the fiscal year ended January 31 2026, we generated net losses of $27.9 million, and $2.6 million for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, we had an accumulated deficit of $666.6$653.5 million, reflecting our losses recognized historically on a GAAP basis. While we have recognized losses on a GAAP basis in past periods, we may have been deemed to be profitable for tax purposes. See “Risks Related to Laws, Regulation and Taxation” for further discussion. We will need to generate and sustain increased revenue levels and reduced expenses in future periods to continue to be profitable, and, even if we do, we may not be able to remain profitable or increase our level of profitability. As a result, we may experience operating losses in the future. Further, while we have recently reduced operating expenses, we expect our operating expenses may increase in the coming years as we hire additional personnel, expand our distribution channels, develop our technology and new features, acquire new businesses, face increased compliance costs associated with our growth and entry into new markets and geographies and adopt new systems to scale and automate our operations. If our revenue does not increase to offset these and other potential increases in operating expenses, we may not be profitable in future periods. If we are unable to sustain profitability, the market price of our common stock may significantly decrease.
We have in the past acquired and may in the future seek to acquire or invest in businesses, features or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our platform, enhance our technical capabilities or otherwise offer growth opportunities. For example, on August 1, 2024, we completed our acquisition of Hearsay, and on February 7, 2025, we completed the acquisition of KabanaSoft, LLC d/b/a Places Scout.Scout, Weand areon currentlyJune in14, the2026, processwe ofacquired integratingGoShine eachAI business into Yext.Ltd. The pursuit of potential acquisitions may divert the attention of management and cause us to incur various expenses in identifying, investigating and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are consummated.
Our overall headcount may fluctuate in the near term as we adjust our strategies to reflect the recent changes in our business. In addition, we have experienced significant leadership changes in recent years. While we believe these will be of long-termlong term value to our stockholders, the resulting changes and related disruption have and may continue to have near-term effects on our business, growth and profitability.
In addition, artificial intelligence (“AI”) is forcing rapid evolution of multiple industries. The introduction of alternative tools to traditional software is changing market opportunities and customer behavior generally. While we seek to anticipate our customers’ needs, any such changes in the general market for our products and services may be harder to anticipate given the speed with which AI is transforming behavior.
For the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024, the aggregate of our top five customers accounted for approximately 8%, 8% and 9%, respectively, of our revenue. During the three months ended January 31, 2024, we experienced the attrition of one of these top five customers, and the corresponding absence of revenue from this customer has since been realized primarily in our quarterly results for the fiscal year endingended January 31, 2025. We anticipate that sales of our platform to a relatively small number of customers will continue to account for a significant portion of our revenue in future periods. If we were to lose any more of our large customers, our revenue could decline and our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. These negative effects could be exacerbated by customer consolidation, changes in technologies or solutions used by customers, changes in demand for our features, selection of suppliers other than us, customer bankruptcies or customer departures from their respective industries, pricing competition or deviation from marketing and sales methods away from physical location retailing, any one of which may result in even fewer customers accounting for a high percentage of our revenue and reduced demand from any single large customer.
Third-party reseller customers comprise a significant portion of our revenue. In transactions with third-party reseller customers, we are only party to the transaction with the reseller and are not a party to the reseller’s transaction with its customer, and we do not control the efforts of these resellers. Such resellers may elect not to renew their subscriptions with us or may elect to purchase significantly fewer licenses, which would materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition. In addition, our third-party reseller customers, which often sell to small and midsized organizations that can have liquidity and expense limitations, are also susceptible to global economic weakness and uncertainty. See also “—If customers do not renew their subscriptions for our platform or if they reduce their subscriptions at the time of renewal, our revenue will decline and our business will suffer.” Lower demand from certain of our reseller customers has and may continue to result in them not renewing their subscriptions with us, purchasing fewer licenses, attempting to renegotiate contracts to obtain concessions and requesting extended billing and payment terms. Such an adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results would not be fully reflected in our results of operations until future periods. In addition, if third-party reseller customers merge or consolidate with other businesses, declare bankruptcy or depart from their respective industries, our business could be harmed. For example, consolidation among our third-party reseller customers may require us to renegotiate agreements on less favorable terms, including longer payment periods, or may lead to a termination of our agreements with these resellers. We may expend significant resources managing these relationships. Further, in some international markets, we grant certain reseller customers the exclusive right to sell our features. If those reseller customers to whom we have granted exclusive rights elect not to renew their subscriptions or to purchase significantly fewer licenses, then we may be unable to adequately address sales opportunities in that territory. If we are unable to maintain or replace our contractual relationships with our existing reseller customers, efficiently manage our relationships with them or establish new contractual relationships with other third parties, we may fail to retain customers or acquire potential new customers and may experience delays and increased costs in adding or replacing customers that were lost, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. Finally, we also on occasion have experienced issues of wrongful behavior by resellers. While our internal controls have identified these events, we have been forced to terminate reseller relationships. This may make it difficult for us to fully budget and project performance if resellers are found to be unreliable.
