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Yext (YEXT) Gross Profit : $316.9 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Yext Gross Profit?

Yext's gross profit for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $79.4 Mil. Yext's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $316.9 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Yext's gross profit for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $79.4 Mil. Yext's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $101.1 Mil. Therefore, Yext's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 78.58%.

Yext had a gross margin of 78.58% for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 10 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Yext was 78.37%. The lowest was 58.61%. And the median was 74.16%.


Yext Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yext's Gross Profit can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Yext Gross Profit Chart

Yext Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 221.80 268.26 292.28 296.89 316.85

Yext Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Gross Profit Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 75.41 78.10 80.21 79.10 79.45

Competitive Comparison of Yext's Gross Profit

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Yext's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Yext's Gross Profit Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Yext's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yext's Gross Profit falls into.



Yext Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Yext's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Jan. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=404.322 - 87.468
=316.9

Yext's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Jan. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=101.107 - 21.659
=79.4

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $316.9 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Yext's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Jan. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=79.4 / 101.107
=78.58 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Yext  (NYSE:YEXT) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Yext had a gross margin of 78.58% for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage


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Yext (YEXT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
61 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10011
Yext Inc provides a knowledge engine platform that lets businesses manage their digital knowledge in the cloud and sync it to approximately 200 services including Apple Maps, Bing, Cortana, Facebook, Google, Google Maps, Instagram, Siri and Yelp. Digital knowledge is the structured information that a business wants to make publicly accessible. The company also makes search intelligent by helping to provide precise, accurate and current answers to location-based queries that are conducted across the web and mobile applications and voice and artificial intelligence, or AI, engines. The company derives majority of its revenues from subscription services.
Executives
Ho Shin officer: General Counsel 61 NINTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10011
Brian Distelburger director, officer: President ONE MADISON AVENUE, FIFTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
Julie Richardson director YEXT, INC., 1 MADISON AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
Evan Skorpen director C/O YEXT, INC., 61 NINTH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Faheem Bawa officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O YEXT, INC., 61 NINTH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Marc Ferrentino officer: President and COO 61 NINTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10011
Darryl Bond officer: Chief Accounting Officer ONE MADISON AVENUE, FIFTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
Seth H. Waugh director C/O FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC., ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Steven Cakebread officer: Chief Financial Officer YEXT, INC., ONE MADISON AVE., FIFTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
David Rudnitsky officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O YEXT, INC., 61 NINTH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Howard Lerman director, officer: Chief Executive Officer ONE MADISON AVENUE, FIFTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
Tamar Yehoshua director 301 CONGRESS AVE, STE 700, AUSTIN TX 78701
Shane Battier director 2600 VIRGINIA AVENUE NW, SUITE T23 MANAGEMENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Hillary B Smith director C/O YEXT, INC, 61 NINTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10011
Michael Walrath director ONE MADISON AVENUE, FIFTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010

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