Yelp Inc. (YELP)Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | San Francisco, United States | NYSE
23.18 USD
+0.67
(2.976%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 23.18 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT
Yelp presents a classic value trap scenario where cheap valuation masks a deteriorating business trajectory. The stock trades at a low P/E of roughly 11x, but this is not a margin of safety; it is the market pricing in a structural decline. The price history confirms this, showing a cumulative drop of nearly 15% over the last nine years, capped by two consecutive years of negative growth. Fundamentally, the company is struggling with stagnating revenue (+1.4%) and shrinking earnings (-28% quarterly growth), while attempting to pivot toward AI without yet proving it can restore its core moat. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt exceeding cash reserves, making it vulnerable to further credit tightening. The short-term outlook remains murky. Technicals show the stock trading below both its 50-day and 200-day averages, confirming a downtrend. While the statistical forecast model offers no directional bias (a neutral signal), this lack of clarity combined with weak momentum prevents a bullish entry. The options market reinforces this pessimism, with traders buying significant downside protection via OTM puts, suggesting they expect volatility to favor sellers. Without a clear turnaround in revenue growth or a resolution to the margin compression, the investment case remains weak despite the attractive headline multiples. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.108177 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.108180 |
| MSTL | 0.109959 |
| AutoTheta | 0.119960 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 48% |
| H-stat | 0.80 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.295 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.04 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 19.131 |
| Revenue per Share | 24.752 |
| Market Cap | 1,257,830,784 |
| Trailing P/E | 11.20 |
| Forward P/E | 6.24 |
| Beta | 0.46 |
| Profit Margins | 8.59% |
| Website | https://www.yelp.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts (OTM) across all expirations, particularly at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., 15, 16, 20). While there is some call volume near the money, the dominance of put OI suggests a 'crash protection' strategy rather than a bullish bet on a rally. Implied volatility is elevated relative to deep ITM strikes, indicating fear of a downside gap.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.28289264 |
| Address1 | 350 Mission Street |
| Address2 | 10th Floor |
| All Time High | 101.75 |
| All Time Low | 12.89 |
| Ask | 23.41 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.9 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 902,890 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,166,254 |
| Average Volume | 1,166,254 |
| Average Volume10Days | 902,890 |
| Beta | 0.455 |
| Bid | 23.0 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| 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 | 23.18 |
| Current Ratio | 1.749 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 23.345 |
| Day Low | 22.565 |
| Debt To Equity | 19.131 |
| Display Name | Yelp |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,050,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,050,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.149 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.282 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,908,800 |
| Ebitda | 206,368,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.1401 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.236 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.874 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,286,991,744 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.56 |
| Eps Forward | 3.7125 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.07 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 24.9316 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.7516003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.07025623 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -28.289265 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 34.49 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -11.310001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.32792115 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 19.6 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.58 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.18265305 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 19.6 - 34.49 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,330,698,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 52,500,596 |
| Forward Eps | 3.7125 |
| Forward P E | 6.243771 |
| Free Cashflow | 283,744,640 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 5,168 |
| Fullday Change | 0.67 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.97646 |
| Fullday Price | 23.18 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.89647 |
| Gross Profits | 1,320,497,024 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.06345 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.1583 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 54,263,621 |
| 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 | 1,257,830,784 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_24558792 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 126,507,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,221,474,108 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 22.63 |
| Operating Cashflow | 349,638,016 |
| Operating Margins | 0.12666 |
| 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 | 23.18 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 22.51 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 6.511236 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.0536902 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.8539227 |
| Profit Margins | 0.085880004 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.501 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.9 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.67 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.97646 |
| Regular Market Day High | 23.345 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 22.565 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 22.565 - 23.345 |
| Regular Market Open | 22.63 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 22.51 |
| Regular Market Price | 23.18 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,203 |
| Regular Market Volume | 777,661 |
| Return On Assets | 0.114259996 |
| Return On Equity | 0.18190001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.014 |
| Revenue Per Share | 24.752 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1966995 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 54,263,621 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1591 |
| Shares Short | 8,635,166 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 9,040,893 |
| Short Name | Yelp Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.2631 |
| Short Ratio | 8.16 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | YELP |
| Target High Price | 30.0 |
| Target Low Price | 21.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 26.0 |
| Target Median Price | 26.0 |
| Total Cash | 94,142,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.735 |
| Total Debt | 123,303,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,473,003,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.07 |
| Trailing P E | 11.198068 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 25.9752 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.7952003 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.107610345 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 777,661 |
| Website | https://www.yelp.com |
| Zip | 94,105 |