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 Reddit 33.22 Bn 30.45 Bn 511.94 Mn 27.57%
6 Pinterest 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

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DateValue
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%