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Yelp Inc YELP

US equityMarket cap rank #3247Internet Content & Information
$18.40 +$0.26 (+1.43%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $18.40 0.00%
Open$18.17
Prev close$18.14
Day range$17.91 – $18.87
Volume1.54M
Market cap$998.45M
P/E (TTM)8.9
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership112.5%+1.89 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding366-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)9 buys / 37 sellsNet selling
Short interest19.11% of floatDays to cover 8.1 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share31.2%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

23%27%32%37%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$2.59M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$1.7MSuper−$845.9KBig+$4.8MMid+$3.3MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 41.4% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock17.80%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC7.68%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors5.78%
  • LSV Asset Management5.12%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.01%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.17%
  • Acadian Asset Management LLC4.00%
  • American Century Investment Management3.42%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund91.53%
  • Hedge Fund12.46%
  • Public Company4.61%
  • Individual/Insider3.18%
  • Private Company1.20%
  • Government Pension Fund1.07%
  • Family Office/Trust0.73%
  • Corporate Pension Plan0.37%

Reported short interest has risen from 15.79% to 19.11% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
CX Institutional, LLC Family Office/Trust 2026/Q3 +217,734 0.4%
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +128,137 0.2%
Millennium Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +705,698 1.5%
FMR Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +566,202 2.3%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +454,219 5.8%
American Century Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +361,931 3.4%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +259,477 0.5%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +252,270 0.7%
Wells Fargo & Company Public Company 2026/Q3 +219,444 0.5%
Morgan Stanley Public Company 2026/Q3 +187,948 1.3%
AHL Partners LLP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +177,963 0.3%
Evli Fund Management Company Ltd. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +162,496 0.3%
Cygnus Capital Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +162,050 0.3%
Axxion S.A Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +158,000 0.3%
Odyssean, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +128,693 0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
30 Sep 2026 Jeremy Stoppelman Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -20,481 $18.11 897,974
30 Sep 2026 Carmen Amara Chief Human Resources Officer Automatic Disposition -500 $18.60 11,738
2 Sep 2026 Akhil Ramesh Senior Vice President of Product Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 39,057
31 Aug 2026 Carmen Amara Chief Human Resources Officer Automatic Disposition -500 $22.14 8,767
23 Aug 2026 Alex Levy Senior Vice President of B2B Engineering Automatic Disposition -3,829 $23.40 9,126
20 Aug 2026 David Schwarzbach Chief Financial Officer Automatic Disposition -8,809 $23.19 31,777
19 Aug 2026 Jeremy Stoppelman Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -20,479 $23.60 918,455
19 Aug 2026 David Schwarzbach Chief Financial Officer Sale to Issuer -10,013 $23.60 31,777
19 Aug 2026 Joseph Nachman Chief Operating Officer Sale to Issuer -10,333 $23.60 92,084
19 Aug 2026 Carmen Amara Chief Human Resources Officer Sale to Issuer -4,955 $23.60 9,266
19 Aug 2026 Alex Levy Senior Vice President of B2B Engineering Sale to Issuer -2,477 $23.60 9,126
2 Aug 2026 Joseph Nachman Chief Operating Officer Automatic Disposition -4,500 $26.91 105,262
1 Jul 2026 Carmen Amara Chief Human Resources Officer Automatic Disposition -24,733 $27.00 5,108
30 Jun 2026 Joseph Nachman Chief Operating Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -4,500 $25.00 –
30 Jun 2026 Alex Levy Senior Vice President of B2B Engineering Other Acquisition +14,762 – 47,852
30 Jun 2026 Alex Levy Senior Vice President of B2B Engineering Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 15,432
30 Jun 2026 Joseph Nachman Chief Operating Officer Automatic Disposition -13,500 $25.00 97,740
29 Jun 2026 Joseph Nachman Chief Operating Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -9,000 $25.00 –
4 Jun 2026 Fred Anderson Independent Director Other Acquisition +10,646 – 13,012
4 Jun 2026 Sharon Rothstein Independent Non-Executive Director Other Acquisition +10,646 – 10,646

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 10,372,166 19.1% 8.1
31 Aug 2026 9,183,427 16.9% 9.9
14 Aug 2026 8,635,166 15.9% 6.8
31 Jul 2026 8,541,194 15.5% 9.9
15 Jul 2026 9,040,893 16.4% 7.4
30 Jun 2026 8,685,644 15.8% 5.6

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