NYSE:YELP - Yelp Stock Price, Price Target & More

Yelp trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "YELP."

Yelp declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Friday, August 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 7.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 10th. The local business review company reported ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.05. The local business review company earned $223.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $220.17 million. Yelp had a net margin of 17.80% and a return on equity of 0.47%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.19 earnings per share. View Yelp's Earnings History.

Yelp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Yelp.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Yelp's shares. Their predictions range from $30.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Yelp's stock price to reach $45.3965 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Yelp.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Yelp in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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Media coverage about YELP stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Yelp earned a media sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the local business review company an impact score of 44.96 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Yelp's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (3.60%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.04%) and Radnor Capital Management LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Yelp stock include Alan Ramsay, Charles Baker, Geoffrey L Donaker, Jeremy Stoppelman, Joseph R Nachman, Laurence Wilson and Michael Stoppelman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Yelp.

YELP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Radnor Capital Management LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Yelp company stock in the last year include Alan Ramsay, Charles Baker, Geoffrey L Donaker, Jeremy Stoppelman, Joseph R Nachman and Laurence Wilson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Yelp.

YELP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Yelp.

Shares of YELP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of YELP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.46.

Yelp has a market capitalization of $3.33 billion and generates $846.81 million in revenue each year. The local business review company earns $152.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.07 on an earnings per share basis. Yelp employs 5,323 workers across the globe.

Yelp's mailing address is 140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94105. The local business review company can be reached via phone at 415-908-3801 or via email at [email protected]