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Yelp (YELP) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.02% (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Yelp Probability of Financial Distress (%)?

Probability of Financial Distress (%) measures the probability that a company will go bankrupt in the upcoming year given its current financial position. A higher ratio indicates a larger probability of bankruptcy for the company, while a lower ratio indicates a healthier fundamental. As of today, Yelp's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.02%.

Like the Altman Z-Score, the PFD measures a company's bankruptcy risk. However, the main drawback of the Z-score is it does not apply to banks and insurance companies. According to Investopedia, the concept of "working capital" does not apply to banks and insurance companies, as financial institutions do not have typical current assets or current liabilities like inventories or accounts payable.


Competitive Comparison of Yelp's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Yelp's Probability of Financial Distress (%), along with its competitors' market caps and Probability of Financial Distress (%) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Yelp's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Yelp's Probability of Financial Distress (%) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yelp's Probability of Financial Distress (%) falls into.



Yelp Probability of Financial Distress (%) Calculation

Probability of Financial Distress (%) (PFD) was developed by John Campbell, Jens Hilscher and Jan Szilagyi in their Search of Distress Risk. It measures the probability that a company will go bankrupt within the next 12 months given its current financial position.

The Probability of Financial Distress (%) was obtained by a logit probability model based on eight explanatory variables. The logit formula to compute the probability of financial distress (LPFD) is given below:

LPFD= -20.12 * NIMTAAVG + 1.60 * TLMTA - 7.88 * EXRETAVG + 1.55 * SIGMA - 0.005 * RSIZE - 2.27 * CASHMTA + 0.070 * MB - 0.09 * PRICE -8.87
=-8.57

The Probability of Financial Distress (%) (PFD) was then obtianed by:

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.02%

The eight explanatory variables are:

1. NIMTAAVG = Net Income to Market Total Assets

NIMTAAVG=Net Income / Market Total Assets
=Net Income / (Market Cap + Total Liabilities)

*Note that for companies reported quarterly, geometrically declining weighted quarterly Net Income data in latest four quarters are used.

2. TLMTA = Total liabilities to Market Total Assets

TLMTA=Total Liabilities / Market Total Assets

3. CASHMTA = Cash to Market Total Assets

For non-financial companies, CASHMTA is measured as:

CASHMTA=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities / Market Total Assets

4. EXRETAVG = Excess Return compared to the S&P 500

EXRETAVG is the weighted excess return compared to the S&P 500 in past 12 month. Geometrically declining weights are imposed on the monthly excess return to reflect lagged information. The weight is halved each quarter.

5. SIGMA = Standard Deviation of Daily Returns

For sigma, we use the annualized standard deviation of a company's returns over the past 92 days (or 63 trading days).

6. RSIZE = Relative Size

RSIZE=log (Market Cap / Total Market Cap of S&P 500 companies)

7. MB = Market to Adjusted Book Equity Ratio


8. PRICE

PRICE is measured as the log of the stock price, capped at log(15).


Yelp  (NYSE:YELP) Probability of Financial Distress (%) Explanation

Like the Altman Z-Score, the PFD measures a company's bankruptcy risk in the upcoming year. However, the main drawback of the Z-score is it does not apply to banks and insurance companies. According to Investopedia, the concept of "working capital" does not apply to banks and insurance companies, as financial institutions do not have typical current assets or current liabilities like inventories or accounts payable.


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Yelp (YELP) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
350 Mission Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Yelp Inc operates in the online content market based in the United States. It provides a web-based platform and mobile application to bridge the gap between businesses and consumers. The platform assists consumers through product reviews, tips, photos and videos thereby enabling them in making better buying decisions and posting their feedbacks. Its products and services includes Advertising Products and Business Page Products. In addition, it also lets the buyers directly transact with businesses directly through its platform. Yelp generates revenue mainly from the sale of advertising on its website and mobile app to businesses. The company generates majority of the revenue from United States.
Executives
David A Schwarzbach officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O YELP INC.., 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Joseph R Nachman officer: SVP, Sales C/O YELP INC., 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Sam Eaton officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O YELP, 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Jeremy Stoppelman director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O YELP INC., 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Carmen Orr officer: Chief People Officer C/O YELP INC., 140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Craig Saldanha officer: Chief Product Officer C/O YELP INC., 140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Yelp Inc officer: Chief Technology Officer 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Chris Terrill director FORT WASHINGTON EXECUTIVE CENTER, 600 OFFICE CENTER DRIVE, FORT WASHINGTON PA 19034
Vivek Patel officer: Chief Product Officer C/O YELP INC., 140 MONTGOMERY ST, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Miriam Warren officer: Chief Diversity Officer C/O YELP, 140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Laurence Wilson officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O YELP! INC., 706 MISSION ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Carolyn Patterson officer: Chief People Officer C/O YELP, 140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Royce A. Wells director C/O YELP INC., 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Christine Barone director C/O YELP INC., 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
James Miln officer: Interim CFO C/O YELP INC., 140 NEW MONTGOMERY ST., 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105