Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Yelp Inc. before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Yelp Inc.’s stock price such as:

• Yelp Inc.’s current stock price and volume
• Why Yelp Inc.’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for YELP from analysts
• YELP’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Yelp Inc. (YELP)

Before we jump into Yelp Inc.’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently dip, let’s take a look at some background.

Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally. Its platform covers various categories, including restaurants, shopping, beauty and fitness, health, and other categories, as well as home, local, auto, professional, pets, events, real estate, and financial services. It provides free and paid advertising products to businesses, which include cost-per-click advertising and multi-location Ad products, RepairPal network, and business listing pages. The company also offers Yelp Connect that provides advertisers with a channel to market new offerings, such as new menu items and specials, and communicate business updates to customers; Yelp Guaranteed that provides limited coverage to consumers who hire a yelp guaranteed business through request-a-quote in the event; Nearby Jobs solutions; Yelp Guest Manager, a subscription-based suite of front-of-house management tools for restaurants, nightlife, and certain other venues, which include online reservations, a waitlist management solution, as well as through hostless kiosks, and seating and server rotation management tools; Yelp Fusion Insights program that offers business owners local analytics and insights; and Yelp Fusion, which offers free access to basic information through publicly available APIs and paid access to content and data for consumer-facing enterprise use. In addition, it provides content licensing and consumer-interactive tools. Further, the company offers its products directly through its sales force; indirectly through partners; and online through its website and business app, as well as non-advertising partner arrangements. It has partnership with DOORDASH to provide consumers with a service to place food orders for pickup and delivery. The company was formerly known as Yelp! Inc. and changed its name to Yelp Inc. in November 2005. Yelp Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Yelp Inc.’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of May 21, 2026, 11:49 AM, CST, Yelp Inc.’s stock price was $21.580.

Yelp Inc. is down 3.96% from its previous closing price of $22.470.

During the last market session, Yelp Inc.’s stock traded between $21.510 and $22.370. Currently, there are approximately 58.82 million shares outstanding for Yelp Inc..

Yelp Inc.’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 10.2, which is low compared to the Interactive Media & Services industry median of 13.8. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Yelp Inc. Stock Price History

Yelp Inc.’s (YELP) price is currently down 21.81% so far this month.

During the month of May, Yelp Inc.’s stock price has reached a high of $29.380 and a low of $20.800.

Over the last year, Yelp Inc. has hit prices as high as $39.575 and as low as $19.600. Year to date, Yelp Inc.’s stock is down 28.99%.

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What Caused Yelp Inc. Stock’s Price to Dip?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of May 20, 2026, there were 0 analysts who downgraded Yelp Inc.’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Yelp Inc.’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Yelp Inc.’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Yelp Inc.’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a A, which means it is considered to be Deep Value.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Yelp Inc. (YELP) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Yelp Inc.

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of May 20, 2026, Yelp Inc. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -13.70%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 19 and is considered to be Very Weak.

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Yelp Inc. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of May 21, 2026, Yelp Inc.’s stock price is $21.580, which is down 3.96% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Yelp Inc. stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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