SEC Form 10-Q filed by Yelp Inc.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Form 10-Q

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☑			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2024


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition period from to

Commission file number: 001-35444

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YELP INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Delaware			20-1854266
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

350 Mission Street, 10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(415) 908-3801

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share

YELP

New York Stock Exchange LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	☑	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑

As of November 1, 2024, there were 65,817,690 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.000001 per share.

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YELP INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

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		Page
Part I.	Financial Information
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	9
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	10
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	26
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	36
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	36
Part II.	Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	37
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	37
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	39
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	39
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	39
Item 5.	Other Information	39
Item 6.	Exhibits	40
Signatures

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Unless the context suggests otherwise, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”) to “Yelp,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Yelp Inc. and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries.

Unless the context otherwise indicates, where we refer in this Quarterly Report to our “mobile application” or “mobile app,” we refer to all of our applications for mobile-enabled devices; references to our “mobile platform” refer to both our mobile app and the versions of our website that are optimized for mobile-based browsers. Similarly, references to our “website” refer to versions of our website dedicated to both desktop- and mobile-based browsers, as well as the U.S. and international versions of our website.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this Quarterly Report that are not purely historical, including statements regarding our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about:

•our financial performance, including our revenue, operating expenses and margins, as well as our ability to maintain profitability;

•our ability to maintain and expand our advertiser base;

•our strategic initiatives to support revenue growth and margin expansion;

•our investment plans and priorities, including planned investments in product development, marketing and our sales channels, as well as proposed acquisition of RepairPal, Inc. (“RepairPal”), and our ability to execute against those plans and priorities and the results thereof;

•our ability to operate with a distributed workforce as well as the benefits and costs thereof;

•trends and expectations regarding customer and revenue retention;

•trends and expectations regarding our key metrics, including consumer traffic and engagement and the opportunity they present for growth;

•our liquidity and working capital requirements; and

•our plans with respect to our stock repurchase program.

Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions or variations intended to identify forward-looking statements.

These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management, which are in turn based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this Quarterly Report may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” included under Part I, Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Annual Report”), such as:

•adverse macroeconomic conditions, including related to inflation, interest rates and supply chain issues, and their impact on consumer behavior, user activity and advertiser spending;

•our ability to maintain and expand our advertiser base, particularly as many businesses continue to face macroeconomic challenges, including labor and supply chain difficulties;

•our ability to execute on our strategic initiatives and the effectiveness thereof;

•our ability to hire, retain, motivate and effectively manage well-qualified employees in a primarily remote work environment;

•our ability to maintain and increase user engagement on our platform, including our ability to generate, maintain and recommend sufficient content that consumers find relevant, helpful and reliable;

•the rapidly evolving and intensely competitive markets in which we operate;

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•our reliance on third-party service providers and strategic partners;

•our reliance on search engines and application marketplaces, certain providers of which offer products and services that compete directly with our products;

•our ability to maintain the uninterrupted and proper operation of our technology and network infrastructure;

•actual or perceived security breaches as well as errors, vulnerabilities or defects in our software or in products of third-party providers;

•our ability to generate sufficient revenue to maintain profitability, particularly in light of our limited operating history in an evolving industry, significant ongoing investments in our strategic initiatives, and the ongoing impact of macroeconomic challenges;

•our ability to accurately forecast revenue and appropriately plan expenses;

•our ability to operate effectively on mobile devices and other platforms beyond desktop computers;

•our actual or perceived failure to comply with laws and regulations applicable to our business;

•our ability to maintain, protect and enhance the Yelp brand and manage negative publicity that may arise; and

•our ability to successfully manage any strategic opportunities, including the acquisition and integration of any new businesses, solutions or technologies, such as our acquisition of Repai rPal, as well as our ability to monetize the acquired products.

Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

NOTE REGARDING METRICS

We review a number of performance metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends in our business, prepare financial projections and make strategic decisions. Please see the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Metrics” in this Quarterly Report and in our Annual Report for information on how we define our key metrics. Unless otherwise stated, these metrics do not include metrics from subscription products or our business-owner products.

While our metrics are based on what we believe to be reasonable calculations, there are inherent challenges in measuring usage across our large user base. Certain of our performance metrics, including the number of unique devices accessing our mobile app, ad clicks, average cost-per-click and active claimed local business locations, are tracked with internal company tools, which are not independently verified by any third party and have a number of limitations. For example, our metrics may be affected by mobile applications that automatically contact our servers for regular updates with no discernible user action involved; this activity can cause our system to count the device associated with the app as an app unique device in a given period. Although we take steps to exclude such activity and, as a result, do not believe it has had a material impact on our reported metrics, our efforts may not successfully account for all such activity.

Our metrics that are calculated based on data from Google Analytics, a digital marketing intelligence product from Google LLC (“Google”) — the number of desktop and mobile website unique visitors — are subject to similar limitations. Google Analytics periodically encounters difficulties in providing accurate data for such metrics as a result of a variety of factors, including human and software errors. In addition, because these traffic metrics are tracked based on unique identifiers, an individual who accesses our website from multiple devices with different identifiers may be counted as multiple unique visitors, and multiple individuals who access our website from a shared device with a single identifier may be counted as a single unique visitor. As a result, the calculations of our unique visitors may not accurately reflect the number of people actually visiting our website.

Our measures of traffic and other key metrics may also differ from estimates published by third parties (other than those whose data we use to calculate such metrics) or from similar metrics of our competitors. We are continually seeking to improve our ability to measure these key metrics, and regularly review our processes to assess potential improvements to their accuracy. From time to time, we may discover inaccuracies in our metrics or make adjustments to improve their accuracy, including adjustments that may result in the recalculation of our historical metrics. We believe that any such inaccuracies or adjustments are immaterial unless otherwise stated. Similarly, Google Analytics also makes periodic changes and updates to their tools and methodologies. As of July 1, 2024, Google no longer offers the Universal Analytics version of its Google Analytics product that we have historically used for our web traffic metrics. We plan to begin reporting our web traffic metrics based on internal measurement tools for the year ending December 31, 2024. These changes to our web traffic metrics will result in inconsistency between new data and previously reported data.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YELP INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except par value)

(Unaudited)


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	261,588	$	313,911
Short-term marketable securities	135,426		127,485
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $16,373 and $13,768 at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	155,131		146,147
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	38,083		36,673
Total current assets	590,228		624,216
Property, equipment and software, net	73,991		68,684
Operating lease right-of-use assets	28,380		48,573
Goodwill	104,433		103,886
Intangibles, net	6,638		7,638

Other non-current assets	176,538		161,726
Total assets	$	980,208	$	1,014,723
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	134,746	$	132,809
Operating lease liabilities — current	28,022		39,234
Deferred revenue	7,601		3,821
Total current liabilities	170,369		175,864
Operating lease liabilities — long-term	25,905		48,065
Other long-term liabilities	44,394		41,260
Total liabilities	240,668		265,189
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.000001 par value — 200,000 shares authorized, 66,638 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024, and 68,864 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023	—		—
Additional paid-in capital	1,873,678		1,786,667
Treasury stock	(2,907)		(282)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(10,535)		(12,202)
Accumulated deficit	(1,120,696)		(1,024,649)
Total stockholders’ equity	739,540		749,534
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	980,208	$	1,014,723

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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YELP INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Net revenue	$	360,344	$	345,122	$	1,050,112	$	994,686
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	32,382		28,370		90,414		84,613
Sales and marketing	144,631		137,703		442,715		424,308
Product development	77,748		81,020		251,055		254,247
General and administrative	49,605		45,695		139,471		145,609
Depreciation and amortization	9,326		10,461		28,841		31,881

Total costs and expenses	313,692		303,249		952,496		940,658
Income from operations	46,652		41,873		97,616		54,028
Other income, net	7,231		6,154		25,277		17,264
Income before income taxes	53,883		48,027		122,893		71,292
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	15,443		(10,189)		32,263		(475)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	38,440	$	58,216	$	90,630	$	71,767
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders
Basic	$	0.57	$	0.84	$	1.34	$	1.03
Diluted	$	0.56	$	0.79	$	1.27	$	0.98
Weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share attributable to common stockholders
Basic	67,219		69,030		67,862		69,366
Diluted	69,163		73,566		71,109		72,920

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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YELP INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	38,440	$	58,216	$	90,630	$	71,767
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax	2,905		(1,502)		1,223		429
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale debt securities, net of tax	694		100		444		(162)

Other comprehensive income (loss)	3,599		(1,402)		1,667		267
Comprehensive income	$	42,039	$	56,814	$	92,297	$	72,034

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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YELP INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)



	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Treasury Stock		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Accumulated Deficit		Total Stockholders’ Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance as of June 30, 2023	69,287	$	—	$	1,732,909	$	(159)	$	(13,876)	$	(1,010,272)	$	708,602

Issuance of common stock upon exercises of employee stock options	69	—		2,426		—		—		—		2,426
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”), net	821	—		—		—		—		—		—
Issuance of common stock for employee stock purchase plan	2	—		65		—		—		—		65
Stock-based compensation (inclusive of capitalized stock-based compensation)	—	—		44,826		—		—		—		44,826
Taxes withheld related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(23,052)		—		—		—		(23,052)
Repurchases of common stock	—	—		—		(50,107)		—		—		(50,107)
Retirement of common stock	(1,217)	—		—		49,999		—		(49,999)		—
Other comprehensive loss	—	—		—		—		(1,402)		—		(1,402)
Net income	—	—		—		—		—		58,216		58,216
Balance as of September 30, 2023	68,962	$	—	$	1,757,174	$	(267)	$	(15,278)	$	(1,002,055)	$	739,574

Balance as of June 30, 2024	67,622	$	—	$	1,848,677	$	(806)	$	(14,134)	$	(1,098,390)	$	735,347

Issuance of common stock upon vesting of RSUs, net	714	—		—		—		—		—		—

Stock-based compensation (inclusive of capitalized stock-based compensation)	—	—		41,954		—		—		—		41,954
Taxes withheld related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(16,953)		—		—		—		(16,953)
Repurchases of common stock	—	—		—		(62,847)		—		—		(62,847)
Retirement of common stock	(1,698)	—		—		60,746		—		(60,746)		—
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		—		3,599		—		3,599
Net income	—	—		—		—		—		38,440		38,440
Balance as of September 30, 2024	66,638	$	—	$	1,873,678	$	(2,907)	$	(10,535)	$	(1,120,696)	$	739,540

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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YELP INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CONTINUED)

