Yext has retired 24.6% of its shares since 2022, from 131,186,882 to 98,978,704.
At $6.90 a share, a market value of $683.0M. FCF yield 7.8%, P/E 26.1, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018-02-28 | 94,174,107 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-28 | 102,247,841 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-03-02 | 115,847,791 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-03-01 | 124,807,360 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-03-01 | 131,186,882 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-03-01 | 122,104,719 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-02-28 | 124,867,093 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-26 | 126,484,781 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-02-23 | 123,345,128 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Yext on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Read the full storyCash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $6.90.
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Yes. Yext has 19.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 98,978,704 as of August 18, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 23.7%.
Net of every new share it issued, Yext has 32.2 million fewer shares than at its 2022 peak. That is 24.6% of the company.
98,978,704 shares, as of August 18, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2022 peak it had 131,186,882.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Yext stock in 2022 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Yext ranks No. 332 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Minerals Technologies (24.8%), Hexcel (24.6%), Northern Trust (24.4%), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (24.2%).
Every answer is computed from Yext's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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