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Yelp Inc.YELPCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Internet Software/Services
Momentum weak 24
Mkt cap
$1.06B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
96%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$27.0M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
8.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+15.0 pp
WACC 6.9%
Hurdle
-29 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
104 days
18 Feb 2027
Close · USD$19.46
1D-5.2%
1W+1.9%
1M+0.5%
3M-20.7%
6M-28.1%
YTD-36.0%
1Y-39.5%
ATR %6.4%
Beta0.37
52w lowhigh43.6% off high

What Yelp does

Employees: 5,168

Yelp at a glance

Size Yelp (YELP) is a United States Information Technology company (Internet Software/Services) with a market value of $1.06B, the 2215th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $19.46 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 28.1%, against -3.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.5%); the operating margin is 12.7% (peer median 7.5%).

Valuation It trades at 8.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.1× (5th cheapest of 15).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -29 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 15.0 points above its cost of capital (6.9% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 21.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 96YELP 77
Six months, rebased to 100: Yelp against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Yelp financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.47B$1.46B$1.41B$1.34B$1.19B
Revenue growth—+4%+6%+12%—
Gross profit$1.26B$1.27B$1.25B$1.18B$1.02B
EBITDA$253M$246M$214M$185M$165M
Net income$127M$146M$133M$99.2M$36.3M
Free cash flow$297M$323M$248M$279M$160M
Capital expenditure$52.2M$48.4M$37.3M$26.8M$32.0M
Total debt$123M$24.9M$43.1M$87.3M$126M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Yelp competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%EVERMOONBCGHEPSSIFY7685000793OMDALZTMVIQ2273YALAWBTNFUBO181710TRSTPUBMCARTRADEATGYELP6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Yelp is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%0×200×EVERMOONBCG7685OMDALZTMVYALATRSTPUBMCARTRADEATGYELPRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Yelp is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-40%-20%0%+20%+40%-25%0%25%50%EVERMOONBCG7685000793OMDALZTMV2273TRSTPUBMCARTRADEATGYELPGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Yelp is the large dot.

Yelp competitors and peer comparison

How Yelp compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Yelp against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureYELPPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+0.5%-0.2%11th highest of 21
6-month return-28.1%-3.8%4th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-43.6%-27.5%7th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+1.5%+11.5%6th lowest of 20
Operating margin12.7%7.5%7th highest of 20
Forward P/E8.1×15.1×5th cheapest of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-18.4%7.0%least demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+10.9%+15.4%6th lowest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-29.3 pp-7.9 pp2nd least demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+15.0 pp+0.7 pp4th highest of 16
EV / EBITDA4.3×9.2×cheapest of 14
Net debt / EBITDA0.1×-0.2×7th most indebted of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Yelp YELPUnited States$1.06B-28%+2%13%8.1×-18.4%+10.9%
EverQuote EVERUnited States$1.02B+41%+24%11%14.3×-7.0%+14.8%
Moonpig MOON.LUnited Kingdom$1.13B+41%+7%21%15.2×3.7%+0.3%
Baltic Classifieds BCG.LUnited Kingdom$1.14B-99%+7%68%0.2×15.2%+15.9%
D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret AS Sponsored ADR HEPSUnited States$979M-3%+22%-3%n/an/an/a
Sify Technologies Limited Sponsored ADR SIFYUnited States$941M-20%+11%8%n/an/an/a
BuySell Technologies 7685.TJapan$938M-28%+58%11%15.0×-1.2%+46.8%
Huawen Media 000793.SZChina$1.19B-34%0%-14%n/a17.8%-34.6%
Omada Health OMDAUnited States$924M+2%+48%0%37.1×28.7%+42.9%
LegalZoom.com LZUnited States$897M-19%+12%4%6.7×6.1%+9.9%
TeamViewer TMV.DEGermany$894M-5%+2%34%5.2×-11.0%+10.4%
iQIYI, Inc. Sponsored ADR IQUnited States$886M-20%-3%-2%n/an/an/a
Gushengtang 2273.HKHong Kong$874M+1%+12%13%13.4×2.4%+27.6%
Yalla Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR YALAUnited States$863M-21%-4%31%7.0×n/an/a
WEBTOON Entertainment WBTNUnited States$1.31B-27%0%-3%n/an/an/a
FuboTV FUBOUnited States$830M-26%n/an/an/an/an/a
NHN 181710.KSSouth Korea$1.34B+44%+12%6%16.3×-4.4%+8.9%
Trustpilot TRST.LUnited Kingdom$1.36B+12%+19%5%52.4×32.7%+20.0%
PubMatic PUBMUnited States$811M+82%-1%-5%360.6×7.8%+13.7%
CarTrade Tech CARTRADE.NSIndia$1.39B+40%+16%30%47.7×34.5%+25.6%
Auction Technology ATG.LUnited Kingdom$789M+36%+22%11%16.1×22.7%+32.6%

Questions

Which companies are Yelp's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: EverQuote (EVER), Moonpig (MOON.L), Baltic Classifieds (BCG.L), D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret AS Sponsored ADR (HEPS), Sify Technologies Limited Sponsored ADR (SIFY), BuySell Technologies (7685.T), Huawen Media (000793.SZ), Omada Health (OMDA).
Is Yelp expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 8.1× against a peer median of 15.1×, 5th cheapest of 15 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -29 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Yelp stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -28.1% against -3.8% for the median peer; over one year -39.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.