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)



	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Treasury Stock		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Accumulated Deficit		Total Stockholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance as of December 31, 2022	69,797	$	—	$	1,649,692	$	—	$	(15,545)	$	(923,823)	$	710,324

Issuance of common stock upon exercises of employee stock options	785	—		17,975		—		—		—		17,975
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of RSUs, net	2,479	—		—		—		—		—		—
Issuance of common stock for employee stock purchase plan	382	—		10,977		—		—		—		10,977
Stock-based compensation (inclusive of capitalized stock-based compensation)	—	—		139,988		—		—		—		139,988
Taxes withheld related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(61,458)		—		—		—		(61,458)
Repurchases of common stock	—	—		—		(150,266)		—		—		(150,266)
Retirement of common stock	(4,481)	—		—		149,999		—		(149,999)		—
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		—		267		—		267
Net income	—	—		—		—		—		71,767		71,767
Balance as of September 30, 2023	68,962	$	—	$	1,757,174	$	(267)	$	(15,278)	$	(1,002,055)	$	739,574

Balance as of December 31, 2023	68,864	$	—	$	1,786,667	$	(282)	$	(12,202)	$	(1,024,649)	$	749,534
Issuance of common stock upon exercises of employee stock options	37	—		1,244		—		—		—		1,244
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of RSUs, net	2,245	—		—		—		—		—		—
Issuance of common stock for employee stock purchase plan	388	—		12,192		—		—		—		12,192
Stock-based compensation (inclusive of capitalized stock-based compensation)	—	—		131,929		—		—		—		131,929
Taxes withheld related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(58,354)		—		—		—		(58,354)
Repurchases of common stock	—	—		—		(189,302)		—		—		(189,302)
Retirement of common stock	(4,896)	—		—		186,677		—		(186,677)		—
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		—		1,667		—		1,667
Net income	—	—		—		—		—		90,630		90,630
Balance as of September 30, 2024	66,638	$	—	$	1,873,678	$	(2,907)	$	(10,535)	$	(1,120,696)	$	739,540

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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YELP INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023
Operating Activities
Net income	$	90,630	$	71,767
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	28,841		31,881
Provision for doubtful accounts	35,111		26,664
Stock-based compensation	123,396		133,304
Amortization of right-of-use assets	11,363		22,848
Deferred income taxes	(17,408)		(8,845)
Amortization of deferred contract cost	18,604		17,818
Asset impairment	5,914		3,555
Other adjustments, net	(2,717)		(229)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(44,095)		(54,395)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(14,302)		3,101
Operating lease liabilities	(29,333)		(30,255)
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities	8,838		9,896
Net cash provided by operating activities	214,842		227,110
Investing Activities
Purchases of marketable securities — available-for-sale	(89,251)		(115,388)
Sales and maturities of marketable securities — available-for-sale	83,380		89,613



Purchases of other investments	(2,500)		—
Purchases of property, equipment and software	(26,337)		(20,850)

Other investing activities	268		160
Net cash used in investing activities	(34,440)		(46,465)
Financing Activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock for employee stock-based plans	13,436		28,958
Taxes paid related to the net share settlement of equity awards	(58,044)		(61,142)
Repurchases of common stock	(188,399)		(149,999)
Payment of issuance costs for credit facility	—		(1,049)
Net cash used in financing activities	(233,007)		(183,232)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	580		903
Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(52,025)		(1,684)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — Beginning of period	314,002		307,138
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — End of period	$	261,977	$	305,454
Supplemental Disclosures of Other Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for income taxes, net	$	35,731	$	8,800
Supplemental Disclosures of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities
Purchases of property, equipment and software recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	2,593	$	1,064


Repurchases of common stock recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	1,411	$	2,677
Excise tax accrued on net stock repurchases	$	903	$	267

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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YELP INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS FOR PRESENTATION

Yelp Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on September 3, 2004. Except where specifically noted or the context otherwise requires, the use of terms such as the “Company” and “Yelp” in these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements refers to Yelp Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Yelp is a trusted local resource for consumers and a partner in success for businesses of all sizes. Consumers trust Yelp for its extensive ratings and reviews of businesses across a broad range of categories, while businesses advertise on Yelp to reach its large audience of purchase-oriented and generally affluent consumers. Yelp has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland and Germany.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Accordingly, these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements contained in the Annual Report.

The unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 included herein was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP, including certain notes to the financial statements. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements. Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, including combining transactions revenue into other revenue.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normally recurring nature necessary for the fair presentation of the interim periods presented.

Principles of Consolidation

These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Items that require estimates, judgments or assumptions include, but are not limited to, determining variable consideration and identifying the nature and timing of satisfaction of performance obligations, allowance for doubtful accounts and credit losses, fair value and estimated useful lives of long- and indefinite-lived assets, litigation loss contingencies, liabilities related to incurred but not reported insurance claims, fair value and achievement of targets for performance-based restricted stock units (“PRSUs”) and income taxes. These estimates, judgments and assumptions are based on information available as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements; therefore, actual results could differ from management’s estimates due to macroeconomic uncertainty and other factors.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies from those described in the Annual Report.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”), which expands annual and interim disclosure requirements for reportable segments, primarily through enhanced disclosures about

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significant segment expenses. ASU 2023-07 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024 and should be adopted retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-07 on its related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires the disclosure of specific categories in the rate reconciliation and greater disaggregation for income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 and should be adopted prospectively with the option to be adopted retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-09 on its related disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03, “Income Statement — Reporting Comprehensive Income — Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires the disaggregation of certain expenses in the notes of the financials, to provide enhanced transparency into the expense captions presented on the face of the income statement. ASU 2024-03 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2024-03 on its related disclosures.

2. CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Cash	$	104,011	$	105,959
Cash equivalents	157,577		207,952
Total cash and cash equivalents	261,588		313,911
Restricted cash	389		91
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	261,977	$	314,002

Restricted cash is included in other non-current assets on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

3. MARKETABLE SECURITIES

Short-term investments and certain cash equivalents consist of investments in debt securities that are classified as available-for-sale. The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses and fair value of investments as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
Cash equivalents:


Commercial paper	$	776	$	—	$	—	$	776
Total cash equivalents	776		—		—		776
Short-term marketable securities:
Certificates of deposit	1,282		—		—		1,282
Commercial paper	10,083		—		—		10,083
Corporate bonds	40,143		202		(7)		40,338
Agency bonds	3,218		2		—		3,220
U.S. government securities	80,104		421		(22)		80,503
Total short-term marketable securities	134,830		625		(29)		135,426





Total	$	135,606	$	625	$	(29)	$	136,202

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	December 31, 2023
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
Cash equivalents:
U.S. government securities	$	1,612	$	—	$	—	$	1,612
Total cash equivalents	1,612		—		—		1,612
Short-term marketable securities:
Certificates of deposit	1,537		—		—		1,537
Commercial paper	1,058		—		—		1,058
Corporate bonds	19,833		16		(92)		19,757
Agency bonds	17,660		4		(17)		17,647
U.S. government securities	87,414		241		(169)		87,486
Total short-term marketable securities	127,502		261		(278)		127,485



Total	$	129,114	$	261	$	(278)	$	129,097

The following tables present gross unrealized losses and fair values for those securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that the individual securities had been in a continuous loss position (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024
	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or Greater				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss		Fair Value		Unrealized Loss		Fair Value		Unrealized Loss


Corporate bonds	$	4,777	$	(6)	$	1,330	$	(1)	$	6,107	$	(7)

U.S. government securities	3,294		(2)		18,513		(20)		21,807		(22)
Total	$	8,071	$	(8)	$	19,843	$	(21)	$	27,914	$	(29)

	December 31, 2023
	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or Greater				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss		Fair Value		Unrealized Loss		Fair Value		Unrealized Loss


Corporate bonds	$	2,130	$	(9)	$	12,104	$	(83)	$	14,234	$	(92)
Agency bonds	14,409		(17)		—		—		14,409		(17)
U.S. government securities	27,763		(135)		6,231		(34)		33,994		(169)
Total	$	44,302	$	(161)	$	18,335	$	(117)	$	62,637	$	(278)

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not recognize any credit loss related to available-for-sale marketable securities.

The contractual maturities for marketable securities classified as available-for-sale as of September 30, 2024 were as follows (in thousands):


	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	79,932	$	80,138
Due in one to five years	55,674		56,064
Total	$	135,606	$	136,202

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4. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company’s investments in money market accounts are recorded as cash equivalents at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, the Company carries its available-for-sale debt securities at fair value. See Note 3, “Marketable Securities,” for further details.

The accounting guidance for fair value measurements prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value in the following hierarchy:

Level 1—Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets,

Level 2—Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly, or

Level 3—Unobservable inputs in which there are little or no market data, which require the Company to develop its own assumptions.

This hierarchy requires the Company to use observable market data, when available, to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value. The Company’s money market funds are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted prices in active markets. The Company’s certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate bonds, agency bonds and U.S. government securities are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because they have been valued using inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable directly or indirectly.

The following table represents the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments, including those measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024								December 31, 2023
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	129,653	$	—	$	—	$	129,653	$	180,270	$	—	$	—	$	180,270


U.S. government securities	—		—		—		—		—		1,612		—		1,612
Commercial paper	—		776		—		776		—		—		—		—
Marketable securities:
Certificates of deposit	—		1,282		—		1,282		—		1,537		—		1,537
Commercial paper	—		10,083		—		10,083		—		1,058		—		1,058
Corporate bonds	—		40,338		—		40,338		—		19,757		—		19,757
Agency bonds	—		3,220		—		3,220		—		17,647		—		17,647
U.S. government securities	—		80,503		—		80,503		—		87,486		—		87,486
Other investments:
Certificates of deposit	—		10,000		—		10,000		—		7,500		—		7,500
Total cash equivalents, marketable securities and other investments	$	129,653	$	146,202	$	—	$	275,855	$	180,270	$	136,597	$	—	$	316,867

The certificates of deposit that are categorized as other investments with original maturities of one year or less are reflected in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Those with original maturities of more than one year are reflected in other non-current assets.

