Yelp Inc.
Yelp Inc.
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Overview
What the company does, where it operates, and who runs it.
About Yelp Inc.
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Sector
- Communication Services
- CEO
- Jeremy Stoppelman
- Headquarters
- 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA, US
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Sector
- Communication Services
- CEO
- Jeremy Stoppelman
- Headquarters
- 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA, US
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.
The company also offers other services comprising Yelp Reservations that provide online reservations for restaurants, nightlife, and other venues directly from their Yelp business pages; Yelp Waitlist, a subscription-based waitlist management solution that allows consumers to check wait times and join waitlists remotely, as well as businesses to manage seating and server rotation; Yelp Knowledge program that offers business owners local analytics and insights through access to its historical data and other proprietary content; and Yelp Fusion, which offers free and paid access to content and data for consumer-facing enterprise use through publicly available APIs.
In addition, it provides content licensing, as well as allows third-party data providers to update and manage business listing information on behalf of businesses. Further, the company offers its products directly through its sales force; indirectly through partners; and online through its website, as well as non-advertising partner arrangements.
It has strategic partnership with Grubhub for providing consumers with a service to place food orders for pickup and delivery. Yelp Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Fair Value
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Financial Ratios
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Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for Yelp Inc.. Starting points for Yelp Inc.: P/E 10.1, EPS $2.29, beta 0.43 — an Internet Content & Information name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.
Dividend Analysis
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Dividend history, yield and payout sustainability for Yelp Inc.. Yelp Inc. does not currently pay a regular dividend, so this section tracks capacity rather than history. Per-share payments, yield over time, payout ratio and growth streak, with coverage measured against free cash flow.
Earnings Analysis
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Reported vs. expected earnings history for Yelp Inc.. Trailing twelve-month EPS for Yelp Inc. stands at $2.29. EPS surprises by quarter, revenue against estimates, and the upcoming reporting date.
Financial Statements
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Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow history for Yelp Inc.. Yelp Inc. has reported as a listed company since 2012. Annual and quarterly filings with period-over-period comparison, so you can trace how revenue, margins and cash generation have moved.
Comparables
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Yelp Inc. valued side by side against its closest peers. Yelp Inc. is measured against Internet Content & Information peers within the Communication Services sector. Peer-relative multiples and operating metrics, so the valuation is read in the context of its own sector rather than in isolation.
Institutional Ownership
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Insider Trading
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Buying and selling by Yelp Inc. executives and directors. Shares of Yelp Inc. have traded between $27.29 and $41.72 over the past 52 weeks — context for the timing of the transactions below. Insider transactions as disclosed to regulators, with role, size and date — the clearest read on how the people running the company are positioned. Included with FRC Premium.
Senate Trading
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U.S. Senate disclosures naming Yelp Inc.. Yelp Inc. is a $1.17B Communication Services company. Senators' reported transactions in this security, alongside the fundamentals — a signal most research platforms leave out entirely. Included with FRC Premium.
House Trading
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News
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