shares of yext inc rose 8 to 586 in early trading a day after the company topped wall street estimates for its firstquarter revenue the searchsoftware provider said sales in the quarter ended april 30 gained 7 yearoveryear to 988 million ahead of the high end of its guidance analysts surveyed by factset had been expecting 967 million yext said its customer count increased by 11 to 2830 and that it launched a 100 million sharerepurchase program during the quarter to capitalize on its strong cash position the company posted a net loss of 258 million for the quarter compared with a loss of 176 million last year stripping out onetime items yexts adjusted loss was 6 cents a share nearly in line with its guidance of between 7 cents and 8 cents a share analysts surveyed by factset had expected an adjusted loss of 7 cents a share