Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 28, with the stock price down by -2.00% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $37.21.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $37.97, falling within a range of $37.021 and $37.825. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.406 whereas the PE ratio was 19.46 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $41.72, and the low was $32.56. On the whole, YELP has fluctuated by 9.15% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Yelp Inc currently standing at about $2.42 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-12.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 1.48B, with a low estimate of 351.58M and a high estimate of 356.66M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 353.48M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that YELP’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of Hold while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.36, with the price of YELP currently trading nearly 4.96% and -0.33% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 56.23, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.08% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.46%. Furthermore, Yelp Inc (YELP)’s beta value is 1.09, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.93.
A comparison of Yelp Inc (YELP) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. YELP showed an intraday change of -2.00% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -2.72%%.
Data on historical trading for Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 1.01 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 766.87K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 65.79 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 3.29% of Yelp Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 97.53% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 4.31 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 4.81. According to the data, the short interest in Yelp Inc (YELP) stood at 1065.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 4.73 million. The stock has fallen by -3.85% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the YELP stock heading into the next quarter.
