Yext (YEXT) Research & Development (2016 - 2026)

Yext's (YEXT) quarterly Research & Development came in at -$12.4 million in Q1 2026, up 75.93% year-on-year from -$7.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 136.55% on a QoQ basis from $34.0 million in Q4 2025.

Yext (YEXT) Research & Development (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Yext (YEXT) has 11 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at -$12.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 75.93% year-over-year to -$12.4 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was $75.6 million, a 2.12% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $89.9 million, up 16.42% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at -$12.4 million, down from $34.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Research & Development for YEXT reached as high as $60.8 million in Q2 2022 and fell as low as -$103.9 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Research & Development has averaged $9.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $34.0 million in 2025.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development slumped 156.25% in 2022 and jumped 122.11% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $49.4 million in 2022, then decreased by 8.11% to $45.4 million in 2023, then slipped by 3.72% to $43.7 million in 2024, then retreated by 22.05% to $34.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 136.55% to -$12.4 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Research & Development figures were -$12.4 million in Q1 2026, $34.0 million in Q4 2025, and $32.1 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,921.46 Bn 2,797.02 Bn 56.06 Bn 6.81 Bn
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,686.70 Bn 2,686.70 Bn 358.92 Mn -
3 Oracle 344.13 Bn 312.24 Bn - 4.01 Bn
4 Repay Holdings 342.29 Bn 342.15 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 294.57 Bn 286.54 Bn 1.42 Bn 160.98 Mn
6 Palo Alto Networks 224.46 Bn 219.93 Bn 1.91 Bn 823.00 Mn
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 182.52 Bn 179.42 Bn 993.68 Mn 802.89 Mn
8 Fortinet 111.29 Bn 107.99 Bn 1.49 Bn 636.30 Mn
9 Cloudflare 93.63 Bn 92.68 Bn 455.60 Mn 271.60 Mn
10 Yext 697.52 Mn 541.90 Mn 82.30 Mn -12.44 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -12.44 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 34.04 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 32.07 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 21.90 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 -51.68 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 43.67 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 41.96 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 43.25 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 -64.90 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 45.36 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 18.89 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 44.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 -93.34 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 49.36 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 54.11 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 60.78 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 -103.94 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 58.55 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 58.58 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 55.17 Mn