Yelp (YELP) Debt-to-Equity : 0.12 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Yelp Debt-to-Equity?

Yelp's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $39 Mil. Yelp's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $48 Mil. Yelp's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $750 Mil. Yelp's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.12.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Yelp's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

YELP' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12 Med: 0.22 Max: 0.31
Current: 0.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Yelp was 0.31. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.22.

YELP's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
55.63% of 426 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.155 vs YELP: 0.12

Yelp Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yelp's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Yelp Debt-to-Equity Chart

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.31

0.23

0.22

0.18

0.12

Yelp Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.18	0.17	0.15	0.13	0.12

Competitive Comparison of Yelp's Debt-to-Equity

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Yelp's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Yelp's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yelp's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Yelp Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Yelp's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(39.234	+	48.065)	/	749.534
	=	0.12

Yelp's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(39.234	+	48.065)	/	749.534
	=	0.12

Yelp (NYSE:YELP) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Yelp (YELP) Business Description

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Address

350 Mission Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105

Website

https://www.yelp.com

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