Certain long- and indefinite-lived assets are recognized at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, including assets that are written down as a result of an impairment. The Company recognized impairment charges related to right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and leasehold improvements associated with certain office space that it subleased or abandoned during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. See Note 8, “Leases,” for further details. The Company estimated the fair value of these assets as of the impairment dates using an income approach based on discounted cash flows expected to be received for the subleased or abandoned properties. This valuation technique relied on certain assumptions made by management based on both internal and external data, such as the incremental borrowing rates used to discount these cash flows to their present values. As a result, these assets are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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5. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

Prepaid expenses and other current assets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Prepaid expenses	$	16,282	$	14,922
Certificates of deposit	7,500		5,000

Other current assets	14,301		16,751
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	38,083	$	36,673

As of September 30, 2024, other current assets primarily consisted of income taxes receivable, deferred costs related to subleases as well as unsettled share repurchases and short-term deposits.

6. PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE, NET

Property, equipment and software, net as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Capitalized website and internal-use software development costs	$	289,146	$	258,059
Leasehold improvements(1)	56,187		57,403
Computer equipment	28,796		50,014
Furniture and fixtures	9,018		10,336
Telecommunication	280		4,175
Software	1,105		1,113
Total	384,532		381,100
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization(1)	(310,541)		(312,416)
Property, equipment and software, net	$	73,991	$	68,684

(1) Leasehold improvements, net was reduced to reflect an impairment of $1.3 million recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as a result of the Company’s subleases of certain office space. For more information, see Note 8, “Leases.”

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property, equipment and software was $9.0 million and $10.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $27.8 million and $30.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

7. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company’s goodwill is the result of its acquisitions of other businesses and represents the excess of purchase consideration over the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The Company performed its annual goodwill impairment analysis as of August 31, 2024 and concluded that goodwill was not impaired, as the fair value of the reporting unit exceeded its carrying value. Additionally, no triggering events were identified as of September 30, 2024 or December 31, 2023 that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of goodwill below its carrying value.

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was as follows (in thousands):


Balance as of December 31, 2023	$	103,886
Effect of currency translation	547
Balance as of September 30, 2024	$	104,433

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Intangible assets that were not fully amortized as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):


	September 30, 2024
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Weighted-Average Remaining Life
Business relationships	$	9,918	$	(6,790)	$	3,128	4.4 years

Licensing agreements	6,141		(2,646)		3,495		5.4 years

Domain and data licenses	2,885		(2,870)		15		4.6 years


Total	$	18,944	$	(12,306)	$	6,638


	December 31, 2023
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Weighted-Average Remaining Life
Business relationships	$	9,918	$	(6,258)	$	3,660	5.2 years

Licensing agreements	6,129		(2,151)		3,978		6.2 years

Domain and data licenses	2,869		(2,869)		—		0.0 years


Total	$	18,916	$	(11,278)	$	7,638

Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $0.3 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, and $1.0 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.

As of September 30, 2024, estimated future amortization expense was as follows (in thousands):



Remainder of 2024	$	336
2025	1,357
2026	1,357
2027	1,357
2028	1,357
2029	764
Thereafter	110
Total amortization	$	6,638

8. LEASES

The components of lease cost, net for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Operating lease cost	$	4,537	$	8,501	$	14,225	$	27,254
Short-term lease cost (12 months or less)	99		95		292		298
Sublease income	(3,403)		(3,403)		(10,207)		(10,197)
Total lease cost, net	$	1,233	$	5,193	$	4,310	$	17,355

The Company’s leases and subleases do not include any variable lease payments, residual value guarantees, related-party leases, or restrictions or covenants that would limit or prevent the Company from exercising its right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from use of the respective assets during the lease term.

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Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows (in thousands):


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	32,165	$	34,723

As of September 30, 2024, maturities of lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):



Remainder of 2024	$	10,593
2025	22,360
2026	7,426
2027	7,313
2028	6,005
2029	2,832
Thereafter	1,632
Total minimum lease payments	58,161
Less imputed interest	(4,234)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	53,927

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate were as follows:


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) — operating leases	3.2		3.7
Weighted-average discount rate — operating leases	5.2	%	5.1	%

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company determined that it was reasonably certain it would exercise the early termination option included in the lease for certain office space in San Francisco. As a result, the Company remeasured the associated lease liability and ROU asset in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842 and reduced each by $4.6 million during the nine-month period.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company subleased certain office space in San Francisco and Toronto. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company abandoned certain office space in San Francisco. The Company evaluated the associated ROU assets and leasehold improvements for impairment as a result of the subleases and abandonment in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360, “Property, Plant, and Equipment,” because the change in circumstances indicated that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. The Company compared the carrying value of the impacted assets to the fair value to determine the impairment amount and recognized an impairment charge of $5.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, which reduced the carrying amount of the ROU assets and leasehold improvements by $4.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively. The Company recognized an impairment charge of $3.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, which reduced the carrying amount of the ROU asset and leasehold improvements by $2.6 million and $1.0 million, respectively. The impairment charges are included in general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statement of operations. For more information on the fair values of the ROU asset and leasehold improvements used in the impairment analysis, see Note 4, “Fair Value Measurements.”

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9. OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Other non-current assets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Deferred tax assets	$	136,667	$	119,449
Deferred contract costs	25,592		28,203
Other non-current assets	14,279		14,074
Total other non-current assets	$	176,538	$	161,726

10. CONTRACT BALANCES

The changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows (in thousands):


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023
Balance, beginning of period	$	13,768	$	9,277
Add: provision for doubtful accounts	35,111		26,664
Less: write-offs, net of recoveries	(32,506)		(25,052)
Balance, end of period	$	16,373	$	10,889

In calculating the allowance for doubtful accounts as of September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company considered expectations of probable credit losses based on observed trends in cancellations, observed changes in the credit risk of specific customers, the impact of anticipated closures and bankruptcies using forecasted economic indicators in addition to historical experience and loss patterns during periods of macroeconomic uncertainty. The increases in the provision for doubtful accounts and write-offs, net of recoveries in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior-year period were a result of the ordinary course of business, reflecting higher aggregate customer delinquencies as well as the increase in net revenue.

Contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue, which is recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets when the Company has received consideration, or has the right to receive consideration, in advance of transferring the performance obligations under the contract to the customer.

The changes in short-term deferred revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 were as follows (in thousands):


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Balance, beginning of period	$	3,821
Less: recognition of deferred revenue from beginning balance	(3,356)
Add: net increase in current period contract liabilities	7,136
Balance, end of period	$	7,601

The majority of the Company’s deferred revenue balance as of September 30, 2024 is classified as short-term and is expected to be recognized as revenue in the subsequent three-month period ending December 31, 2024. An immaterial amount of long-term deferred revenue is included in other long-term liabilities as of September 30, 2024. No other contract assets or liabilities were recorded on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

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11. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Accounts payable	$	6,903	$	11,868
Employee-related liabilities	95,252		79,081




Accrued legal settlements	154		15,085
Other accrued liabilities	32,437		26,775
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	134,746	$	132,809

As of September 30, 2024, other accrued liabilities primarily consisted of accrued operating expenses and cost of revenue, as well as taxes payable.

12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

CIPA Action

On October 12, 2016, a putative class action lawsuit asserting claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act was filed against the Company (the “CIPA Action”) in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco (the “Superior Court”), in which the plaintiff sought statutory damages and other relief based on alleged unlawful call recording. The Company filed a motion for summary judgment on the basis that it had never recorded the plaintiff, which the Superior Court granted. The plaintiff appealed and, in October 2020, the California Court of Appeal for the First District (the “Court of Appeal”) reversed the decision of the Superior Court, holding that the recording of only the Company’s consenting sales representatives could violate CIPA, even if the plaintiff was not recorded. The California Supreme Court subsequently denied review of the Court of Appeal’s decision and the case was remanded to the Superior Court. On January 18, 2023, the Superior Court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. In February 2023, the Company filed a petition for a writ with the Court of Appeal seeking reversal of the Superior Court’s class certification decision. The Court of Appeal summarily denied the writ petition on May 25, 2023, following which the Company filed a petition with the California Supreme Court on June 2, 2023 seeking an order directing the Court of Appeal to review the merits of the Company’s writ petition. On July 17, 2023, the Company reached a preliminary agreement with the plaintiffs to settle the CIPA Action for $15.0 million, which payment the Company expected to be partially funded by insurance proceeds. The parties executed a settlement agreement, which the plaintiff presented to the Superior Court for approval. On April 10, 2024, the Superior Court granted final approval of the settlement, which resolved all claims asserted against the Company in the CIPA Action without any liability or wrongdoing attributed to it.

The Company assesses, in conjunction with its legal counsel, the need to record a liability for litigation and contingencies, which it will accrue when it believes a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. As of March 31, 2024, the Company believed the loss was probable and the payment amount of $15.0 million represented a reasonable estimate of loss contingency. The Company recorded a $4.0 million accrual for loss contingency related to the CIPA Action as of December 31, 2022 and an additional accrual of $11.0 million during 2023, resulting in a $15.0 million accrual for loss contingency within accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2024. The accrual for loss contingency was released upon the settlement payment of $15.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2024. The receivable for loss recovery that was recorded in 2023 for the anticipated insurance proceeds of $3.9 million was released upon receipt of the proceeds on January 18, 2024.

Other Legal Proceedings

The Company is subject to other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company currently does not believe that the final outcome of any of these other matters will have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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Indemnification Agreements

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may provide indemnifications of varying scope and terms to customers, vendors, lessors, business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, losses arising out of the breach of such agreements, services to be provided by the Company or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties.

In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with directors and certain officers and employees that will require the Company to, among other things, indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors, officers or employees.

While the outcome of claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does not believe that the outcome of any claims under the indemnification arrangements will have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Revolving Credit Facility

On April 28, 2023, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement with certain lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent, which provides for a five-year $125.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “2023 credit facility”). The 2023 credit facility replaced the Company’s previous $75.0 million revolving credit facility entered into on May 5, 2020 with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “2020 credit facility”), which terminated concurrently with the establishment of the 2023 credit facility. The 2023 credit facility includes a letter of credit sub-limit of $25.0 million, a bilateral letter of credit facility of $25.0 million and an accordion option, which, if exercised, would allow the Company to increase the aggregate commitments by up to $250.0 million, plus additional amounts if the Company is able to satisfy a leverage test, subject to certain conditions. The commitments under the 2023 credit facility expire on April 28, 2028.

Loans under the 2023 credit facility bear interest, at the Company’s election, at either (a) an adjusted term Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus 0.10% plus a margin of 1.25% - 1.50%, depending on the Company’s total leverage ratio, or (b) an alternative base rate plus a margin of 0.25% - 0.50%, depending on the Company’s total leverage ratio. The Company is required to pay a commitment fee on the undrawn portion of the aggregate commitments that accrues at 0.20% - 0.25% per annum, depending on the Company’s total leverage ratio, as well as a letter of credit fee on any outstanding letters of credit that accrues at 1.25% - 1.50% per annum, depending on the Company’s total leverage ratio.

