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Yext Inc YEXT

US equityMarket cap rank #3561Software - Infrastructure
$6.62 +$0.06 (+0.91%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $6.62 0.00%
Open$6.56
Prev close$6.56
Day range$6.47 – $6.66
Volume575.2K
Market cap$655.24M
P/E (TTM)38.9
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership75.4%+0.61 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding205+1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)34 buys / 14 sellsNet buying
Short interest6.12% of floatDays to cover 4.3 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share30.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

26%30%34%38%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$100.8K (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$195.7KSuper+$95.0KBig+$758.5KMid+$1.7MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 43.6% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Lynrock Lake LP19.21%
  • Lead Edge Capital Management, LLC7.92%
  • BlackRock7.47%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC4.66%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.34%
  • Michael Walrath4.11%
  • State Street Global Advisors2.89%
  • Acadian Asset Management LLC2.60%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund40.57%
  • Hedge Fund22.10%
  • VC/PE Fund7.92%
  • Individual/Insider6.97%
  • Public Company2.05%
  • Private Company1.04%
  • Family Office/Trust0.87%
  • Bank/Investment Bank0.32%

Reported short interest has risen from 4.58% to 6.12% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
19 Sep 2026 Michael Walrath Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Sale -39,572 $6.14 4,067,636
19 Sep 2026 Michael Walrath Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Retained +38,553 – 4,067,636
19 Sep 2026 Ho Shin General Counsel Derivative Exercise and Sale -11,604 $6.14 300,790
19 Sep 2026 Ho Shin General Counsel Derivative Exercise and Retained +11,521 – 300,790
19 Sep 2026 Darryl Bond Chief Financial Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -20,899 $6.14 775,570
19 Sep 2026 Darryl Bond Chief Financial Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +20,038 – 775,570
19 Sep 2026 Allan Tang Chief Accounting Officer & Principal Accounting Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -3,011 $6.14 13,986
19 Sep 2026 Allan Tang Chief Accounting Officer & Principal Accounting Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +3,064 – 13,986
10 Sep 2026 Ho Shin General Counsel Open Market Disposition -30,000 $6.39 289,269
8 Sep 2026 Daniel Englander Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +5,284 – 5,284
12 Jul 2026 Daniel Englander Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +76,190 $5.22 141,190
6 Jul 2026 Cynthia Paul Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +89,058 – 89,058
30 Jun 2026 Lynrock Lake LP Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 19,015,087
19 Jun 2026 Michael Walrath Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Sale -329,050 $3.80 4,029,083
19 Jun 2026 Michael Walrath Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Retained +315,512 – 4,029,083
19 Jun 2026 Ho Shin General Counsel Derivative Exercise and Sale -18,661 $3.80 319,269
19 Jun 2026 Ho Shin General Counsel Derivative Exercise and Retained +18,527 – 319,269
19 Jun 2026 Darryl Bond Chief Financial Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -20,900 $3.80 755,532
19 Jun 2026 Darryl Bond Chief Financial Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +20,038 – 755,532
19 Jun 2026 Allan Tang Chief Accounting Officer & Principal Accounting Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -3,001 $3.80 10,922

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 6,052,725 6.1% 4.3
31 Aug 2026 5,529,323 5.5% 7.1
14 Aug 2026 5,587,793 5.6% 8.0
31 Jul 2026 5,191,296 5.2% 5.2
15 Jul 2026 5,284,561 5.3% 4.3
30 Jun 2026 4,594,584 4.6% 2.5

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