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Yelp (YELP) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 10.63 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Yelp Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-26), Yelp's share price is $40.82. Yelp's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.84. Hence, Yelp's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 10.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Yelp's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

YELP' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.57   Med: 22.98   Max: 32416.67
Current: 10.47

During the past 13 years, Yelp's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 32416.67. The lowest was 7.57. And the median was 22.98.

YELP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
67.69% of 294 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 18.355 vs YELP: 10.47

Yelp's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.97. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $3.84.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Yelp was 73.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 26.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 17.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 59.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, Yelp's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 514.80% per year. The lowest was -2.10% per year. And the median was 22.70% per year.


Yelp Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yelp's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Yelp Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.24 17.21 15.45 12.52 12.47

Yelp Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.52 12.64 12.77 12.53 12.47

Competitive Comparison of Yelp's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

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

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Yelp's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yelp's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Yelp Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Yelp's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=40.82/3.839
=10.63

Yelp's Share Price of today is $40.82.
Yelp's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.84.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Yelp  (NYSE:YELP) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Yelp (YELP) Business Description

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