Although our capital allocation strategy, including our recently completed capital return, is intended to enhance stockholder value while allowing the Companyus to execute on its strategic initiatives, there can be no assurance it will be effective. We have taken significant steps intended to better align our existing capital structure with our go-forward capital allocation strategy. For example, in February 2026, following a strategic alternatives review process, our Board of Directors determined to commence a “modified Dutch auction” self-tender offer to repurchase up to $180.0 million in value of shares of our common stock, which was subsequently decreased to up to $140.0 million on March 4, 2026.
We are incorporating generative artificial intelligence (“AI”), into some of our products. This technology is new and developing and may present both compliance risks and reputational risks.
In March 2022, we announced a program to repurchase up to $100.0 million of our common stock, which was increased by an additional $50.0 million in September 2023, an additional $50.0 million in March 2025, and an additional $100.0 million in May 2026. Such repurchases may be made from time to time subject to pre-determined price and volume guidelines. In February 2026, we commenced an issuer tender offer to repurchase up to $180.0 million of our common stock, which was subsequently decreased to up to $140.0 million on March 4, 2026. Such repurchases could affect our stock price and increase its volatility and will reduce the market liquidity for our stock. As of AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, we repurchased 28,930,29730,747,993 shares for $185.1$193.8 million under the share repurchase program and 24,347,825 shares for $140.0 million in connection with the Tender Offer. These activities may have the effect of maintaining the market price of our common stock or slow down a decline in the market price of the common stock, and, as a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. Additionally, these repurchases will diminish our cash reserves, which could impact our ability to pursue possible future strategic opportunities and acquisitions and result in lower overall returns on our cash balances.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
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“Six Months Ended July 31, 2026 Compared to Six Months Ended July 31, 2025”see in full comparison
“General and administrative expense was $42.9 million for the six months ended July 31, 2026, compared to $23.1 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025, an increase of $19.8 million or 86%. The increase was primarily driven by changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $21.6 million pertaining to the Hearsay acquisition, stemming from a decline in the estimated achievement of the earnout arrangement during the six months ended July 31, 2025. …”see in full comparison
“General and administrative expense was $22.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2026, compared to $23.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025, a decrease of $0.9 million or 4%. The decrease was primarily driven by changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $1.6 million. See Note 6 "Fair Value of Financial Instruments" to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information on contingent consideration. …”see in full comparison
“Sales and marketing expense was $55.7 million for the six months ended July 31, 2026, compared to $68.3 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025, a decrease of $12.6 million or 18%. The decrease was primarily driven by a $10.1 million decrease in personnel-related costs, reflecting lower headcount, a $1.1 million decrease in lease expense largely due to subleasing activity, and a $1.0 million decrease in professional fees. …”see in full comparison
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Revenue is a function of the number of customers, the number of licenses or capacity purchased by each customer, the package to which each customer subscribes, the price of the package and renewal rates. We offer subscriptions in a discrete range of packages, with pricing based on specified featurecapabilities setsand solutions and the number of licenses managed by the customer as well as on a capacity-basis.
RecentShareholder Developments
See Part II Item 1A “Risk Factors” for further discussion of the possible impact of the current macroeconomic conditions and recentshareholder developments on our business.
Three Months Ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026 Compared to Three Months Ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2025
Total revenue was $107.9$111.1 million for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, compared to $109.5$113.1 million for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2025, a decrease of $1.6$2.0 million or 1%.2%. The decrease was primarily driven by customer attrition. For the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026 and 2025, revenue recognized from subscription and associated support to our platform was 94%, while revenue recognized from professional services was 6%, compared to 93% and 7%, respectively.
