Product Innovation and Services Growth Drove Yelp’s First Quarter 2025 Results

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Net Revenue increased by 8% year over year to $359 million Net Income increased by 72% year over year to $24 million, reflecting a 7% margin Adjusted EBITDA grew 32% year over year to $85 million, reflecting a 24% margin 1 Updates 2025 Net Revenue outlook to the range of $1.465 billion to $1.485 billion; and Adjusted EBITDA 2 outlook to the range of $345 million to $365 million SAN FRANCISCO, May 08, 2025 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the trusted platform that connects people with great local businesses, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 in the Q1 2025 Shareholder Letter available on its Investor Relations website at yelp-ir.com . "Our first quarter results demonstrate the strength of our services business and the progress we’ve made against our product roadmap," said Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp’s co-founder and chief executive officer. "Services revenue increased by 14% year over year in the first quarter, achieving the 16th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, and we continued to see momentum in our product-led strategy. We recently rolled out 15 new features and updates to enhance the consumer experience and help businesses manage their operations more efficiently. Looking ahead, we’re excited about the lineup of AI advancements on our roadmap that will further transform the Yelp experience and streamline operations for local businesses. We believe that these efforts will unlock new opportunities for growth and enable us to deliver long-term value to our shareholders." "We exceeded our expectations in the first quarter, delivering 8% year-over-year revenue growth and strong profitability," said David Schwarzbach, Yelp’s chief financial officer. "Adjusted EBITDA increased by 32% year over year to $85 million, $15 million above the high end of our outlook range and representing a four percentage point year-over-year improvement in our adjusted EBITDA margin. We believe our consistent execution and disciplined expense management position us well to navigate a complex environment and deliver long-term, profitable growth." Quarterly Conference Call Yelp will host a live Q&A session today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its first quarter financial results and outlook for the second quarter and full year 2025. The webcast of the Q&A can be accessed on the Yelp Investor Relations website at yelp-ir.com . A replay of the webcast will be available at the same website. About Yelp Yelp Inc. ( yelp.com ) is a community-driven platform that connects people with great local businesses. Millions of people rely on Yelp for useful and trusted local business information, reviews and photos to help inform their spending decisions. As a one-stop local platform, Yelp helps consumers easily discover, connect and transact with businesses across a broad range of categories by making it easy to request a quote for a service, book a table at a restaurant, and more. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in 2004. Yelp intends to make future announcements of material financial and other information through its Investor Relations website. Yelp will also, from time to time, disclose this information through press releases, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, conference calls, or webcasts, as required by applicable law. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, Yelp’s future performance, including its expected financial results for 2025, its ability to drive shareholder value over the long term and its ability to deliver long-term profitable growth, that are based on its current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. Yelp’s actual results could differ materially from those predicted or implied and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences also include, but are not limited to, those factors that could affect Yelp’s business, operating results and stock price included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Yelp’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q at yelp-ir.com or the SEC’s website at sec.gov . Non-GAAP Financial Measures This press release and statements made during the above referenced webcast may include information relating to Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Free cash flow, each of which the Securities and Exchange Commission has defined as a "non-GAAP financial measure." We define Adjusted EBITDA 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 expenses related to acquired indemnification obligations, acquisition and integration costs and fees related to shareholder activism, and other items that we deem not to be indicative of our ongoing operating performance. We define Adjusted EBITDA margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by net revenue. We define Free cash flow as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, less cash used for purchases of property, equipment and software. Adjusted EBITDA and Free cash flow, which are not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, have limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of Yelp’s financial results as reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("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: 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 Yelp’s other GAAP results. 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 each of the periods indicated (in thousands, except percentages; unaudited): The following is a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to Free cash flow for each of the periods indicated (in thousands; unaudited):   View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250508922309/en/ Contacts Investor Relations Contact: Kate Krieger [email protected] Press Contact: Amber Albrecht [email protected]

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