The 2023 credit facility contains customary conditions to borrowing, events of default and covenants, including covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness, grant liens, make distributions, pay dividends, repurchase shares, make investments and engage in transactions with the Company’s affiliates, in each case subject to certain exceptions. The 2023 credit facility also requires the Company to maintain a total leverage ratio of no greater than 3.75 to 1.00, subject to an increase up to 4.25 to 1.00 for a certain period following significant acquisitions, and an interest coverage ratio of no less than 3.00 to 1.00. The obligations under the 2023 credit facility are secured by liens on substantially all of the Company’s domestic assets, including certain domestic intellectual property assets and the equity of its domestic subsidiaries, as well as a portion of the equity interests the Company holds directly in its foreign subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $14.0 million of letters of credit outstanding under the 2023 credit facility sub-limit, which were moved from the 2020 credit facility. The letters of credit are primarily related to lease agreements for certain office locations and are required to be maintained and issued to the landlords of each facility. No loans were outstanding under the 2023 credit facility and the Company was in compliance with all conditions and covenants thereunder as of September 30, 2024.

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13. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The following table presents the number of shares authorized and issued as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
	Shares Authorized	Shares Issued	Shares Authorized	Shares Issued
Common stock, $0.000001 par value	200,000	66,638	200,000	68,864
Undesignated preferred stock	10,000	—	10,000	—

Stock Repurchase Program

As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s board of directors had authorized the Company to repurchase up to an aggregate of $1.95 billion of its outstanding common stock, $393.3 million of which remained available as of September 30, 2024. The Company may purchase shares at management’s discretion in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, in transactions structured through investment banking institutions or a combination of the foregoing.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company repurchased on the open market 4,979,329 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $188.4 million and retired 4,895,875 shares. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had a treasury stock balance of 83,454 shares, which were excluded from its outstanding share count as of such date and subsequently retired in October 2024.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company repurchased on the open market and subsequently retired 4,481,278 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $150.0 million. Although there were no shares of treasury stock as of September 30, 2023, the treasury stock balance included an immaterial amount of excise tax imposed by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on stock repurchases, net of shares issued, during the nine months then ended.

Equity Incentive Plans

Stock Options

A summary of stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 is as follows:


	Number of Shares (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Exercise Price		Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2023	2,543	$	34.94	3.6	$	33,100

Exercised	(37)	33.44
Canceled	(33)	64.91
Outstanding at September 30, 2024	2,473	$	34.57	2.9	$	8,258
Options vested and exercisable at September 30, 2024	2,457	$	34.55	2.9	$	8,240

Aggregate intrinsic value represents the difference between the closing price of the Company’s common stock as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on a given date and the exercise price of outstanding, in-the-money options. The total intrinsic value of options exercised was zero and $0.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $0.3 million and $6.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

There were no options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.

As of September 30, 2024, total unrecognized compensation costs related to nonvested stock options were approximately $0.3 million, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average time period of 0.9 years.

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RSUs

RSUs include PRSUs that are subject to either (a) a market condition or (b) the achievement of performance goals. As the PRSU activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was not material, it is presented together with the RSU activity in the table below. A summary of RSU and PRSU activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	Number of Shares	Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2023	9,961	$	32.61
Granted	2,223	43.97
Vested(1)	(3,852)	32.47
Canceled	(523)	33.64
Nonvested at September 30, 2024(2)	7,809	$	35.84

(1) Includes 1,606,914 shares that vested but were not issued due to the Company’s use of net share settlement for payment of employee taxes.

(2) Includes 875,846 PRSUs.

The aggregate fair value as of the vest date of RSUs and PRSUs that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $139.8 million and $147.9 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had approximately $245.3 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs and PRSUs, which it expects to recognize over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of approximately 2.0 years.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

There were 387,968 shares purchased by employees under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) at a weighted-average purchase price per share of $31.42 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and no shares were purchased by employees under the ESPP during the three months ended September 30, 2024. There were 2,295 and 382,627 shares purchased by employees under the ESPP at a weighted-average purchase price per share of $28.48 and $28.69 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to the ESPP of $0.8 million and $0.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $2.8 million and $2.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes the effects of stock-based compensation expense related to stock-based awards in the condensed consolidated statements of operations during the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Cost of revenue	$	1,301	$	1,298	$	4,099	$	4,026
Sales and marketing	8,588		9,200		25,905		26,921
Product development	20,887		24,047		67,074		74,888
General and administrative	8,696		8,922		26,318		27,469
Total stock-based compensation recorded to income before income taxes	39,472		43,467		123,396		133,304
Benefit from income taxes	(7,560)		(9,023)		(24,015)		(27,898)
Total stock-based compensation recorded to net income attributable to common stockholders	$	31,912	$	34,444	$	99,381	$	105,406

The Company capitalized $3.3 million and $2.2 million of stock-based compensation expense as website and internal-use software development costs and, to a lesser extent, implementation costs incurred related to cloud computing arrangements that are service contracts in the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $9.2 million and $7.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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14. OTHER INCOME, NET

Other income, net for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Interest income, net	$	5,308	$	5,187	$	16,396	$	13,850
Transaction gain (loss) on foreign exchange, net	82		(100)		(121)		(69)
Release of nonrecurring tax reserve(1)	—		—		3,102		—
Other non-operating income, net	1,841		1,067		5,900		3,483
Other income, net	$	7,231	$	6,154	$	25,277	$	17,264

(1) Represents the release of a reserve related to a one-time payroll tax credit.

15. INCOME TAXES

The Company is subject to income taxes in the United States as well as other tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business. Earnings from non-U.S. activities are subject to local country income taxes. The provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $32.3 million, which was due to $33.0 million of U.S. federal, state and foreign income tax expense, partially offset by $0.7 million of net discrete tax benefit primarily related to stock-based compensation. The benefit from income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $0.5 million, which was due to $20.1 million of net discrete tax benefit primarily related to: the 2022 federal and state tax provision to return adjustments, which mainly resulted from the release of Internal Revenue Service guidance related to the requirement to capitalize and amortize certain research and development expenses under the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; a one-time litigation settlement loss contingency in connection with the agreement to settle the CIPA Action as detailed in Note 12, “Commitments and Contingencies”; and the tax benefit related to stock-based compensation. These tax benefits were partially offset by $19.6 million of U.S. federal, state and foreign income tax expense.

Accounting for income taxes for interim periods generally requires the provision for income taxes to be determined by applying an estimate of the annual effective tax rate for the full fiscal year to income or loss before income taxes, excluding unusual or infrequently occurring discrete items, for the reporting period. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the difference between the effective tax rate and the federal statutory tax rate primarily related to tax credits, offset by stock-based compensation and other non-deductible expenses. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the difference between the effective tax rate and the federal statutory tax rate primarily related to tax credits, offset by stock-based compensation.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $38.7 million of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the Company’s effective tax rate.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company estimated that it had accumulated undistributed earnings generated by its foreign subsidiaries of approximately $35.9 million. Any taxes due with respect to such earnings or the excess of the amount for financial reporting over the tax basis of the Company’s foreign investments would generally be limited to foreign and state taxes. The Company has not recognized a deferred tax liability related to unremitted foreign earnings, as it intends to indefinitely reinvest these earnings, and expects future U.S. cash generation to be sufficient to meet future U.S. cash needs.

In addition, the Company is subject to the continuous examination of its income tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities. The Company’s federal and state income tax returns for tax years subsequent to 2003 remain open to examination. In the Company’s foreign jurisdictions — Canada, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom — the tax years subsequent to 2018 remain open to examination. The Company regularly assesses the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from examinations to determine the adequacy of its provision for income taxes and monitors the progress of ongoing discussions with tax authorities and the impact, if any, of the expected expiration of the statute of limitations in various taxing jurisdictions. The Company believes that an adequate provision has been made for any adjustments that may result from tax examinations. However, the outcome of tax audits cannot be predicted with certainty. If any issues addressed in the Company’s tax audits are resolved in a manner not consistent with management’s expectations, the Company could be required to adjust its provision for income taxes in the period such resolution occurs. As of September 30, 2024, although the timing of the resolution or closure of audits is not certain, the Company believes it is reasonably possible that unrecognized tax benefits will not be reduced within the next 12 months.

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16. NET INCOME PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders is computed using the weighted-average number of outstanding shares of common stock during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders is computed using the weighted-average number of outstanding shares of common stock and the effect of potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive securities include stock options, RSUs (including PRSUs) and, to a lesser extent, ESPP shares. If dilutive, such potentially dilutive securities are reflected in net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders using the treasury stock method.

The following tables present the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented (in thousands, except per share data):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Basic net income per share:
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	38,440	$	58,216	$	90,630	$	71,767
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	67,219		69,030		67,862		69,366
Basic net income per share attributable to common stockholders:	$	0.57	$	0.84	$	1.34	$	1.03


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Diluted net income per share:
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	38,440	$	58,216	$	90,630	$	71,767
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	67,219		69,030		67,862		69,366
Stock options	229		501		351		246
RSUs	1,587		3,899		2,851		3,259
ESPP	128		136		45		49
Number of shares used in diluted calculation	69,163		73,566		71,109		72,920
Diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders:	$	0.56	$	0.79	$	1.27	$	0.98

The following stock-based instruments were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders because their effect would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Stock options	1,099	761	680	1,319
RSUs	1,974	26	1,612	364

17. INFORMATION ABOUT REVENUE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

The Company considers operating segments to be components of the Company for which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the Company’s chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The chief operating decision maker for the Company is the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis, accompanied by information about revenue by product line and geographic region for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance.

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The Company has determined that it has a single operating and reporting segment. When the Company communicates results externally, it disaggregates net revenue into major product lines and primary geographical markets, which is based on the billing address of the customer. The disaggregation of net revenue by major product lines is based on the type of service provided and also aligns with the timing of revenue recognition for each. To reflect the Company’s strategic focus on creating differentiated experiences for its Services categories and Restaurants, Retail & Other categories, the Company further disaggregates advertising revenue to reflect these two high-level category groupings. The Services categories consist of the following businesses: home, local, auto, professional, pets, events, real estate and financial services. The Restaurants, Retail & Other categories consist of the following businesses: restaurants, shopping, beauty & fitness, health and other.

