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

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

Yelp announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, August 4th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 7.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 10th. The local business review company reported ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.05. The local business review company had revenue of $223.07 million for 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 revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.19 EPS. View Yelp's Earnings History.

Yelp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Yelp.

26 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Yelp's stock. Their forecasts 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 12.6% 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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News headlines about YELP stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Yelp earned a news sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the local business review company an impact score of 46.22 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Yelp's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $40.30.

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]