Yelp (YELP) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026)
Yelp's (YELP) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 7.55% in Q1 2026, down 66.0% year-on-year from 22.21% in Q1 2025, and down 44.39% quarter-over-quarter from 13.58% in Q4 2025.
Yelp (YELP) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Yelp has disclosed Operating Margin across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 7.55% for Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 7.55%, down 66.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.42% (up 65.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.6%, up 190.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin came in at 7.55% for Q1 2026 at Yelp, down from 13.58% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 14.76% in Q4 2024 to a low of 2.11% in Q1 2023.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 8.22% (2025), against an average of 8.34%.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 370 bps in 2022 and soared 779 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Yelp's Operating Margin stood at 10.8% in 2022, then sank by 32 bps to 7.31% in 2023, then jumped by 102 bps to 14.76% in 2024, then decreased by 8 bps to 13.58% in 2025, then sank by 44 bps to 7.55% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 7.55% (Q1 2026), 13.58% (Q4 2025), and 14.06% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebius | 1,913,603.98 Bn | 1,913,603.98 Bn | 295.20 Mn | -32.08% |
| 2 | Alphabet | 4,425.33 Bn | 4,209.71 Bn | 102.29 Bn | 36.12% |
| 3 | Meta Platforms | 1,502.66 Bn | 1,421.48 Bn | 46.09 Bn | 40.62% |
| 4 | Spotify Technology | 119.69 Bn | 109.44 Bn | 1.75 Bn | 15.77% |
| 5 | 33.22 Bn | 30.45 Bn | 511.94 Mn | 27.57% | |
| 6 | 13.64 Bn | 12.34 Bn | 768.96 Mn | -7.97% | |
| 7 | Kanzhun | 13.02 Bn | 10.92 Bn | 255.62 Bn | 30.14% |
| 8 | Snap | 9.72 Bn | 6.90 Bn | 1.29 Bn | -4.87% |
| 9 | Zillow | 8.26 Bn | 7.48 Bn | 519.00 Mn | 5.08% |
| 10 | Yelp | 1.37 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 208.45 Mn | 7.55% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.55% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.58% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.06% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.39% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.22% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.76% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.95% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.37% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.13% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.56% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.11% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.80% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.35% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.35% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.61% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.17% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.04% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -0.42% |