Reviewing GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY)’s and Yext Inc. (NYSE:YEXT)’s results

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) and Yext Inc. (NYSE:YEXT) compete against each other in the Internet Software & Services sector. We will contrast them and contrast their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GoDaddy Inc.	72	4.21	N/A	0.48	154.16
Yext Inc.	20	7.62	N/A	-0.75	0.00

Table 1 showcases the top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation of GoDaddy Inc. and Yext Inc.

Profitability

Table 2 has GoDaddy Inc. and Yext Inc.’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GoDaddy Inc.	0.00%	11.4%	1.4%
Yext Inc.	0.00%	-64.9%	-27.9%

Liquidity

The Current Ratio of GoDaddy Inc. is 0.8 while its Quick Ratio stands at 0.8. The Current Ratio of rival Yext Inc. is 2.1 and its Quick Ratio is has 2.1. Yext Inc. is better equipped to clear short and long-term obligations than GoDaddy Inc.

Analyst Recommendations

Ratings and Recommendations for GoDaddy Inc. and Yext Inc. can be find in next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GoDaddy Inc.	0	0	1	3.00
Yext Inc.	0	0	0	0.00

The average price target of GoDaddy Inc. is $85, with potential upside of 27.59%.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

Institutional investors held 0% of GoDaddy Inc. shares and 84.2% of Yext Inc. shares. Insiders held roughly 0.4% of GoDaddy Inc.’s shares. Comparatively, Yext Inc. has 7.3% of it’s share held by insiders.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
GoDaddy Inc.	-2.59%	3.64%	-9.52%	9.42%	0.04%	11.83%
Yext Inc.	-0.81%	1.31%	-4.32%	36.37%	-4.85%	40.13%

For the past year GoDaddy Inc. has weaker performance than Yext Inc.

Summary

On 6 of the 9 factors GoDaddy Inc. beats Yext Inc.

GoDaddy Inc. designs and develops cloud-based technology products for small businesses, Web design professionals, and individuals in the United States and internationally. It provides domain name registration product that enables to engage customers at the initial stage of establishing a digital identity; hosting and presence products, such as shared Website hosting, Website hosting on virtual dedicated servers and dedicated servers, managed hosting, and security. The company also offers Website builder, an online tool that enables customers to build Websites; online store product that allows customers to create their own standalone Website with an integrated online store optimized for mobile shopping; and search engine visibility product that helps customers get their Websites found on search sites through search engine optimization. In addition, the company offers business application products, including Microsoft Office 365, email accounts, email marketing, and telephony services. GoDaddy Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Yext, Inc. provides a knowledge engine platform that lets businesses manage their digital knowledge in the cloud in North America and Europe. The company offers Yext Knowledge Engine, a cloud-based global platform that enables businesses to control and manage their digital knowledge and make it available through its PowerListings Network of approximately 100 third-party maps, apps, search engines, intelligent GPS systems, digital assistants, vertical directories, and social networks. It also provides global Knowledge Engine, which powers its listings, pages and reviews features. Yext, Inc. serves healthcare and pharmaceuticals, retail, financial services, manufacturing, and technology industries. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in New York, New York.