Revenue for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, included a positivenegative impact from foreign currency exchange rates of approximately $0.6$0.2 million, using a constant currency basis. We calculate constant currency by translating our current period results for entities reporting in currencies other than U.S. Dollars (“USD”) into USD at the average monthly exchange rates in effect during the comparative period, as opposed to the average monthly exchange rates in effect during the current period.
Cost of revenue was $29.2$27.3 million for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, compared to $27.1$28.1 million for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2025, ana increasedecrease of $2.1$0.8 million or 8%.3%. The increasedecrease was primarily driven by a $1.1$0.7 million decrease in personnel-related costs, reflecting lower headcount, and a $0.5 million decrease in lease expense largely due to subleasing activity. This was offset by a $0.9 million increase in data center costs. In addition, asset impairment charges of $1.5 million were recognized during the three months ended April 30, 2026, primarily in connection with subleasing a floor of our corporate headquarters.
Gross margin was 72.9%75.5% for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, compared to 75.2% for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2025 as reflected in the discussion above.
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Sales and marketing expense was $29.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2026, compared to $36.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025, a decrease of $6.8 million or 19%. The decrease was primarily driven by employee-related costs as personnel-related costs decreased $5.7 million and stock-based compensation expense decreased $0.8 million, reflecting lower headcount. This was offset by asset impairment charges of $1.1 million recognized during the three months ended April 30, 2026, primarily in connection with subleasing a floor of our corporate headquarters.
ResearchSales and developmentmarketing expense was $21.5$26.3 million for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, compared to $21.9$32.1 million for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2025, a decrease of $0.4$5.8 million or 2%.18%. The decrease was primarily driven by a $0.8$4.4 million decrease in personnel-related costs, reflecting lower headcount, as well asand a $0.5$0.8 million decrease in leaseprofessional expense largely due to subleasing activity.fees. This was offset by asseta impairment$1.1 chargesmillion increase in stock-based compensation expense primarily driven by the departure of $1.0an million recognizedexecutive during the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, primarily in connection with subleasing a floor of our corporate headquarters.2025.
Research and development expense was $19.4 million for the three months ended July 31, 2026, compared to $23.4 million for the three months ended July 31, 2025, a decrease of $4.0 million or 17%. The decrease was primarily driven by employee-related costs as personnel-related costs decreased $1.6 million, reflecting lower headcount, and stock-based compensation expense decreased $0.9 million primarily due to a shift in our granting practices from time-based restricted stock awards to performance-based awards, compounded by lower grant date fair values for awards granted during fiscal 2027.
General and administrative expense was $20.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2026, compared to a $0.1 million benefit for the three months ended July 31, 2025, an increase of $20.7 million. The increase was primarily driven by changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $23.2 million pertaining to the Hearsay acquisition. During the three months ended July 31, 2025, a fair value adjustment of $23.4 million was recorded, stemming from a decline in the estimated achievement of the earnout arrangement. In addition, personnel-related costs increased by $1.1 million, reflecting higher headcount. This was offset by a $3.0 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense primarily due to a shift in our granting practices from time-based restricted stock awards to performance-based awards, compounded by lower grant date fair values for awards granted during fiscal 2027, and by awards that have fully vested for certain executives.
General and administrative expense was $22.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2026, compared to $23.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025, a decrease of $0.9 million or 4%. The decrease was primarily driven by changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $1.6 million. See Note 6 "Fair Value of Financial Instruments" to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information on contingent consideration. In addition, stock-based compensation expense decreased $1.9 million mainly due to the timing of awards vesting and professional related costs decreased $0.9 million inclusive of acquisition-related costs related to Places Scout included in our results for the three months ended April 30, 2025. This was offset by an increase in personnel-related costs of $2.1 million, reflecting higher headcount, and asset impairment charges of $1.1 million recognized during the three months ended April 30, 2026, primarily in connection with subleasing a floor of our corporate headquarters.
Net income was $2.6$13.1 million and $0.8$26.8 million for the three months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Six Months Ended July 31, 2026 Compared to Six Months Ended July 31, 2025
Total revenue was $219.0 million for the six months ended July 31, 2026, compared to $222.6 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025, a decrease of $3.6 million or 2%. The decrease was primarily driven by customer attrition. During the six months ended July 31, 2026 and 2025, revenue recognized from subscription and associated support to our platform was 94%, while revenue recognized from professional services was 6%, compared to 93% and 7%, respectively.
