YELP: Challenges Ahead - UBS

Yelp's (YELP) Mixed 4Q Results and Guidance Keeps MKM Partners Sidelined - PT to $19

MKM Partners maintained a Neutral rating on Yelp (NYSE: YELP), and cut the price target to $19.00 (from $30.00), following the company's 4Q earnings report. YELP reported in-line revenue for Q4 and an EBITDA miss. Local ad revenue grew by 35% during the quarter. Guidance... More

Needham & Company Reiterates Buy on Yelp (YELP) Following 4Q Results

Needham & Company maintained a Buy rating on Yelp (NYSE: YELP), and cut the price target to $25.00 (from $40.00), following the company's 4Q earnings report. The company posted revenue of $153.7M, in-line with consensus estimates of $152.3M. Adjusted EBITDA of $17.5M was below consensus of $21.7M as a result... More

YELP (YELP): Attractive Risk-Reward - RBC

RBC Capital analyst, Mark Mahaney dropped his price target on Yelp (NYSE: YELP) by 20% to $33 but still thinks shares can Outperform as revenue growth is stabilizing.

Revenue of $153.7MM came in slightly ahead of Street est at $152.3, and was within guidance range. Yelps $126MM Local Ad Revenue did slightly miss Street ests of $127MM, tho growth of 35% Y/Y only narrowly decelerated from Q3s 36%. EBITDA of $17.5MM came in... More

B. Riley Upgrades Yelp (YELP) to Neutral

B. Riley upgraded Yelp (NYSE: YELP) from Sell to Neutral with a price target of $15.00.

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Shares of Yelp closed at $16.06 yesterday.

Yelp (YELP): Increasing Spend To Drive Growth - Susquehanna

Susquehanna analyst, Shyam Patil, cut his target price on Yelp (NYSE: YELP) to $16 from $20 after EBITDA missed consensus by 20%. No change to Neutral rating.

Revenue was 1% above consensus, driven primarily by higher brand advertising while local was in-line and transactions were lower. Adjusting... More

Yelp (YELP) Tops Q4 EPS by 14c, Offers Q1 Guidance, CFO Steps Down

Yelp (NYSE: YELP) reported Q4 EPS of $0.11, $0.14 better than the analyst estimate of ($0.03). Revenue for the quarter came in at $153.7 million versus the consensus estimate of $152.35 million.

Notably, the results, which were expected after the close today, were released to the market early which is said to be related to a vendor error from PR Newswire.

GUIDANCE:

Yelp sees Q1 2016 revenue of $154-157 million, versus the consensus of $154.40 million.

Yelp sees FY2016 revenue of $685-700... More