YELP INC
Business
Yelp Inc connects consumers with local businesses through a user-generated content platform that helps people discover and evaluate local services and merchants. It offers advertising and business tools including CPC ads (Yelp Ads), multi-location ad products, business page upgrades and profiles, the RepairPal certified auto-repair marketplace, Yelp Guest Manager, Yelp Fusion data licensing, and transaction and subscription offerings. Its primary business segments include Advertising, RepairPal Network, Business Page and Profile products, and other services such as data licensing and guest management. Yelp distributes its services mainly in the United States across its website and mobile apps and through direct sales, self-serve channels, partner syndication and licensing arrangements.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-27
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net revenue | 1,465 | 1,412 | 1,337 | 1,194 | 1,032 | |
| Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation) | 143 | 124 | 114 | 106 | 78 | |
| Sales and marketing | 592 | 586 | 557 | 515 | 454 | |
| Product development | 314 | 326 | 333 | 306 | 276 | |
| General and administrative | 182 | 185 | 212 | 164 | 136 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 50 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 56 | |
| Total costs and expenses | 1,280 | 1,261 | 1,258 | 1,135 | 1,000 | |
| Income from operations | 185 | 151 | 79 | 58 | 32 | |
| Other income, net | 20 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 2 | |
| Income before income taxes | 204 | 183 | 105 | 67 | 34 | |
| Provision for income taxes | 58 | 50 | 6 | 30 | −6 | |
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | 146 | 133 | 99 | 36 | 40 | |
| Basic (in dollars per share) | 2.3 | 1.97 | 1.43 | 0.51 | 0.53 | |
| Diluted (in dollars per share) | 2.24 | 1.88 | 1.35 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 63 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 74 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 65 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 79 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 216 | 217 | 314 | 306 | 480 | |
| Short-term marketable securities | 103 | 101 | 127 | 94 | 0 | |
| Accounts receivable (net of allowance for credit losses of $13,782 and $15,301 at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively) | 153 | 155 | 146 | 132 | 107 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 42 | 44 | 37 | 63 | 58 | |
| Total current assets | 515 | 517 | 624 | 596 | 645 | |
| Property, equipment and software, net | 92 | 76 | 69 | 77 | 84 | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 16 | 24 | 49 | 97 | 141 | |
| Goodwill | 136 | 131 | 104 | 102 | 105 | |
| Intangibles, net | 49 | 59 | 8 | 9 | 11 | |
| Other non-current assets | 151 | 177 | 162 | 134 | 65 | |
| Total assets | 958 | 984 | 1,015 | 1,016 | 1,051 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 159 | 131 | 133 | 138 | 120 | |
| Operating lease liabilities current | 7 | 21 | 39 | 40 | 40 | |
| Deferred revenue | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| Total current liabilities | 172 | 155 | 176 | 183 | 164 | |
| Operating lease liabilities long-term | 17 | 22 | 48 | 87 | 128 | |
| Other long-term liabilities | 58 | 62 | 41 | 36 | 7 | |
| Total liabilities | 248 | 240 | 265 | 306 | 299 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 12) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Preferred stock, undesignated, 10,000 shares authorized, none issued | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Common stock, $0.000001 par value 200,000 shares authorized, 59,987 and 65,792 shares issued; 59,954 and 65,691 shares outstanding at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 2,011 | 1,904 | 1,787 | 1,650 | 1,523 | |
| Treasury stock | −999,000 | −4 | −282,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | −8 | −15 | −12 | −16 | −11 | |
| Accumulated deficit | −1,291 | −1,140 | −1,025 | −924 | −760 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 711 | 744 | 750 | 710 | 751 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 958 | 984 | 1,015 | 1,016 | 1,051 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision for credit losses | 43 | 46 | 41 | 25 | 15 | |
| Stock-based compensation | 134 | 158 | 173 | 156 | 152 | |
| Amortization of right-of-use assets | 10 | 15 | 28 | 33 | 39 | |
| Deferred income taxes | 25 | −25 | −22 | −57 | −9 | |
| Amortization of deferred contract cost | 28 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 15 | |
| Asset impairment | 0 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 11 | |
| Wrote off of capitalized website and internal-use software costs | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other adjustments, net | −491,000 | −5 | −2 | 1 | 392,000 | |
| Accounts receivable | −42 | −51 | −55 | −50 | −34 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | −27 | −24 | −5 | −36 | −49 | |
| Operating lease liabilities | −21 | −39 | −40 | −40 | −41 | |
| Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities | 23 | 5 | −3 | 49 | 30 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 372 | 286 | 306 | 192 | 213 | |
| Purchases of marketable securities available-for-sale | −80 | −94 | −148 | −127 | 0 | |
| Sales and maturities of marketable securities available-for-sale | 79 | 123 | 118 | 33 | 0 | |
| Purchases of other investments | −700,000 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maturities of other investments | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Acquisition, net of cash received | 0 | −66 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Purchases of property, equipment and software | −48 | −37 | −27 | −32 | −28 | |
| Other investing activities | 114,000 | −10,000 | 195,000 | 94,000 | 632,000 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | −46 | −77 | −55 | −126 | −28 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock for employee stock-based plans | 20 | 21 | 40 | 23 | 25 | |
| Taxes paid related to the net share settlement of equity awards | −57 | −73 | −85 | −61 | −63 | |
| Repurchases of common stock | −291 | −251 | −200 | −200 | −263 | |
| Excise tax paid on net stock repurchases | −1 | −282,000 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payment of issuance costs for credit facility | −656,000 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | −330 | −304 | −247 | −238 | −300 | |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 2 | −1 | 2 | −2 | −415,000 | |
| Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | −1 | −96 | 7 | −174 | −116 | |
| Purchases of property, equipment and software recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 2 | 2 | 914,000 | 956,000 | 2 | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities | 2 | 263,000 | 0 | 50,000 | 36 | |
| Repurchases of common stock recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 999,000 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Acquisition holdback consideration not yet paid | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — |