YELP YELP INC
Last updated: May 11, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q1 2026: $62M, Q3 2025: $66M, Q2 2025: $60M, Q1 2025: $62M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $62M vs trailing avg $63M (-0%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Negative FCF ($-84M), buybacks not supported by cash flow
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 12,600,556 shares = 42.0% of 59,954,000 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are both company buybacks and insider buying independently active? Bull when the company is buying back stock in 2+ quarters and insiders have made 2+ open-market purchases.
Need both buyback and insider purchase data
Insider Net Direction
Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $4M in the last 90 days (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 20717867.1x more than bought. 6 C-suite officers among sellers
- Saldanha Craig (Chief Product Officer) sold 1,200 shares on 2026-05-01
- Schwarzbach David A (Chief Financial Officer) sold 7,500 shares on 2026-04-15
- Saldanha Craig (Chief Product Officer) sold 1,200 shares on 2026-04-01
- Schwarzbach David A (Chief Financial Officer) sold 7,500 shares on 2026-03-23
- Schwarzbach David A (Chief Financial Officer) sold 10,000 shares on 2026-03-12
- Nachman Joseph R (Chief Operating Officer) sold 2,499 shares on 2026-03-06
- Saldanha Craig (Chief Product Officer) sold 1,200 shares on 2026-03-02
- Nachman Joseph R (Chief Operating Officer) sold 7,000 shares on 2026-02-06
- Stoppelman Jeremy (Chief Executive Officer) sold 14,269 shares on 2026-02-03
- Stoppelman Jeremy (Chief Executive Officer) sold 15,731 shares on 2026-02-03