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$40.65 +0.13 (+0.33%)
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YELP vs. SPSC, ZD, CMPR, QNST, LQDT, OPEN, ANGI, TTGT, TZOO, and BCOV

Should you be buying Yelp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yelp include SPS Commerce (SPSC), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), Travelzoo (TZOO), and Brightcove (BCOV). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

Yelp vs.

SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) and Yelp (NYSE:YELP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yelp has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Yelp had 11 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Yelp and 3 mentions for SPS Commerce. Yelp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat SPS Commerce's score of 0.89 indicating that Yelp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SPS Commerce
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Yelp
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Yelp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SPS Commerce$536.91M13.37$65.82M$2.0991.39
Yelp$1.34B2.00$99.17M$1.6724.34

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.83% compared to Yelp's net margin of 8.48%. Yelp's return on equity of 16.02% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SPS Commerce12.83% 12.60% 10.31%
Yelp 8.48%16.02%11.94%

SPS Commerce presently has a consensus price target of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.14%. Yelp has a consensus price target of $37.17, suggesting a potential downside of 8.58%. Given SPS Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Yelp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SPS Commerce
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Yelp
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.89

99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Yelp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Yelp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Yelp received 695 more outperform votes than SPS Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.70% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 68.13% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SPS CommerceOutperform Votes
639
73.70%
Underperform Votes
228
26.30%
YelpOutperform Votes
1334
68.13%
Underperform Votes
624
31.87%

Summary

SPS Commerce and Yelp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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YELP vs. The Competition

MetricYelpPersonal services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.68B$1.33B$26.76B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A1.86%2.77%3.70%
P/E Ratio24.34168.15235.8441.44
Price / Sales2.0023.523,166.7217.17
Price / Cash13.4830.5234.2419.84
Price / Book3.747.278.365.73
Net Income$99.17M$68.49M$669.74M$993.95M
7 Day Performance5.62%1.67%2.05%3.21%
1 Month Performance6.93%2.78%5.06%5.20%
1 Year Performance-7.71%1.79%26.37%19.33%

Yelp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YELP
Yelp
4.1331 of 5 stars
$40.65
+0.3%
$37.17
-8.6%
-7.1%$2.68B$1.34B24.344,872Insider Trade
News Coverage
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.4766 of 5 stars
$177.86
-0.7%
$218.00
+22.6%
+5.7%$6.68B$611.82M85.102,489Analyst Forecast
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.1007 of 5 stars
$51.36
-0.4%
$69.71
+35.7%
-16.2%$2.20B$1.38B43.534,200Positive News
CMPR
Cimpress
4.8106 of 5 stars
$71.66
+4.8%
$114.50
+59.8%
+3.9%$1.80B$3.34B12.3116,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
QNST
QuinStreet
4.1243 of 5 stars
$21.15
-0.9%
$29.00
+37.1%
+85.2%$1.19B$768.81M-52.88790Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.6557 of 5 stars
$33.12
+0.3%
$32.00
-3.4%
+104.1%$1.02B$363.32M52.57740Positive News
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
3.8825 of 5 stars
$1.38
-6.1%
$2.23
+61.2%
-53.8%$986.80M$4.94B-2.561,982Gap Up
ANGI
Angi
3.0209 of 5 stars
$1.55
-0.6%
$3.06
+97.7%
-14.5%$770.77M$1.22B22.143,800Short Interest ↑
TTGT
TechTarget
4.2916 of 5 stars
$17.55
-3.8%
$36.14
+105.9%
-46.9%$513.07M$226.31M-41.791,000Analyst Forecast
TZOO
Travelzoo
3.3641 of 5 stars
$18.96
-3.3%
$24.33
+28.3%
+146.0%$223.80M$84.37M17.72210Short Interest ↑
Positive News
BCOV
Brightcove
2.4993 of 5 stars
$4.42
+0.2%
$3.98
-10.1%
+81.9%$199.50M$199.83M-21.05720Short Interest ↑
News Coverage

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