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YELP INC YELP
YELP INC (YELP) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $1.5B at a 9.9% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.358 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -1.347 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.193 |
| Equity / liabilities | 2.871 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YELP | YELP INC | 6/9 | 2.26 | 8.8 | +3.7% |
| WW | WW INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 3/9 | 7.04 | — | -11.6% |
| UNF | UNIFIRST CORP | 4/9 | 8.12 | 30.9 | +0.2% |
| CSV | CARRIAGE SERVICES INC | 5/9 | 1.44 | 12 | +3.3% |
| EVI | EVI INDUSTRIES, INC. | 6/9 | 2.7 | 25.4 | +10.3% |
| DLPN | Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. | 4/9 | -8.65 | — | +9.7% |
| XWEL | XWELL, Inc. | 2/9 | — | — | -13.8% |
About YELP INC
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.
FAQ
Is YELP financially healthy?
YELP INC's Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does YELP pay a dividend?
No, YELP INC does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is YELP?
In FY2025, YELP INC had a net margin of 9.9% and a return on equity of 20.5%.
Is YELP overvalued or undervalued?
YELP INC trades at about 10.6× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 12.2×–109.3×, median 58.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for YELP?
The average Wall-Street price target for YELP INC is $26.50, about 12.1% above the recent price, from 8 analysts.
Is YELP a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on YELP INC: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a P/E of about 8.8×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.