Net Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s net revenue by major product line (and by category for advertising revenue) for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Net revenue by product:
Advertising revenue by category:
Services	$	228,009	$	206,178	$	654,252	$	589,972
Restaurants, Retail & Other	116,397		123,854		349,130		359,175
Advertising	344,406		330,032		1,003,382		949,147

Other(1)	15,938		15,090		46,730		45,539
Total net revenue	$	360,344	$	345,122	$	1,050,112	$	994,686

(1) For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, other revenue includes revenue generated from transactions with consumers, which the Company reported separately as transactions revenue in prior periods. Prior-period amounts in the table above have been reclassified to conform to the current-period presentation.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, no individual customer accounted for 10% or more of consolidated net revenue.

The following table presents the Company’s net revenue by major geographic region for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
United States	$	357,656	$	342,600	$	1,042,159	$	987,535
All other countries	2,688		2,522		7,953		7,151
Total net revenue	$	360,344	$	345,122	$	1,050,112	$	994,686

Long-Lived Assets

The following table presents the Company’s long-lived assets by major geographic region as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
United States	$	69,405	$	62,464
All other countries	4,586		6,220
Total long-lived assets	$	73,991	$	68,684

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18. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On November 6, 2024, the Company and Rollins Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with auto services platform RepairPal, Inc. (“RepairPal”) and Fortis Advisors LLC, solely in its capacity as the securityholders’ representative.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into RepairPal, with RepairPal continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). Upon consummation of the Merger, all outstanding capital stock and options and warrants to purchase capital stock of RepairPal will be converted into the right to receive an aggregate of $80 million in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments based on net working capital, indebtedness and third-party expenses. Of such amount, the following amounts will be held back to secure the Company’s right of indemnity under the Merger Agreement: (1) $8 million will be held back for a 15-month period after closing; (2) $2 million will be held back for a 24-month period after closing; and (3) $3.5 million will be held back until 30 days following the final, non-appealable resolution of certain legal matters. The Company will retain such holdback amounts, which will be classified as restricted cash.

Subject to customary closing conditions, the Company expects to close the Merger by the end of 2024.

The Company is currently in the process of valuing the assets expected to be acquired and liabilities expected to be assumed in its acquisition of RepairPal, which it expects to reflect in its financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2024.

The Company believes its acquisition of RepairPal will accelerate its efforts in Services by expanding its offerings in the auto services advertising vertical.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs, and involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results and the timing of certain events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” included under Part I, Item 1A in our Annual Report. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this Quarterly Report.

Overview

As one of the best known Internet brands in the United States, Yelp is a trusted local resource for consumers and a partner in success for businesses of all sizes. Consumers trust us for the more than 260 million ratings and reviews available on our platform of businesses across a broad range of categories, while businesses advertise with us to reach our large audience of purchase-oriented and generally affluent consumers. We believe our ability to provide value to both consumers and businesses not only fulfills our mission to connect consumers with great local businesses, but also positions us well in the local, digital advertising market in the United States.

We generate substantially all of our revenue from the sale of performance-based advertising products, which our advertising platform matches to individual consumers through auctions priced on a cost-per-click (“CPC”) basis. In the three months ended September 30, 2024, our net revenue was $360.3 million, up 4% from the three months ended September 30, 2023, and we recorded net income of $38.4 million and adjusted EBITDA of $101.4 million. In the nine months ended September 30, 2024, our net revenue was $1.05 billion, up 6% from the nine months ended September 30, 2023, and we recorded net income of $90.6 million and adjusted EBITDA of $256.9 million. For information on how we define and calculate adjusted EBITDA, and a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to net income, see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

In the third quarter of 2024, our strategic investments in product and marketing continued to drive progress on our revenue growth initiatives:

•Deliver the best Home Services experience for consumers and service professionals. Advertising revenue from Services businesses increased by 11% year over year to reach 66% of total advertising revenue in the third quarter. The Home Services category remained particularly strong, with revenue growth of approximately 15% year over year. Improvements to the Request-a-Quote flow drove a year-over-year increase in project growth of approximately 25% in the third quarter. Yelp Assistant, our artificial intelligence (“AI”) chatbot that we launched on iOS in the second quarter, also contributed to increases in project submissions and monetized leads.

•Provide the most trusted local search and discovery platform. In the third quarter, we continued to invest in the consumer experience with the goal of driving more connections with businesses. We introduced trending topics and suggestions to make our search experience even more efficient, which ultimately resulted in users viewing more business pages per interaction with our platform. We also enhanced the user-generated videos in the home feed to create an even more visually engaging and useful experience for consumers, which led to a mid-teens-percentage increase in engagement compared to before the change took effect.

•Optimize advertiser value through our advanced technology. In the third quarter, improved matching and our acquisition of Services projects through paid search drove a 2% year-over-year increase in ad clicks. Average CPC increased by 3% from the third quarter of 2023, largely reflecting a mix shift towards Services clicks, which generally have higher CPCs than clicks in Restaurants, Retail & Other (“RR&O”) categories. Enhancements to our ad formats and matching capabilities led to a year-over-year improvement in our retention rate for non-term advertisers’ budgets in the third quarter.

•Drive profitable growth through our most efficient channels. Improvements to the claim and ad purchase flows, together with effective advertiser marketing, drove near-record customer acquisition in our Self-serve channel in the third quarter. We also continued to enhance the business owner experience, including by providing budget recommendations and billing optimizations. As a result of these efforts, revenue from our Self-serve channel increased by approximately 15% year over year in the third quarter to a record level. Multi-location revenue was approximately flat year over year in the third quarter as businesses in RR&O categories continued to face a challenging operating environment. To capture more demand from multi-location Services businesses, we have increased our product focus and sales efforts in this area. For example, in the third quarter, we launched Request-a-Quote for national brands and a new leads API that enables multi-location Services businesses to more efficiently connect with consumers on Yelp and seamlessly manage leads across multiple locations and business pages.

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In the third quarter, Services revenue maintained double-digit year-over-year growth, while RR&O revenue reflected the ongoing operating challenges facing businesses in these categories. We expect these trends to persist in the remainder of 2024. Given the persistence of the operating challenges impacting RR&O businesses and typical seasonality in Services, we expect net revenue to decrease sequentially in the fourth quarter.

On November 6, 2024, we entered into an agreement to acquire auto services repair platform RepairPal for approximately $80 million in cash. See Note 18, “Subsequent Events,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included under Part I, Item 1 in this Quarterly Report for further detail. We expect any revenue or expense incurred in 2024 in connection with this acquisition to be immaterial.

Key Metrics

We regularly review a number of metrics, including the key metrics set forth below, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends in our business, prepare financial projections and make strategic decisions.

Ad Clicks and Average CPC

The amount of revenue we generate from our pay-for-performance advertising products is determined by the number of ad clicks we deliver to advertisers and the CPCs we charge for those ad clicks.

Ad clicks represent user interactions with our pay-for-performance advertising products, including clicks on advertisements on our website and mobile app, clicks on syndicated advertisements on third-party platforms and Request-a-Quote submissions, among others. Ad clicks include only user interactions that we are able to track directly, and therefore do not include user interactions with ads sold through our advertising partnerships. We do not expect the exclusion of such user interactions to materially affect this metric. We report the year-over-year percentage change in ad clicks as a measure of our success in monetizing more of our consumer activity and delivering more value to advertisers.

Average CPC is calculated as revenue from our performance-based ad products — excluding certain revenue adjustments that do not impact the outcome of an auction for an individual ad click, such as refunds, as well as revenue from our advertising partnerships — divided by the total number of ad clicks for a given period. Average CPC represents the average amount we charge advertisers for each ad click.

We believe that ad clicks and average CPC together reflect one of the most significant dynamics affecting our advertising revenue performance: the interplay of advertiser demand and consumer activity. At the level of an auction for an individual ad click, advertiser demand — consisting of advertiser budgets and the number of advertisers competing to purchase the ad click — intersects with the supply of consumer activity — consisting of the predicted levels of relevant consumer traffic and engagement — to determine CPC, with higher advertiser demand putting upward pressure on the CPC and higher consumer activity putting downward pressure on the CPC. In aggregate, advertiser demand consists of the number of business locations advertising with us (which we refer to as paying advertising locations, as discussed below) and the aggregate budget they allocate to purchasing our advertising products. Aggregate monetizable consumer activity depends on the levels of consumer traffic and engagement with our ads, the numbers of locations where we can display ads and other monetizable features, and our click-through rate, which is the ratio of ad clicks to the number of times the ads were displayed to consumers. The relative strengths of these factors in aggregate are reflected in average CPC.

Ad clicks and average CPC also provide important insight into the value we deliver to advertisers, which we believe is a significant factor in our ability to retain both revenue and customers. For example, a positive change in ad clicks for a given period combined with lower growth or a negative change in average CPC over the same period would indicate that we delivered more ad clicks at lower prices, thereby delivering more value to our advertisers; we would expect this to have a positive impact on retention. Conversely, growth in average CPC paired with a negative or lower growth rate in ad clicks would indicate we charged more without delivering more ad clicks; we would expect this to have a negative impact on retention unless we are able to increase the value we deliver through higher performing ad clicks.

The following table presents year-over-year changes in our ad clicks and average CPC for the periods presented (each expressed as a percentage):


	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Ad Clicks	2%	9%	6%	3%
Average CPC	3%	4%	—%	11%

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In the three months ended September 30, 2024, advertising revenue grew 4% year over year, primarily due to increases in ad clicks and average CPC. In the nine months ended September 30, 2024, advertising revenue grew 6% year over year, primarily due to an increase in ad clicks. The increases in ad clicks in both periods were driven by improvements to our matching capabilities and our acquisition of Services projects through paid search. Average CPC increased in the three months ended September 30, 2024, largely reflecting a mix shift toward Services clicks, which generally have higher CPCs than RR&O clicks. Average CPC remained flat in the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

Advertising Revenue by Category

Our advertising revenue comprises revenue from the sale of our advertising products, including the resale of our advertising products by partners and syndicated ads appearing on third-party platforms.

To reflect our strategic focus on creating two differentiated experiences on Yelp, we provide a breakdown of our advertising revenue attributable to businesses in two high-level category groupings: Services and RR&O. Our Services categories consist of home, local, auto, professional, pets, events, real estate and financial services. Our RR&O categories consist of restaurants, shopping, beauty & fitness, health and other.