Revenue for the six months ended July 31, 2026, included a positive impact from foreign currency exchange rates of approximately $0.5 million, using a constant currency basis. We calculate constant currency by translating our current period results for entities reporting in currencies other than USD into USD at the average monthly exchange rates in effect during the comparative period, as opposed to the average monthly exchange rates in effect during the current period.
Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin
Cost of revenue was $56.5 million for the six months ended July 31, 2026, compared to $55.2 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025, an increase of $1.3 million or 2%. The increase was primarily driven by a $2.0 million increase in data center costs. In addition, asset impairment charges of $1.5 million were recognized during the six months ended July 31, 2026, in connection with subleasing a floor of our corporate headquarters. This was offset by smaller decreases in lease expense largely due to subleasing activity, personnel-related costs, and professional fees, among others.
Gross margin was 74.2% for the six months ended July 31, 2026, compared to 75.2% for the six months ended July 31, 2025 as reflected in the discussion above.
Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing expense was $55.7 million for the six months ended July 31, 2026, compared to $68.3 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025, a decrease of $12.6 million or 18%. The decrease was primarily driven by a $10.1 million decrease in personnel-related costs, reflecting lower headcount, a $1.1 million decrease in lease expense largely due to subleasing activity, and a $1.0 million decrease in professional fees. This was offset by asset impairment charges of $1.1 million recognized during the six months ended July 31, 2026, in connection with subleasing a floor of our corporate headquarters.
Research and development expense was $40.9 million for the six months ended July 31, 2026, compared to $45.2 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025, a decrease of $4.4 million or 10%. The decrease was primarily driven by a $2.4 million decrease in personnel-related costs, reflecting lower headcount, and a $1.0 million decrease in lease expense largely due to subleasing activity. This was offset by asset impairment charges of $1.0 million recognized during the six months ended July 31, 2026, in connection with subleasing a floor of our corporate headquarters.
General and administrative expense was $42.9 million for the six months ended July 31, 2026, compared to $23.1 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025, an increase of $19.8 million or 86%. The increase was primarily driven by changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $21.6 million pertaining to the Hearsay acquisition, stemming from a decline in the estimated achievement of the earnout arrangement during the six months ended July 31, 2025. In addition, personnel-related cost increased $3.2 million, reflecting higher headcount, and asset impairment charges of $1.1 million were recognized during the six months ended July 31, 2026, in connection with subleasing a floor of our corporate headquarters. This was offset by a $1.3 million decrease in professional fees and a $4.9 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense, primarily due to a shift in our granting practices from time-based restricted stock awards to performance-based awards, compounded by lower grant date fair values for awards granted during fiscal 2027, and by awards that have fully vested for certain executives.
See Note 13" Income Taxes" to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information on our provision for income taxes.
Net Income
Net income was $15.8 million and $27.5 million for the six months ended July 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Recent Changes in Non-GAAP Metrics
Beginning with the three months ended April 30, 2026, we revised our definition of Non-GAAP net income (loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to include asset impairment charges associated with capitalized implementation costs of cloud computing arrangements. We believe this change provides investors with a view of continuing core operations without the effects of this item, which may vary for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.
We have recast our results on the same basis for the prior comparative periods presented, although the effects in those periods remain unchanged.
As of AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, our principal sources of liquidity were cash and cash equivalents of $91.9$86.8 million. We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents, will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements for at least the next 12 months. Our cash flows, including net cash used in or provided by operating activities, may vary significantly from quarter to quarter, due to the timing of billings, cash collections and lease payments, significant marketing events and related expenses, acquisitions, and other factors.
The Term Loan Facilities bear interest, at our option, at an annual rate based on an adjusted term SOFR rate or a base rate. Term Loans based on the adjusted term SOFR rate shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to term SOFR (subject to a 1.00% floor) plus 5.25%. Term Loans based on the base rate shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the greatest of (i) the prime rate then in effect, (ii) the federal funds effective rate then in effect, plus 0.50% per annum, (iii) an adjusted term SOFR rate determined on the basis of a one-month interest period, plus 1.00% per annum, and (iv) 2.00%, in each case, plus a margin of 4.25%. Interest is due and payable in quarterly arrears, in the case of Term Loans bearing interest at the base rate, and at the end of an interest period (or quarterly, in the case of any interest period longer than 3 months), in the case of Term Loans bearing interest at the adjusted term SOFR rate. As of AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, interest on the Term Loan Facilities was based on an adjusted term SOFR rate.
