Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) is -9.17% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $32.56 and a high of $41.72 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The YELP stock was last observed hovering at around $33.96 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.19%.
Currently trading at $35.15, the stock is -3.41% and -8.18% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.12 million and changing 3.50% at the moment leaves the stock -3.36% off its SMA200. YELP registered -7.01% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 3.11%.
The stock witnessed a -11.73% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.25%, and is 2.45% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.24% over the week and 3.04% over the month.
Yelp Inc (YELP) has around 5116 employees, a market worth around $2.29B and $1.41B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.38 and Fwd P/E is 12.92. Profit margin for the company is 9.41%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.95% and -15.75% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (17.33%).
with sales reaching $353.12M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 19.99% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.92% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 6.12% in year-over-year returns.
Yelp Inc (YELP) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 65.79M, and float is at 62.97M with Short Float at 7.51%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 11.47 million shares valued at $423.73 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.7267% of the YELP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.07 million shares valued at $334.97 million to account for 13.2228 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PACER ADVISORS, INC. which holds 2.7 million shares representing 3.9748% and valued at over $99.6 million, while ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC holds 3.6995 of the shares totaling 2.51 million with a market value of $92.68 million.
Yelp Inc (YELP) Insider Activity
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Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 04 ’25, Amara Carmen (Chief People Officer) disposed off 1,500 shares at an average price of $33.16 for $49740.0. The insider now directly holds 107,207 shares of Yelp Inc (YELP).
