Yelp Inc. (YELP) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Communication Services · Internet Content & Information
Sell if holding. At $21.89, A.R:R 0.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 5.3%; Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8.
Yelp connects consumers with local businesses via its online review platform, hosting 300M+ ratings and generating 9.6B visits in 2025. Advertising contributed 95% of 2025 revenue; Residential-category advertisers represented 66% of total revenue while Rentals grew 39%... Read more
Sell if holding. At $21.89, A.R:R 0.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 5.3%; Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 20, MACD bearish. Score 5.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Yelp Inc.
Latest news
- Yelp Announces CTO Transition and Leadership Succession Plan - TipRanks — TipRanks neutral
- Yelp announces CTO Sam Eaton to step down, Alex Levy named successor - Investing.com Nigeria — Investing.com Nigeria neutral
- Yelp announces CTO Sam Eaton to step down, Alex Levy named successor - Investing.com — Investing.com neutral
- What analyst projections for key metrics reveal about Yelp (YELP) Q1 earnings - MSN — MSN neutral
- Yelp (YELP) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect - StockStory — StockStory neutral
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. At $21.89, A.R:R 0.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 5.3%; Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 20, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $20.36. Score 5.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $23.05 (+5.3% upside). Prior stop was $20.36. Stop-loss: $20.36.
Thin upside margin: 5.3%; Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8; Negative momentum.
Yelp Inc. trades at a P/E of 10.3 (forward 5.3). TrendMatrix value score: 8.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
17 analysts cover YELP with a consensus score of 2.7/5. Average price target: $27.
What does Yelp Inc. do?Yelp connects consumers with local businesses via its online review platform, hosting 300M+ ratings and generating 9.6B...
Yelp connects consumers with local businesses via its online review platform, hosting 300M+ ratings and generating 9.6B visits in 2025. Advertising contributed 95% of 2025 revenue; Residential-category advertisers represented 66% of total revenue while Rentals grew 39% year-over-year to 24% of revenue.