As of AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, we were in compliance with all debt covenants.
In March 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a $100.0 million share repurchase program of our common stock which was increased by an additional $50.0 million in September 2023 and an additional2023, $50.0 million in March 2025.2025, and $100.0 million in May 2026. During the three and six months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, no1,817,696 repurchasesshares were maderepurchased underand the share repurchase program. Asas of AprilJuly 30,31, 2026, approximately $14.9$106.2 million remains available for future purchases, exclusive of commissions paid on the repurchase of shares. In May 2026, our Board of Directors authorized an additional $100.0 million to our share repurchase program.
Net cash provided by operating activities of $37.4$45.4 million for the threesix months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026 reflected our net income of $2.6$15.8 million, adjusted by non-cash charges including stock-based compensation expense of $10.0$20.0 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $6.2$12.4 million, asasset wellimpairment ascharges of $4.7 million, and amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets of $2.3 million and asset impairment charges of $4.7$4.5 million. In addition, there were positive adjustments resulting from changes in accounts receivable of $49.4$50.2 million, mainly due to the timing of billing and cash collections during the period, and costs to obtain revenue contracts of $2.9$4.5 million. These increases were offset by changes in unearned revenue of $15.8$37.3 million, accounts payable, accrued expense and other current liabilities of $14.7$17.7 million, operating lease liabilities of $7.4 million, and prepaid expenses and other current assets of $6.3 million, operating lease liabilities of $3.7 million and other long term assets of $0.9$5.1 million.
Net cash provided by operating activities of $37.7$46.1 million for the threesix months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2025 reflected our net income of $0.8$27.5 million, adjusted by non-cash charges including stock-based compensation expense of $12.7$25.6 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $6.9$13.6 million, including $4.1$8.2 million related to the amortization of acquired intangibles, asand well as $2.3$4.7 million related to the amortization of operating lease right-of-use assetsassets. andThese $1.8non-cash charges were offset by $21.6 million related to adjustments in contingent consideration. In addition, there were positive adjustments resulting from changes in accounts receivable of $43.1$47.3 million, mainly due to the timing of billing and cash collections during the period, as well as changes in other long term assets of $5.9$6.8 million, and costs to obtain revenue contracts of $3.2$7.0 million and $0.8 million in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities.million. These increases were offset by changes in unearned revenue of $21.7$46.5 million, other long term liabilities of $10.3$11.1 million, prepaid expenses and other current assets of $5.0$2.0 million and operating lease liabilities of $3.5$7.0 million.
Net cash used in investing activities of $0.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2026 reflected capital expenditures.
Net cash used in investing activities of $19.4$1.8 million for the threesix months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 20252026 reflected cash outflows of $18.8$1.1 million related to cash paid, net of cash acquired, in the acquisition of PlacesGoShine Scout,AI, as well as capital expenditures of $0.6$0.7 million.
Net cash used in investing activities of $19.9 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025 reflected cash outflows of $18.8 million related to cash paid, net of cash acquired, in the acquisition of Places Scout, as well as capital expenditures of $1.1 million.
Net cash used in financing activities of $100.1$111.3 million for the threesix months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2026 reflected cash outflows of $142.0$150.9 million associated with repurchases of our common stock, inclusive of $142.1 million associated with our Tender Offer,Offer $5.0and $8.8 million associated with our share repurchase program, $7.8 million associated with payments for taxes related to the net share settlement of stock-based compensation awards, and deferred acquisition payments of $2.9 million made in connection with the Hearsay and Places Scout acquisitions. This was offset by proceeds from debt issuance of $49.5 million related to the May 2025 Credit Agreement.
Net cash usedprovided inby financing activities of $29.0$40.7 million for the threesix months ended AprilJuly 30,31, 2025 wasreflected primarilyproceeds from debt issuance of $99.0 million related to cashthe outflowsMay 2025 Credit Agreement, and $1.6 million of $27.6net proceeds from employee stock purchase plan withholdings. This was offset by $45.4 million associated with repurchases of common stock as part of our share repurchase program, as well as $2.1$14.0 million associated with payments for taxes related to the net share settlement of stock-based compensation awards.
See Note 2 "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies-Policies - Recent Accounting Pronouncements" to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information about adopted and pending recent accounting pronouncements.