The following table presents our advertising revenue by category for the periods presented (in thousands, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				% Change	Nine Months Ended September 30,				% Change
	2024		2023			2024		2023
Services	$	228,009	$	206,178	11%	$	654,252	$	589,972	11%
Restaurants, Retail & Other	116,397		123,854		(6)%	349,130		359,175		(3)%
Total Advertising Revenue	$	344,406	$	330,032	4%	$	1,003,382	$	949,147	6%

Paying Advertising Locations

Paying advertising locations comprise all business locations associated with a business account from which we recognized advertising revenue in a given month, excluding business accounts that purchased advertising through partner programs other than Yelp Ads Certified Partners, averaged over a given period. We also provide a breakdown of paying advertising locations between our Services categories and RR&O categories.

We provide our paying advertising locations as a measure of the reach and scale of our business; however, this metric may exhibit short-term volatility as a result of factors such as seasonality and macroeconomic conditions. For example, macroeconomic factors, including related to inflation, interest rates, and labor and supply chain issues, have had a predominant negative impact on RR&O paying advertising locations in recent periods. Short-term fluctuations in paying advertising locations may also reflect the acquisition or loss of single advertising accounts associated with large numbers of locations, or the pausing/restarting of advertising campaigns by such multi-location advertisers.

The following table presents the number of paying advertising locations for the periods presented (in thousands, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended September 30,		% Change	Nine Months Ended September 30,		% Change
	2024	2023		2024	2023
Services	252	235	7%	253	237	7%
Restaurants, Retail & Other	272	326	(17)%	275	322	(15)%
Total Paying Advertising Locations	524	561	(7)%	528	559	(6)%

Paying advertising locations decreased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the prior-year periods. While paying advertising locations in our Services categories increased year over year in both the three- and nine-month periods, such increases were more than offset by decreases in paying advertising locations in our RR&O categories over the same periods. We believe the decrease in RR&O paying advertising locations reflects the challenging operating environment facing businesses in these categories and, to a lesser extent, competition for ad spend from such businesses, including from food ordering and delivery providers.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented (in thousands, except percentages). The period-to-period comparison of financial results is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be anticipated for the full year 2024 or any future period.


	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		$ Change		% Change(1)		2024		2023		$ Change		% Change(1)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Net revenue by product:
Advertising revenue by category:
Services	$	228,009	$	206,178	$	21,831	11	%	$	654,252	$	589,972	$	64,280	11	%
Restaurants, Retail & Other	116,397		123,854		(7,457)		(6)	%	349,130		359,175		(10,045)		(3)	%
Advertising	344,406		330,032		14,374		4	%	1,003,382		949,147		54,235		6	%

Other(2)	15,938		15,090		848		6	%	46,730		45,539		1,191		3	%
Total net revenue	360,344		345,122		15,222		4	%	1,050,112		994,686		55,426		6	%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	32,382		28,370		4,012		14	%	90,414		84,613		5,801		7	%
Sales and marketing	144,631		137,703		6,928		5	%	442,715		424,308		18,407		4	%
Product development	77,748		81,020		(3,272)		(4)	%	251,055		254,247		(3,192)		(1)	%
General and administrative	49,605		45,695		3,910		9	%	139,471		145,609		(6,138)		(4)	%
Depreciation and amortization	9,326		10,461		(1,135)		(11)	%	28,841		31,881		(3,040)		(10)	%

Total costs and expenses	313,692		303,249		10,443		3	%	952,496		940,658		11,838		1	%
Income from operations	46,652		41,873		4,779		11	%	97,616		54,028		43,588		81	%
Other income, net	7,231		6,154		1,077		18	%	25,277		17,264		8,013		46	%
Income before income taxes	53,883		48,027		5,856		12	%	122,893		71,292		51,601		72	%
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	15,443		(10,189)		25,632		(252)	%	32,263		(475)		32,738		NM(3)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	38,440	$	58,216	$	(19,776)	(34)	%	$	90,630	$	71,767	$	18,863	26	%

(1) Percentage changes are calculated based on rounded numbers and may not recalculate exactly due to rounding.

(2) For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, other revenue includes revenue generated from transactions with consumers, which we reported separately as transactions revenue in prior periods. Prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-period presentation.

(3) Percentage change is not meaningful.

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Net Revenue

Advertising. We generate advertising revenue from the sale of our advertising products — including business page upgrades and performance-based advertising in search results and elsewhere on our platform — to businesses of all sizes, from single-location local businesses to multi-location national businesses. Advertising revenue also includes revenue generated from the resale of our advertising products by certain partners and monetization of advertising inventory through third-party ad networks. We present advertising revenue on a disaggregated basis for our high-level category groupings, Services and RR&O.

Advertising revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2024 increased 4% year over year, primarily as a result of a 2% increase in ad clicks and a 3% increase in average CPC. Advertising revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased 6% year over year, primarily as a result of a 6% increase in ad clicks.

Other. We generate other revenue through non-advertising contracts, such as our subscription services, which include our Yelp Guest Manager product, and through our Yelp Fusion and Yelp Knowledge programs, which provide access to Yelp data for a fee. In addition, we now report transactions revenue together with other revenue to reflect that neither transactions revenue nor the underlying business is a core part of our current business model. As a result, other revenue now includes revenue from various transactions with consumers. We generate revenue from such transactions through our partnership integrations, which

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are mainly revenue-sharing arrangements that provide consumers with the ability to place food orders for pickup and delivery through third parties directly on Yelp. We earn a fee for acting as an agent for transactions placed through these integrations, which we record on a net basis and include in revenue upon completion of a transaction.

Other revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased compared to the prior-year periods primarily due to increases in revenue from the continued growth of our Yelp Guest Manager, Yelp Fusion and Yelp Knowledge programs. These increases were partially offset by a lower volume of food takeout and delivery orders.

Trends and Uncertainties of Net Revenue. Net revenue increased in the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024 as momentum in our Services categories continued. We expect net revenue for the three months ending December 31, 2024 to decrease slightly from the third quarter of 2024, reflecting typical seasonality in our Services categories and ongoing operating challenges facing businesses in our RR&O categories.

Costs and Expenses

Cost of Revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization). Our cost of revenue consists primarily of website infrastructure expense, which includes website hosting costs and employee costs (including stock-based compensation expense) for the infrastructure teams responsible for operating our website and mobile app, and excludes depreciation and amortization expense. Cost of revenue also includes third-party advertising fulfillment costs and credit card processing fees.

Cost of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased compared to the prior-year periods, primarily due to increases in website infrastructure expense of $2.8 million and $5.9 million, respectively, as a result of investments in maintaining and improving our infrastructure as well as higher cost of labor. For the nine-month period, the increase was partially offset by the decrease in advertising fulfillment costs of $1.7 million, reflecting our more efficient delivery of ads.

We expect cost of revenue to increase on an absolute dollar basis in 2024 compared to 2023.

Sales and Marketing. Our sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of employee costs (including sales commission and stock-based compensation expenses) for our sales and marketing employees. Sales and marketing expenses also include business and consumer acquisition marketing, community management, as well as allocated workplace and other supporting overhead costs.

Sales and marketing expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased compared to the prior-year periods, primarily due to:

•increases in marketing spend of $5.0 million and $17.9 million, respectively, primarily driven by our investments in acquiring Services projects through paid search, which for the nine-month period was partially offset by a decrease in costs for business owner marketing; and

•increases in employee costs of $5.0 million and $10.2 million, respectively, mainly resulting from higher cost of labor, partially offset by lower average headcount.

These increases were partially offset by decreases in workplace operating costs of $3.0 million and $9.7 million, respectively, primarily due to reductions in our leased office space.

We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in 2024 compared to 2023 as a result of our efforts to acquire Services projects through paid search as well as due to more tenured sales and marketing employees. Despite such costs, we expect sales and marketing expenses to remain relatively consistent as a percentage of net revenue in 2024 compared to 2023.

Product Development. Our product development expenses primarily consist of employee costs (including bonuses and stock-based compensation expense, net of capitalized employee costs associated with capitalized website and internal-use software development) for our engineers, product management and corporate infrastructure employees. In addition, product development expenses include allocated workplace and other supporting overhead costs.

Product development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 decreased compared to the prior-year periods primarily due to:

•decreases in employee costs of $3.0 million and $2.3 million, respectively, resulting from more employee costs being capitalized and lower average headcount, partially offset by higher cost of labor and higher costs associated with in-person employees gatherings; and

•decreases in workplace operating costs of $0.6 million and $1.6 million, respectively, primarily due to reductions in our leased office space.

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These decreases were partially offset by increases in consulting costs of $0.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

We expect product development expenses to remain relatively consistent or decrease slightly on an absolute dollar basis in 2024 compared to 2023, but decrease as a percentage of net revenue as our distributed operations provide leverage.

General and Administrative. Our general and administrative expenses primarily consist of employee costs (including bonuses and stock-based compensation expense) for our executive, finance, user operations, legal, people operations and other administrative employees. Our general and administrative expenses also include our provision for doubtful accounts, certain consulting and professional services costs, including litigation settlements, as well as allocated workplace and other supporting overhead costs.

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2024 increased compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the $5.9 million impairment charge related to the subleases of certain office space in Toronto and San Francisco. See Note 8, “Leases,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included under Part I, Item 1 in this Quarterly Report for further detail.

This increase during the three-month period was partially offset by:

•a decrease in our provision for doubtful accounts of $0.9 million primarily due to the release of a higher amount of bad debt reserves compared to the prior-year period; and

•a decrease in employee costs of $0.8 million primarily driven by lower average headcount.

General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 decreased compared to the prior-year period due to:

•an $11.0 million loss contingency recorded in the prior-year periods in connection with the agreement to settle a putative class action lawsuit asserting claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (the “CIPA Action”). See Note 12, “Commitments and Contingencies,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included under Part I, Item 1 in this Quarterly Report for further detail;

•a decrease in employee costs of $5.3 million primarily driven by lower average headcount; and

•a decrease in workplace operating costs of $1.2 million, primarily due to reductions in our leased office space.

These decreases during the nine-month period were partially offset by:

•an increase in our provision for doubtful accounts of $8.4 million due to higher anticipated customer delinquencies and an increase in advertising revenue, partially offset by the release of higher amount of bad debt reserves compared to the prior-year period; and

•an increase of $2.4 million in impairment charges related to the subleases of certain office space in Toronto and San Francisco in the current year, partially offset by the impairment charge incurred in the prior-year period related to the abandonment of another office space in San Francisco. See Note 8, “Leases,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included under Part I, Item 1 in this Quarterly Report for further detail.

