Yelp (YELP) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026)

Yelp (YELP) posted Operating Margin of 7.55% for Q1 2026, down 44.39% sequentially from 13.58% in Q4 2025, and down 66.0% YoY from 22.21% in Q1 2025.

Yelp (YELP) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Yelp has reported Operating Margin for 15 years, with the latest figure at 7.55% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 66.0% year-over-year to 7.55% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.42% (up 65.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 12.6%, up 190.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin fell to 7.55% in Q1 2026 per YELP's latest filing, from 13.58% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 14.76% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 2.11% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 8.34% and a median of 8.22% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin plunged 370 bps in 2022, then surged 779 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 10.8% in 2022, then sank by 32 bps to 7.31% in 2023, then soared by 102 bps to 14.76% in 2024, then dropped by 8 bps to 13.58% in 2025, then sank by 44 bps to 7.55% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 7.55%, 13.58%, and 14.06% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,165.61 Bn 3,736.57 Bn 73.85 Bn 34.03%
2 Meta Platforms 1,523.46 Bn 1,433.20 Bn 49.47 Bn 30.88%
3 Taboola.com 1,141.85 Bn 1,141.71 Bn 139.48 Mn 1.52%
4 Baidu 288.34 Bn 283.85 Bn 1.88 Mn 10.65%
5 Spotify Technology 103.44 Bn 93.20 Bn 1.75 Bn 23.32%
6 Joyy 77.39 Bn 76.50 Bn 205.64 Mn 3.14%
7 BILI Social International 60.58 Bn 60.58 Bn 405,933.00 18.99%
8 Nebius 50.20 Bn 40.57 Bn 295.20 Mn -32.08%
9 Reddit 30.00 Bn 27.22 Bn 734.60 Mn 28.79%
10 Yelp 1.31 Bn 1.21 Bn 333.74 Mn 11.65%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 11.65%
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%