YEXT insider buying and selling (Form 4)
Since 2026-04-11, insiders reported open-market purchases in 2 Form 4 filings (2 insiders, 2 trade dates, 209,190 shares, about $896.5K) and open-market sales in 2 filings (2 insiders, 2 trade dates, 40,000 shares, about $227.9K). Net open-market shares: 169,190 (purchases minus sales); net value about $668.6K.Totals add up every open-market (code P and S) line in those filings, using the prices reported in the filings. Awards, option exercises, tax withholding and gifts are listed below but not counted.
| Trade date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-20 | Bond Darryl |
Option exercise | 37,500 | — | — |
| 2026-09-20 | Bond Darryl |
Shares withheld for tax | 20,899 | $6.14 | $128.3K |
| 2026-09-20 | Bond Darryl |
Option exercise | 3,437 | — | — |
| 2026-09-20 | Shin Ho |
Shares withheld for tax | 11,604 | $6.14 | $71.2K |
| 2026-09-20 | Shin Ho |
Option exercise | 23,125 | — | — |
| 2026-09-20 | Walrath Michael |
Shares withheld for tax | 39,572 | $6.14 | $243.0K |
| 2026-09-20 | Walrath Michael |
Option exercise | 78,125 | — | — |
| 2026-09-20 | Tang Allan |
Option exercise | 6,075 | — | — |
| 2026-09-20 | Tang Allan |
Shares withheld for tax | 3,011 | $6.14 | $18.5K |
| 2026-09-11 | Shin Ho |
Open-market sale | 30,000 | $6.39 | $191.7K |
| 2026-07-13 | Englander Daniel J |
Open-market purchase | 76,190 | $5.22 | $397.7K |
| 2026-06-20 | Bond Darryl |
Option exercise | 37,500 | — | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Bond Darryl |
Shares withheld for tax | 20,900 | $3.80 | $79.4K |
| 2026-06-20 | Bond Darryl |
Option exercise | 3,438 | — | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Walrath Michael |
Option exercise | 78,125 | — | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Walrath Michael |
Option exercise | 566,437 | — | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Walrath Michael |
Shares withheld for tax | 329,050 | $3.80 | $1.3M |
| 2026-06-20 | Tang Allan |
Shares withheld for tax | 3,001 | $3.80 | $11.4K |
| 2026-06-20 | Tang Allan |
Option exercise | 6,075 | — | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Shin Ho |
Option exercise | 23,125 | — | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Shin Ho |
Shares withheld for tax | 18,661 | $3.80 | $70.9K |
| 2026-06-20 | Shin Ho |
Option exercise | 14,063 | — | — |
| 2026-06-11 | Davis Mark Steven |
Option exercise | 27,131 | — | — |
| 2026-06-11 | Smith Hillary B |
Option exercise | 27,131 | — | — |
| 2026-06-11 | Waugh Seth H. |
Open-market purchase | 133,000 | $3.75 | $498.8K |
| 2026-06-10 | Lipson Jesse |
Option exercise | 27,131 | — | — |
| 2026-06-10 | Sheehan Andrew T |
Grant/award | 43,209 | — | — |
| 2026-04-15 | Tang Allan |
Open-market sale | 10,000 | $3.62 | $36.2K |
| 2026-03-20 | Shin Ho |
Shares withheld for tax | 30,448 | $4.79 | $145.8K |
Well-known investors holding YEXT (13F)
| Investor | Quarter | Shares | Reported value | % of their 13F | Change vs prior quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Advisors (Ken Griffin) | 2026-06-30 | 758,579 | $3.5M | 0.0% | Added 81% |
| Millennium Management (Israel Englander) | 2026-06-30 | 631,341 | $2.4M | — | Sold out |
| Point72 Asset Management (Steve Cohen) | 2026-06-30 | 466,257 | $1.8M | — | Sold out |
| AQR Capital Management (Cliff Asness) | 2026-06-30 | 170,604 | $796.7K | 0.0% | Added 167% |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 2026-06-30 | 90,555 | $422.9K | 0.0% | Reduced 32% |
| Gotham Asset Management (Joel Greenblatt) | 2026-06-30 | 34,809 | $162.6K | 0.0% | Reduced 29% |
| Two Sigma Investments | 2026-06-30 | 18,865 | $88.1K | 0.0% | Reduced 36% |
| Renaissance Technologies | 2026-06-30 | 18,000 | $84.1K | 0.0% | Reduced 58% |