We expect general and administrative expenses to decrease in 2024 compared to 2023. However, adjusting for the litigation loss contingency and impairment charges, we expect general and administrative expenses to remain relatively consistent or increase slightly on an absolute dollar basis and remain relatively consistent as a percentage of net revenue in 2024 compared to 2023.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense primarily consists of depreciation on computer equipment, software, leasehold improvements, capitalized website and internal-use software development costs, and amortization of purchased intangible assets.

Depreciation and amortization expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 decreased compared to the prior-year periods primarily due to decreases in depreciation expense of leasehold improvements from asset retirements related to lease abandonments and expirations as well as certain other assets becoming fully depreciated.

Other Income, Net

Other income, net consists primarily of the interest income earned on our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, research and development tax credits, the portion of our sublease income in excess of our lease cost, accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on investments, credit facility fees, foreign exchange gains and losses and, in the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the release of a reserve related to a one-time payroll tax credit.

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Other income, net for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased compared to the prior-year periods, due to higher tax incentives of $0.7 million and $2.4 million, respectively, related to research and development activity in the United Kingdom. For the nine-month period, the increase was also driven by the release of a $3.1 million reserve related to a one-time payroll tax credit and $2.8 million of higher interest income earned on our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities due to higher federal interest rates.

Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes consists of: federal and state income taxes in the United States and income taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions; deferred income taxes reflecting the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.

Provision for income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased from the prior-year periods primarily due to increases in profit before tax and annual effective tax rate for the current-year periods as well as a decrease in the discrete tax benefits related to the federal and state tax provision to return adjustments.

As of December 31, 2023, we had approximately $119.4 million in net deferred tax assets (“DTAs”). As of September 30, 2024, we consider it more likely than not that we will have sufficient taxable income in the future that will allow us to realize these DTAs. However, it is possible that some or all of these DTAs will not be realized. Therefore, unless we are able to generate sufficient taxable income from our operations, a substantial valuation allowance may be required to reduce our DTAs, which would materially increase our expenses in the period in which we recognize the allowance and have a materially adverse impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements. The exact timing and amount of the valuation allowance recognition are subject to change on the basis of the net income that we are able to actually achieve. We will continue to evaluate the possible recognition of a valuation allowance on a quarterly basis.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). However, we have also disclosed below adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and free cash flow, each of which is a non-GAAP financial measure.

Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. In particular, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow should not be viewed as substitutes for, or superior to, net income (loss) or net cash provided by (used in) operating activities prepared in accordance with GAAP as measures of profitability or liquidity. Some of these limitations are:

•although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and adjusted EBITDA does not reflect all cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;

•adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;

•adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the impact of the recording or release of valuation allowances or tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us;

•adjusted EBITDA does not consider the potentially dilutive impact of equity-based compensation;

•adjusted EBITDA does not take into account certain income and expense items, such as material litigation settlements, impairment charges and fees related to shareholder activism, or other costs that management determines are not indicative of ongoing operating performance;

•free cash flow does not represent the total residual cash flow available for discretionary purposes because it does not reflect our contractual commitments or obligations; and

•other companies, including those in our industry, may calculate adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow differently, which reduces their usefulness as comparative measures.

Because of these limitations, you should consider adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and free cash flow alongside other financial performance measures, including net income (loss), net cash provided by (used in) operating activities and our other GAAP results.

Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as net income (loss), adjusted to exclude: provision for (benefit from) income taxes; other income, net; depreciation and amortization; stock-based compensation expense; and, in certain periods, certain other income and expense items, such as material litigation settlements, impairment

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charges and fees related to shareholder activism, and other items that we deem not to be indicative of our ongoing operating performance.

Adjusted EBITDA margin. Adjusted EBITDA margin is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as adjusted EBITDA divided by net revenue.

The following is a reconciliation of net income to adjusted EBITDA, as well as the calculation of net income margin and adjusted EBITDA margin, for the periods presented (in thousands, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024			2023				2024			2023
Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net income	$	38,440		$	58,216			$	90,630		$	71,767
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	15,443			(10,189)				32,263			(475)
Other income, net(1)	(7,231)			(6,154)				(25,277)			(17,264)
Depreciation and amortization	9,326			10,461				28,841			31,881
Stock-based compensation	39,472			43,467				123,396			133,304
Litigation settlement(2)(3)	—			—				—			11,000
Asset impairment(2)	5,914			—				5,914			3,555
Fees related to shareholder activism(2)	—			671				1,168			671

Adjusted EBITDA	$	101,364		$	96,472			$	256,935		$	234,439

Net revenue	$	360,344		$	345,122			$	1,050,112		$	994,686
Net income margin	11		%	17		%		9		%	7		%
Adjusted EBITDA margin	28		%	28		%		24		%	24		%

(1) Includes the release of a $3.1 million reserve related to a one-time payroll tax credit in the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

(2) Recorded within general and administrative expenses on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

(3) Represents the loss contingency recorded in connection with the agreement to settle the CIPA Action. Note that this amount does not include any legal fee reimbursements that we had expected to receive related to this matter; we do not adjust for legal fees and related reimbursements, which we consider to be part of our ongoing operations. See Note 12, “Commitments and Contingencies,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included under Part I, Item 1 in this Quarterly Report for additional information.

Free Cash Flow. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, less cash used for purchases of property, equipment and software.

The following is a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023
Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow:
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	214,842	$	227,110
Purchases of property, equipment and software	(26,337)		(20,850)
Free cash flow	$	188,505	$	206,260

Net cash used in investing activities	$	(34,440)	$	(46,465)

Net cash used in financing activities	$	(233,007)	$	(183,232)

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources of Liquidity

Our principal sources of liquidity are our cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and cash generated from operations. As of September 30, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $261.6 million and marketable securities of $135.4 million. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash, money market funds and investments with original maturities of three months or less. Our cash held internationally as of September 30, 2024 was $37.1 million. As of September 30, 2024, we also had $10.0 million of investments in certificates of deposit with minority-owned financial institutions.

Our investment portfolio comprises highly rated marketable securities that are classified as available-for-sale on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, and our investment policy limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The policy generally requires securities to be investment grade (i.e., rated ‘A’ or higher by bond rating firms) with the objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss.

On April 28, 2023, we entered into a Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement with the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, which provides for a five-year $125.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “2023 credit facility”). The 2023 credit facility replaced our previous $75.0 million revolving credit facility entered into on May 5, 2020 with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which terminated concurrently with the establishment of the 2023 credit facility. The 2023 credit facility includes a $25.0 million letter of credit sub-limit, a $25.0 million bilateral letter of credit facility and an accordion option, which, if exercised, would allow us to increase the aggregate commitments by up to $250.0 million, plus additional amounts if we are able to satisfy a leverage test, subject to certain conditions. The 2023 credit facility provides us with the ability to access backup liquidity to fund working capital and for other capital requirements, as needed.

As of September 30, 2024, we were in compliance with all covenants and there were no loans outstanding under the 2023 credit facility. We had $14.0 million of letters of credit under the sub-limit primarily related to lease agreements for certain office locations, which are required to be maintained and issued to the landlords of each facility, and $111.0 million remained available under the 2023 credit facility as of September 30, 2024.

For additional details regarding the 2023 credit facility, see Note 12, “Commitments and Contingencies,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included under Part I, Item 1 in this Quarterly Report.

Material Cash Requirements

Our future capital requirements and the adequacy of available funds will depend on many factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” included under Part I, Item 1A in our Annual Report. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, together with any cash generated from operations, will be sufficient to meet our material cash requirements in the next 12 months and beyond, including: working capital requirements; our anticipated repurchases of common stock pursuant to our stock repurchase program; payment of taxes related to the net share settlement of equity awards; payment of lease costs related to our operating leases; the potential payment of a higher amount of income taxes in 2024 and beyond due to, among other things, the requirement to capitalize and amortize certain research and development expenses under the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; purchases of property, equipment and software and website hosting services; and payment of cash consideration related to our planned acquisition of RepairPal. However, this estimate is based on a number of assumptions that may prove to be materially different and we could fully utilize our available cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities earlier than presently anticipated. We are not able to reasonably estimate the timing of future cash flows related to $41.6 million of uncertain tax positions. We may be required to draw down funds from our revolving credit facility or seek additional funds through equity or debt financings to respond to business challenges associated with the uncertain macroeconomic environment or other challenges, including the need to develop new features and products or enhance existing services, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses and technologies.

We lease office facilities under operating lease agreements that expire from 2024 to 2031. Our cash requirements related to these lease agreements are $58.2 million, of which $29.9 million is expected to be paid within the next 12 months. The total lease obligations are partially offset by our future minimum rental receipts to be received under non-cancelable subleases of $22.7 million. See Note 8, “Leases,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included under Part I, Item 1 in this Quarterly Report for further detail on our operating lease obligations.

Our cash requirements related to purchase obligations consisting of non-cancelable agreements to purchase goods and services required in the ordinary course of business — primarily website hosting services — are approximately $187.0 million, of which approximately $55.6 million is expected to be paid within the next 12 months.

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The cost of capital associated with any additional funds sought in the future might be adversely impacted by the effects of macroeconomic conditions on our business. Additionally, amounts deposited with third-party financial institutions exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Securities Investor Protection Corporation insurance limits, as applicable. These cash and cash equivalents could be impacted if the underlying financial institutions fail or are subjected to other adverse conditions in the financial markets. To date, we have experienced no loss or lack of access to our cash and cash equivalents; however, we can provide no assurances that access to our invested cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will not be impacted by adverse conditions in the financial markets.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	214,842	$	227,110
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(34,440)	$	(46,465)
Net cash used in financing activities	$	(233,007)	$	(183,232)

Operating Activities. Net cash provided by operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 decreased by $12.3 million compared to the prior-year period, primarily due to an increase of $26.9 million in income taxes paid, higher employee-related payments of $17.4 million for salaries, commissions, bonuses and benefits, mainly due to higher cost of labor as well as a shift towards a compensation mix that emphasizes cash over equity, and the payment of $15.0 million to settle the CIPA Action in the current-year period. The higher cash outflow was also driven by higher operating expenses, including an increase of $12.9 million in payments to vendors, as well as other increases that are not individually significant. These cash outflows were partially offset by an increase of $68.6 million in cash collected from customers primarily due to the increase in revenue.

