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Low riskNext report: Around Dec 7 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are trimming.
Going well
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- High return on equity: 24%
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 9.7% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (79 bought, 114 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$7.42+0.9% that day
- Company value
- $1.1B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 43.6x
- You pay about $44 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 2.6x
- Company value is 2.6 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 8%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 9%
- Debt as a share of company value
From YEXT's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jul '26$111.1M-1.8% vs a year earlier
Oct '23Tap a barJul '26
Last 12 months: $443.0M, down 1.5% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 4.7% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.24.3%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.61x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.8.5%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.1 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$53.3M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+3.7% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.74.5%
- Revenue
- $446.6M
- +6.1% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +4.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $98.0M
- 0.61x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.07x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jul 31, 2026- Revenue
- $111.1M
- -1.8% YoY
- EPS
- $0.13
- vs $0.03
- Op. margin
- 15.8%
- -10.4 pts
- Gross margin
- 75.5%
- +0.3 pts
- Free cash flow
- $7.7M
- Share count
- -21.2%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.9
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▼Distributing-9.7%Institutions cut 9.7% from their holdings. 79 bought, 114 sold. 6 quarters of net selling in a row.
Shares held by institutions73.4M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-7.4%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
4.1x · $147.7M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
99MNext reportAround Dec 7 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedSep 1
- Results filedJun 2
- Results filedMar 9
- Results filedDec 8, 2025
- Results filedSep 8, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Stock awardMichael WalrathChief Executive Officer, Director
11,000,000 shares at $7.00 · $77.0M
- Now owns 11,000,000 shares
- Exercise price $7.00
- Stock Option (Right to Buy)
- Filed 3 days after trade
Option exerciseAllan TangChief Accounting Officer
6,075 shares
- +56% of holdings
- Now owns 16,997 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseMichael WalrathChief Executive Officer, Director
78,125 shares
- +2% of holdings
- Now owns 4,042,221 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseHo ShinGeneral Counsel
23,125 shares
- +8% of holdings
- Now owns 312,394 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseDarryl BondSee Remarks
40,937 shares
- +5% of holdings
- Now owns 796,469 shares
- 2 transactions
- Filed 2 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
SoldHo ShinGeneral Counsel
30,000 shares at $6.39 · $192K
- -9% of holdings
- Now owns 289,269 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed same day