Snowflake Score | |
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Valuation | 2/6 |
Future Growth | 5/6 |
Past Performance | 1/6 |
Financial Health | 6/6 |
Dividends | 0/6 |
YELP Stock Overview
Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally.
Yelp Competitors
Price History & Performance
Historical stock prices | |
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Current Share Price | US$28.60 |
52 Week High | US$35.00 |
52 Week Low | US$27.20 |
Beta | 1.66 |
1 Month Change | -12.27% |
3 Month Change | -9.72% |
1 Year Change | -7.08% |
3 Year Change | -1.41% |
5 Year Change | n/a |
Change since IPO | -17.93% |
Recent News & Updates
Shareholder Returns
YELP | AT Interactive Media and Services | AT Market | |
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7D | 2.1% | 0% | 0% |
1Y | -7.1% | 0% | 0% |
Return vs Industry: YELP exceeded the Austrian Interactive Media and Services industry which returned -35.9% over the past year.
Return vs Market: YELP underperformed the Austrian Market which returned -4.2% over the past year.
Price Volatility
YELP volatility | |
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YELP Average Weekly Movement | 4.5% |
Interactive Media and Services Industry Average Movement | 0% |
Market Average Movement | 0% |
10% most volatile stocks in AT Market | 0% |
10% least volatile stocks in AT Market | 0% |
Stable Share Price: YELP is not significantly more volatile than the rest of Austrian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 5% a week.
Volatility Over Time: YELP's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
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2004 | 4,400 | Jeremy Stoppelman | https://www.yelp.com |
Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally. The company’s platform covers various local business 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 search advertising and multi-location Ad products, as well as enables businesses to deliver targeted search advertising to local audiences; and business listing page products.
Yelp Fundamentals Summary
YELP fundamental statistics | |
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Market Cap | US$2.08b |
Earnings (TTM) | US$44.55m |
Revenue (TTM) | US$1.08b |
48.3x
P/E Ratio2.0x
P/S RatioIs YELP overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
YELP income statement (TTM) | |
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Revenue | US$1.08b |
Cost of Revenue | US$86.65m |
Gross Profit | US$989.72m |
Other Expenses | US$945.17m |
Earnings | US$44.55m |
Last Reported Earnings
Mar 31, 2022
Next Earnings Date
n/a
Earnings per share (EPS) | 0.63 |
Gross Margin | 91.95% |
Net Profit Margin | 4.14% |
Debt/Equity Ratio | 0% |
How did YELP perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonValuation
Is Yelp undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
Valuation Score
2/6Valuation Score 2/6
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PE vs Industry
PE vs Market
PEG Ratio
PB vs Industry
>50%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: YELP (€28.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€92.95)
Significantly Below Fair Value: YELP is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: YELP is poor value based on its PE Ratio (48.3x) compared to the European Interactive Media and Services industry average (31x).
PE vs Market: YELP is poor value based on its PE Ratio (48.3x) compared to the Austrian market (12.6x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: YELP is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (1.6x)
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: YELP is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (3x) compared to the XE Interactive Media and Services industry average (2.1x).
Future Growth
How is Yelp forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 10 analysts?
Future Growth Score
5/6Future Growth Score 5/6
Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE
30.3%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: YELP's forecast earnings growth (30.3% per year) is above the savings rate (0.2%).
Earnings vs Market: YELP's earnings (30.3% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the Austrian market (6.6% per year).
High Growth Earnings: earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: YELP's revenue (7.2% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the Austrian market (2.1% per year).
High Growth Revenue: YELP's revenue (7.2% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: YELP's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time (21.6%)
Past Performance
How has Yelp performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
1/6Past Performance Score 1/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
-29.0%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: YELP has a large one-off loss of $11.2M impacting its March 31 2022 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: YELP became profitable in the past.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: YELP's earnings have declined by 29% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: YELP has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: YELP has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Interactive Media and Services industry (36.5%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: YELP's Return on Equity (6.2%) is considered low.
Financial Health
How is Yelp's financial position?
Financial Health Score
6/6Financial Health Score 6/6
Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: YELP's short term assets ($637.3M) exceed its short term liabilities ($195.6M).
Long Term Liabilities: YELP's short term assets ($637.3M) exceed its long term liabilities ($124.9M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: YELP is debt free.
Reducing Debt: YELP has not had any debt for past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: YELP has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Interest Coverage: YELP has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is Yelp current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Score
0/6Dividend Score 0/6
Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate YELP's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate YELP's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if YELP's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if YELP's dividend payments have been increasing.
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as YELP has not reported any payouts.
Next Steps
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
1.3yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Jeremy Stoppelman (44 yo)
17.83yrs
Tenure
US$10,044,676
Compensation
Mr. Jeremy Stoppelman founded Yelp Inc. in July 2004 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer since inception in July 2004. Prior to Yelp, he completed his first year of Harvard Business School, but dropp...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Jeremy's total compensation ($USD10.04M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Austrian market ($USD1.83M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Jeremy's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: YELP's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Experienced Board: YELP's board of directors are considered experienced (3.2 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Yelp Inc.'s employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Yelp Inc.
- Ticker: YELP
- Exchange: WBAG
- Founded: 2004
- Industry: Interactive Media and Services
- Sector: Media
- Implied Market Cap: US$2.076b
- Listing Market Cap: US$1.971b
- Shares outstanding: 70.86m
- Website: https://www.yelp.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Yelp Inc.
- 10th Floor
- 350 Mission Street
- San Francisco
- California
- 94105
- United States
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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Company Analysis | 2022/05/17 00:00 |
End of Day Share Price | 2022/05/17 00:00 |
Earnings | 2022/03/31 |
Annual Earnings | 2021/12/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.