profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Yelp
$20.57+2.08% today
-29.9% in 1 year
1-year low $17.591-year high $31.30
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.70 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Yelp sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.19 billion in 2022 to $1.46 billion in 2025, with $146 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Yelp handed back 90% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $291M
Free cash flow 2025$324M
Bought back its own shares$291M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$216M vs. $25M
Yelp vs. similar companies
Yelp grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yelp | 7.7× · Cheap | ||
 Alphabet | 27.3× · Fair price | ||
 Meta | 26.6× · Fair price | ||
 Tencent Holdings | 13.6× · Cheap | ||
 Recruit | 46.7× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Yelp's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,194 | 1,337 | 1,412 | 1,465 | |
| 1,088 | 1,223 | 1,288 | 1,322 | |
| 58 | 79 | 151 | 185 | |
| 136 | 149 | 207 | 245 | |
| 36 | 99 | 133 | 146 | |
| 0.50 | 1.35 | 1.88 | 2.24 | |
| 91.1% | 91.5% | 91.2% | 90.3% | |
| 4.9% | 5.9% | 10.7% | 12.6% | |
| 3.0% | 7.4% | 9.4% | 9.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,016 | 1,015 | 984 | 958 |
| Cash | 306 | 314 | 217 | 216 |
| Total debt | 126 | 87 | 43 | 25 |
| Total liabilities | 306 | 265 | 240 | 248 |
| 710 | 750 | 744 | 711 | |
| 73 | 74 | 71 | 65 | |
| 5.5% | 7.5% | 15.2% | 19.8% | |
| 5.1% | 13.2% | 17.9% | 20.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | 306 | 286 | 372 | |
| 32 | 27 | 37 | 48 | |
| 160 | 279 | 248 | 324 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| 200 | 200 | 251 | 291 | |
| 156 | 173 | 158 | 134 |
Valuation
- 7.7×
- 9.9×
- 0.12
- 2.1×
- 0.8×
- 3.5×
- 3.8×
- 28.9%
- 13.0%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 90.3%
- 12.6%
- 9.9%
- 17.5%
- 15.5%
- 11.3%
- 19.7%
- 13.7%
- 22.4%
- 20.9%
Growth
- +7.1%
- +64.9%
- +30.0%
- –
- −3.9%
Financial health
- 0.2×
- 0.25
- 15.3%
- –
- 1.74
- 1.74
- 1.45
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 16%of 435
Top 50%of 437
Top 11%of 346
Top 42%of 439
Top 3%of 439
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $28.33
- Range
- $25.00 – $32.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.36 | 0.26 | +38.5% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 0.61 | 0.47 | +29.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.61 | 0.47 | +29.8% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.67 | 0.48 | +39.6% |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.36 | 0.31 | +16.1% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 0.62 | 0.53 | +17.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 0.56 | 0.42 | +33.3% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 0.54 | 0.27 | +100.0% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
7/7Passes 7 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
77Pass
Benjamin Graham
77Pass
Philip Fisher
80Pass
Peter Lynch
86Pass
Joel Greenblatt
69Pass
Charlie Munger
66Pass
Terry Smith
62Pass
Questions about Yelp
Is Yelp a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 7 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Yelp AI analysis
What does Yelp do?
Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally. It is in Internet Content & Information.
Does Yelp pay a dividend?
No. Yelp does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $291 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Yelp stock halal?
Yes. Yelp passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 2% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Yelp stock done over the past year?
Down 29.9% over the past twelve months, to $20.57. It traded between $17.59 and $31.30 and is 34.3% below its high.
Who are Yelp's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Alphabet, Meta, Tencent Holdings and Recruit. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Yelp's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.