Yelp (YELP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Yelp Inc. operates an online platform that connects consumers with local businesses. Through its website and mobile applications, Yelp provides user-generated reviews, ratings, photos and other information about businesses across categories such as restaurants, home services, beauty and fitness, automotive, health and professional services.

The company generates revenue primarily by offering businesses advertising and other marketing products designed to help them reach consumers searching for local services. Yelp also provides business-management tools and features that support customer engagement, including tools for responding to reviews, managing business information, handling inquiries and, in certain categories, accepting reservations or service requests.

Yelp was founded in 2004 by Jeremy Stoppelman and Russell Simmons and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its platform serves consumers and businesses primarily in the United States, with additional operations and users in international markets including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and parts of Europe. Jeremy Stoppelman serves as Yelp’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.27 to $17.96
• 50-Day Range: $17.65 to $27.92
• 52-Week Range: $17.26 to $34.49
• Volume: 1.28 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.34 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $957.63 million
• P/E Ratio: 8.44
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $26.57
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Yelp Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Yelp scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 95th out of 244 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Yelp has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.71, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Yelp has a consensus price target of $26.57, representing about 50.6% upside from its current price of $17.65.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Yelp has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 27.32%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Yelp are expected to grow by 27.32% in the coming year, from $1.83 to $2.33 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Yelp is 8.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.53.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Yelp is 8.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 233.29.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Yelp has a PEG Ratio of 1.64. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Yelp has a P/B Ratio of 1.49. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

20.84% of the float of Yelp has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Yelp has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.07.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yelp has recently increased by 12.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Yelp does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Yelp does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.54

News Sentiment

Yelp has a news sentiment score of 0.54. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Yelp this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for YELP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Yelp insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $304,949.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.30% of the stock of Yelp is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.11% of the stock of Yelp is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Interactive Media & Services
• Sub-Industry: Interactive Media & Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:YELP
• CIK: 1345016
• Web: www.yelp.com
• Phone: (415) 908-3801
• Fax: 415-908-3833
• Employees: 5,168
• Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Yelp: $26.57
• High Price Target: $32.00
• Low Price Target: $19.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +50.6%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.09
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.44
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.64
• P/E Growth: 1.64
• Net Income: $145.60 million
• Net Margins: 8.59%
• Pretax Margin: 12.50%
• Return on Equity: 19.52%
• Return on Assets: 13.44%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.16
• Current Ratio: 1.75
• Quick Ratio: 1.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.46 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.65
• Cash Flow: $3.88 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.55
• Book Value: $11.86 per share
• Price / Book: 1.49

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 54,260,000
• Free Float: 49,760,000
• Market Cap: $957.63 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.43