Yelp Inc. (YELP)Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | San Francisco, United States | NYSE
25.58 USD
-0.78
(-2.959%) ⇩
(July 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 25.58 |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:34 a.m. EDT
Yelp presents a classic value trap scenario where the math looks attractive but the trend tells a different story. Fundamentally, the company is trading at a discount with a forward P/E of roughly 6x and strong free cash flow, yet it is suffering from a persistent lack of growth; revenue growth is stagnant at less than 1%, and earnings are contracting. The price history confirms this malaise, showing two consecutive years of decline and a failure to break out of its downtrend despite occasional rallies. While the recent price action shows a technical bounce off the lows, the underlying business lacks the momentum to sustain a major rally without a catalyst. The options market reflects this cautious optimism, with buyers betting on a stabilization near current prices rather than a breakout. Until the company can demonstrate a return to meaningful top-line growth, the investment case remains weak for long-term holders, though the low valuation offers a limited margin of safety for patient buyers willing to wait for a cycle turn. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.167260 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.176735 |
| AutoETS | 0.176738 |
| MSTL | 0.180655 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 48% |
| H-stat | 0.38 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.152 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.46 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 24.549 |
| Revenue per Share | 23.782 |
| Market Cap | 1,406,662,144 |
| Trailing P/E | 12.07 |
| Forward P/E | 6.21 |
| Beta | 0.46 |
| Profit Margins | 9.47% |
| Website | https://www.yelp.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:34 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a modest rebound rather than a crash. Call volume is significantly heavier than put volume, with notable buying at the $23 strike and heavy open interest walls at $25-$29 strikes for August expiration. This suggests a 'floor' mentality where traders believe the stock will stabilize near current levels and attempt to reclaim lost ground, rather than a flight-to-safety scenario.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.23103851 |
| Address1 | 350 Mission Street |
| Address2 | 10th Floor |
| All Time High | 101.75 |
| All Time Low | 12.89 |
| Ask | 25.84 |
| Ask Size | 600 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.9 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,186,290 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,277,803 |
| Average Volume | 1,277,803 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,186,290 |
| Beta | 0.46 |
| Bid | 25.58 |
| Bid Size | 500 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 11.287 |
| City | San Francisco |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 25.58 |
| Current Ratio | 1.739 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 26.05 |
| Day Low | 25.4 |
| Debt To Equity | 24.549 |
| Display Name | Yelp |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.167 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.273 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,046,400 |
| Ebitda | 206,398,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.14061 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.031 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.989 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,451,174,272 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.64 |
| Eps Forward | 4.1175 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.12 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 24.2618 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.3181992 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.05433229 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -23.103851 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 35.39 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -9.809999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.27719694 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 19.6 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.9799995 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.30510202 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 19.6 - 35.39 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,330,698,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 53,213,404 |
| Forward Eps | 4.1175 |
| Forward P E | 6.2125077 |
| Free Cashflow | 281,926,880 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 5,168 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.90042 |
| Gross Profits | 1,321,700,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.06396 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.166 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 54,990,704 |
| Industry | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Disp | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Key | internet-content-information |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally. Its platform covers various categories, including restaurants, shopping, beauty and fitness, health, and other categories, as well as home, local, auto, professional, pets, events, real estate, and financial services. It provides free and paid advertising products to businesses, which include cost-per-click advertising and multi-location Ad products, RepairPal network, and business listing pages. The company also offers Yelp Connect that provides advertisers with a channel to market new offerings, such as new menu items and specials, and communicate business updates to customers; Yelp Guaranteed that provides limited coverage to consumers who hire a yelp guaranteed business through request-a-quote in the event; Nearby Jobs solutions; Yelp Guest Manager, a subscription-based suite of front-of-house management tools for restaurants, nightlife, and certain other venues, which include online reservations, a waitlist management solution, as well as through hostless kiosks, and seating and server rotation management tools; Yelp Fusion Insights program that offers business owners local analytics and insights; and Yelp Fusion, which offers free access to basic information through publicly available APIs and paid access to content and data for consumer-facing enterprise use. In addition, it provides content licensing and consumer-interactive tools. Further, the company offers its products directly through its sales force; indirectly through partners; and online through its website and business app, as well as non-advertising partner arrangements. It has partnership with DOORDASH to provide consumers with a service to place food orders for pickup and delivery. The company was formerly known as Yelp! Inc. and changed its name to Yelp Inc. in November 2005. Yelp Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California. |
| Long Name | Yelp Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,406,662,144 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_24558792 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 138,944,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,449,554,957 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 25.77 |
| Operating Cashflow | 331,849,984 |
| Operating Margins | 0.090229996 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.57 |
| Phone | 415 908 3801 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 25.58 |
| Post Market Time | 1,784,073,079 |
| Previous Close | 26.36 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 7.0274725 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.266324 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.95829636 |
| Profit Margins | 0.09466 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.512 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.9 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.780001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.95903 |
| Regular Market Day High | 26.05 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 25.4 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 25.4 - 26.05 |
| Regular Market Open | 25.77 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 26.36 |
| Regular Market Price | 25.58 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,784,059,203 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,115,705 |
| Return On Assets | 0.116289996 |
| Return On Equity | 0.20446 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.008 |
| Revenue Per Share | 23.782 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 54,990,704 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1579 |
| Shares Short | 8,685,644 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 8,256,257 |
| Short Name | Yelp Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.2589 |
| Short Ratio | 6.33 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | YELP |
| Target High Price | 32.0 |
| Target Low Price | 21.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 26.71429 |
| Target Median Price | 27.0 |
| Total Cash | 110,412,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.008 |
| Total Debt | 154,924,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,467,878,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.12 |
| Trailing P E | 12.066038 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 27.1417 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.5617008 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.057538796 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,115,705 |
| Website | https://www.yelp.com |
| Zip | 94,105 |