MCHX vs YEXT vs ZETA Stock Comparison

Marchex, Yext and Zeta Global Holdings Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MCHX Marchex Inc
$1.49 +15.5% 1M -15.8% 1Y
Market cap
$66.03M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$45.02M
Div. yield
–
Marketing Software Technology
1 win
YEXT Yext, Inc.
$7.30 +12.5% 1M -12.0% 1Y
Market cap
$716.68M
P/E
27.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$443.02M
Div. yield
–
Marketing Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Zeta Global Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Zeta Global Holdings 5, Yext 4, Marchex 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMCHXYEXTZETALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $66.03M $716.68M $7.48B ZETA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -18.0x 27.4x -3,450x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 37.3x 9.5x 32.1x YEXT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -5.3% -1.5% +35.9% ZETA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.1% 5.9% -0.1% YEXT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 19.3% 0.5% YEXT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.0x -1.0x ZETA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.8% -12.0% +84.5% ZETA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.6%/yr -10.3%/yr +31.7%/yr ZETA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.1% 55.4% 65.0% MCHX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 67/100 61/100 YEXT

Percentile Scorecard

MCHXYEXTZETA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMCHXYEXTZETA
Valuation 65 #36 of 101 80 #21 of 101 35 #66 of 101
Growth 32 #66 of 97 50 #49 of 97 99 #2 of 97
Profitability 42 #54 of 93 78 #21 of 93 50 #47 of 93
Financial Health 79 #24 of 108 31 #75 of 108 85 #17 of 108
Shareholder Returns – 97 #3 of 63 36 #41 of 63
Overall 55 67 61
  • MCHX ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • YEXT ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • ZETA ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMCHXYEXTZETASPY
1 month +15.5%+12.5%+13.0% +0.7%
3 months -15.3%+32.5%+53.4% +3.7%
6 months -14.4%+89.1%+77.8% +7.1%
Year to date -10.2%-9.4%+60.9% +12.8%
1 year -15.8%-12.0%+84.5% +11.9%
3 years +8.0%+22.5%+332.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.6%+7.0%+63.0% +22.8%
5 years -54.6%-42.0%+296.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -14.6%-10.3%+31.7% +10.9%
10 years -41.8%—— +262.0%
10 years, per year -5.3%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMCHXYEXTZETASPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.1%55.4%65.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 52.2%64.3%59.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.860.712.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.32-0.221.30 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.5%-75.5%-70.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.6%-17.7%-4.0% -1.2%
52-week high $1.90$8.87$34.12 $779.14
52-week low $1.22$3.34$14.55 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMCHXYEXTZETA
P/E now vs peer median -18.0xmedian 28.0x 28.0xmedian 28.0x -3,704xmedian 28.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.8x 1.6xmedian 2.8x 4.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 16.9x 12.5xmedian 16.9x 67.8xmedian 16.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.9x 13.7xmedian 15.9x 33.1xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 3.2x 20.3xmedian 3.2x 8.0xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.53median 0.89 0.57median 0.89 -45.09median 0.89

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMCHXYEXTZETA
Revenue $45.02M $443.02M $1.57B
Gross profit $28.09M $327.66M $934.32M
Operating income -$4.20M $36.90M $24.68M
Net income -$3.66M $26.12M -$2.17M
Free cash flow – $52.98M $224.41M
R&D $9.07M $85.48M $146.97M
EPS (diluted) $-0.07 $0.25 $-0.01
Cash & equivalents $8.15M $86.83M $309.95M
Total debt – $147.70M $197.48M
Shares (diluted) 48.98M 103.11M 256.58M
Enterprise value $27.12M $243.93M $6.18B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMCHXYEXTZETA
P/E -18.0x 28.0x -3,704x
P/FCF – 13.7x 33.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.2x 30.8x
P/S 1.3x 1.6x 4.7x
P/B 2.0x 20.3x 8.0x
P/Tangible book 2.0x -17.3x 10.0x
EV/EBITDA – 12.5x 67.8x
EV/EBIT -12.1x 21.3x 296.3x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 1.8x 4.7x
EV/FCF – 14.8x 32.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 14.3x 30.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.53 0.57 -45.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMCHXYEXTZETA
Revenue growth (1Y) -5.3% -1.5% 35.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.6% 3.2% 33.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -8.4% -4.2% 32.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.7% 2.2% 30.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.8% 225.5% 192.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 30.1% 51.3% 28.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.1% 250.8% 94.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 45.7% 78.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 21.8% 345.0% 95.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 34.2% 49.1% 82.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -19.8% 55.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.1% 42.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -20.5% 64.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 8.9% 52.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMCHXYEXTZETA
Gross margin 62.4% 74.0% 59.5%
EBITDA margin – 14.1% 6.9%
Operating margin -9.3% 8.3% 1.6%
Pretax margin -7.9% 6.3% -0.6%
Net margin -8.1% 5.9% -0.1%
FCF margin – 12.0% 14.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 12.4% 15.3%
Return on equity -12.4% 86.7% -0.2%
Return on assets -9.5% 5.3% -0.1%
Return on invested capital – 19.3% 0.5%
Return on capital employed -13.5% 14.7% 2.1%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.9x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.1x -111.1x
Stock comp / revenue 5.5% 9.7% 12.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMCHXYEXTZETA
Debt / assets – 30.5% 13.5%
Debt / equity – 4.1x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.0x -1.0x
Debt / FCF – 2.8x 0.9x
Liabilities / assets 22.9% 92.6% 36.9%
Equity / assets 77.1% 7.4% 63.1%
Interest coverage – 3.3x 16.1x
Current ratio 2.3x 0.8x 2.4x
Quick ratio 2.2x 0.6x 2.3x
Cash ratio 1.1x 0.4x 1.1x
Altman Z-score -7.14 0.14 8.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMCHXYEXTZETA
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 23.3% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 23.3% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMCHXYEXTZETA
Forward P/E 37.3xFY2026 9.5xFY2026 32.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.04FY2026 $0.77FY2026 $1.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +45.3%FY2026 +39.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +300.0% +2.6% +23.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $57.01MFY2026 $433.54MFY2026 $1.93BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.5%FY2026 -2.9%FY2026 +48.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +29.8% -1.3% +3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMCHXYEXTZETA
Held by institutions 48.0% 65.8% 74.8%
Institutions holding 29 178 414
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% -9.8% +3.9%
Institutions buying 8 83 246
Institutions selling 9 64 117
Buyers to sellers 0.89 1.30 2.10

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MCHXYEXTZETA
MCHX 1.00 0.10 0.05
YEXT 0.10 1.00 0.36
ZETA 0.05 0.36 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MCHX, YEXT and ZETA?

Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Marchex (MCHX) $66.03M, Yext (YEXT) $716.68M, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) $7.48B.

Which company is growing faster?

Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Marchex (MCHX) -5.3%, Yext (YEXT) -1.5%, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) +35.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Yext (YEXT) has the highest net margin (Marchex (MCHX) -8.1%, Yext (YEXT) 5.9%, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) -0.1%). On return on invested capital, Yext (YEXT) leads (Yext (YEXT) 19.3%, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) 0.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) returned the most: Marchex (MCHX) -15.8%, Yext (YEXT) -12.0%, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) +84.5%. Over five years, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) compounded fastest (Marchex (MCHX) -14.6%/yr, Yext (YEXT) -10.3%/yr, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) +31.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Marchex (MCHX) has been the steadiest (Marchex (MCHX) 50.1%, Yext (YEXT) 55.4%, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) 65.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MCHX, YEXT and ZETA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Zeta Global Holdings (ZETA) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.