Investing Activities. Net cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 decreased compared to the prior-year period primarily due to a decrease in net purchases of marketable securities, partially offset by an increase in capitalized website and internal-use software development costs.

Financing Activities. Net cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased compared to the prior-year period primarily due to an increase in repurchases of our common stock and a decrease in proceeds from stock option exercises.

Stock Repurchase Program

Since its initial authorization in July 2017, our board of directors has authorized us to repurchase up to an aggregate of $1.95 billion of our outstanding common stock, $367.2 million of which remained available as of November 1, 2024.

We may repurchase shares at our discretion in the open market, privately negotiated transactions, in transactions structured through investment banking institutions or a combination of the foregoing. The program is not subject to any time limit and may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time. The amount and timing of repurchases are subject to a variety of factors, including liquidity, cash flow and market conditions.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we repurchased on the open market 4,979,329 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $188.4 million.

We have funded all repurchases to date and currently expect to fund any future repurchases with cash and cash equivalents available on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Our actual results could differ from those estimates. Due to macroeconomic conditions and other factors, certain estimates and assumptions have required and may continue to require increased judgment and carry a higher degree of variability and volatility. As events continue to evolve and additional information becomes available, these estimates may materially change in future periods.

We believe that the assumptions and estimates associated with revenue recognition, website and internal-use software development costs and income taxes have the greatest potential impact on our consolidated financial statements. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates from those disclosed in our Annual Report.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We have operations both within the United States and internationally, and we are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of business. These risks primarily include interest rate, foreign exchange risks and inflation, and have not changed materially from the market risks we were exposed to in the year ended December 31, 2023.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2024. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2024, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, believes that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and are effective at the reasonable assurance level. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by the collusion of two or more people or by management override of controls. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

For information regarding material legal proceedings in which we are involved, see “Legal Proceedings” in Note 12, “Commitments and Contingencies,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report, which is incorporated herein by reference. We are also subject to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we currently do not believe that the final outcome of any of these other matters will have a material effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risks factors set forth in the section titled “Risk Factors” included under Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report, which describes various risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and the trading price of our common stock. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the Annual Report before making an investment decision.

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Our success depends on our ability to attract consumer traffic with valuable content, which in turn depends on the quantity and quality of the content provided by our users, as well as consumer perceptions of the relevance, helpfulness and reliability of that content. We may be unable to provide consumers with valuable information if our users do not contribute sufficient content or if our users remove content they previously submitted. For example, users may be unwilling to contribute content as a result of concerns that they may be harassed or sued by the businesses they review, instances of which have occurred in the past and may occur again in the future.

Consumers also may not find the content on our platform to be valuable if they do not perceive it as relevant, helpful or reliable. For example, we do not phase out or remove dated reviews, and consumers may view older reviews as less relevant or reliable than more recent reviews. If the high concentration of reviews in our restaurants and shopping categories creates a perception that our platform is primarily limited to these categories, consumers may not believe that we can provide them with helpful information about businesses in other categories and seek that information elsewhere.

Our automated recommendation software is a critical part of our efforts to provide consumers with relevant, helpful and reliable content. However, although we have designed our technology to avoid recommending content that we believe to be biased, unreliable or otherwise unhelpful, we cannot guarantee that our efforts will be successful, or that each of the recommended reviews available on our platform at any given time is useful or reliable. If our automated software does not recommend helpful content or recommends unhelpful content, consumers may reduce or stop their use of our platform.

Even if we are successful in our efforts to generate, maintain and recommend valuable content, our ability to attract consumer traffic may nonetheless be harmed if consumers can find equivalent content through other services. From time to time, other companies copy information from our platform, or from other sources on the internet that may have obtained information from our platform, without our permission, including through website scraping, robots or other means, and publish or aggregate it with other information for their own benefit. This may make them more competitive and may decrease the likelihood that consumers will visit our platform to find the local businesses and information they seek; it may also negatively impact our ability to license content from our platform. Because web scraping is a common method for gathering data for use with AI models, the increasing prevalence of products incorporating AI has exacerbated this risk; we have discovered AI-powered products using content originally from our platform without our permission and expect we will continue to do so from time to time in the future. Though we strive to detect and prevent this third-party conduct, we may not be able to detect it in a timely manner and, even if we could, may not be able to prevent it. In some cases, particularly in the case of third parties operating outside of the United States, our available remedies may be inadequate to protect us against such conduct.

We may acquire or invest in other companies or technologies, which could divert our management’s attention, result in additional dilution to our stockholders and otherwise disrupt our operations and harm our operating results. We may also be unable to realize the expected benefits and synergies of any acquisitions or investments.

Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to expand our product offerings and grow our business in response to changing technologies, user and advertiser demands and competitive pressures. In some circumstances, we may determine to do so through the acquisition of complementary businesses or technologies rather than through internal development. For example, on November 6, 2024, we agreed to acquire RepairPal to expand our offerings in the auto services category. Similarly, we may pursue investments in privately held companies in furtherance of our strategic objectives. We have limited experience as a

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company in the complex processes of acquiring and investing in businesses and technologies. The pursuit of potential future acquisitions or investments may divert the attention of management and in many cases causes us to incur expenses in identifying, investigating and pursuing transactions, whether or not they are consummated. If we do not complete an announced strategic transaction, such as our pending acquisition of RepairPal, or we do not complete it within the time frame we anticipate, our business and financial results could be harmed.

Acquisitions that are consummated could result in dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt, which could adversely affect our results of operations. The incurrence of debt in particular could result in increased fixed obligations or include covenants or other restrictions that would impede our ability to manage our operations. In addition, any transactions we announce could be viewed negatively by users, businesses or investors. We may also fail to accurately forecast the financial impact of a transaction, including tax and accounting charges.

We have in the past and may in the future discover liabilities or deficiencies associated with the companies or assets we acquire or invest in that we did not identify in advance, which may result in significant unanticipated costs or losses. The effectiveness of our due diligence review and our ability to evaluate the results of such due diligence are dependent upon the accuracy and completeness of statements and disclosures made by the companies we acquire or their representatives, as well as the limited amount of time in which acquisitions are executed.

In order to realize the expected benefits and synergies of any acquisition that is consummated, we must meet a number of significant challenges that may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures, including:

•integrating operations, strategies, services, sites and technologies of an acquired company;

•managing the post-transaction business effectively;

•retaining and assimilating the employees of an acquired company;

•retaining existing customers and strategic partners, and minimizing disruption to existing relationships, as a result of any integration of new personnel or departure of existing personnel;

•difficulties in the assimilation of corporate cultures;

•implementing and retaining uniform standards, controls, procedures, policies and information systems; and

•addressing risks related to the business of an acquired company that may continue to impact the business following the acquisition.

Any inability to integrate services, sites and technologies, operations or personnel in an efficient and timely manner could harm our results of operations. Transition activities are complex and require significant time and resources, and we may not manage the process successfully, particularly if we are managing multiple transactions concurrently. Our ability to integrate complex acquisitions is unproven, particularly with respect to companies that have significant operations or that develop products with which we do not have prior experience. We expect to invest resources to support any future acquisitions, which will result in ongoing operating expenses and may divert resources and management attention from other areas of our business. We cannot assure you that these investments will be successful. Even if we are able to integrate the operations of any acquired company successfully, we may not realize the full benefits of synergies, cost savings, innovation and operational efficiencies that may be possible from the transaction, or we may not achieve these benefits within a reasonable period of time.

Similarly, investments in private companies are inherently risky in that such companies are typically at an early stage of development, may have no or limited revenues, may not be or may never become profitable, may not be able to secure additional funding or their technologies, services or products may not be successfully developed or introduced into the market. The success of any such investment is typically dependent on a liquidity event, such as a public offering or acquisition. If any company in which we invest decreases in value, we could lose all or part of our investment. These risks would be heightened to the extent any such investment is a minority investment in which we have limited management or operational control over the business.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table summarizes our stock repurchase activity for the three months ended September 30, 2024 (in thousands, except for price per share):


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)	Average Price Paid per Share(2)		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Program
July 1 - July 31, 2024	677	$	36.55	677	$	430,976
August 1 - August 31, 2024	36	$	36.64	36	$	429,659
September 1 - September 30, 2024	1,068	$	34.08	1,068	$	393,260

(1) Since the initial authorization of our Stock Repurchase Program in July 2017, our Board authorized us to repurchase up to an aggregate of $1.95 billion of our outstanding common stock, including the $500.0 million authorized in February 2024, of which $367.2 million remained available as of November 1, 2024. The actual timing and amount of repurchases depend on a variety of factors, including liquidity, cash flow and market conditions. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Stock Repurchase Program” included under Part I, Item 2 in this Quarterly Report.

(2) Average price paid per share includes costs associated with the repurchases but excludes the 1% excise tax accrued on our share repurchases, net of shares issued, as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

On August 29, 2024, David Schwarzbach, our Chief Financial Officer, entered into a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). The plan provides for the sale of an aggregate of up to 120,000 shares of our common stock. The plan will terminate on the earlier of October 31, 2025 or when all shares subject to the plan have been sold, subject to early termination for certain specified events set forth in the plan.

On August 30, 2024, Craig Saldanha, our Chief Product Officer, entered into a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). The plan provides for the sale of an aggregate of up to 10,000 shares of our common stock. The plan will terminate on the earlier of August 29, 2025 or when all shares subject to the plan have been sold, subject to early termination for certain specified events set forth in the plan.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

Filed Herewith

3.1

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Yelp Inc., as Amended.

8-K

001-35444

3.1

7/8/2020

3.2

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Yelp Inc.

8-K

001-35444

3.1

3/15/2023

31.1

Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).

31.2

Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).

32.1†

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document.

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

† The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are not deemed filed with the SEC and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Yelp Inc. under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date of this Quarterly Report, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


		YELP INC.
Date:	November 8, 2024	/s/ David Schwarzbach
		David Schwarzbach
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Signatory)

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10/14/2024	$46.00 → $38.00	Buy → Neutral	Goldman
9/16/2024	$30.00	Underperform	BofA Securities
7/16/2024		Peer Perform	Wolfe Research
3/27/2024		Mkt Perform	Raymond James
10/27/2023	$39.00	Underweight → Neutral	JP Morgan
7/28/2023	$54.00	Buy	Craig Hallum
7/17/2023	$34.00	Sector Weight → Underweight	KeyBanc Capital Markets
7/17/2023	$39.00 → $47.00	Neutral → Buy	Goldman

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