Yelp halts share buybacks to pay down $100 million credit facility

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    "url": "https://ppc.land/yelp-halts-share-buybacks-to-pay-down-100-million-credit-facility/",
    "title": "Yelp halts share buybacks to pay down $100 million credit facility - PPC Land",
    "excerpt": "Yelp suspended its share repurchase programme on August 6, 2026, telling investors it will direct cash toward retiring the $100 million drawn on its revolving credit facility. The pause arrives in a quarter where advertising revenue fell 3%, restaurant and retail advertising dropped 10%, and the company's non-advertising line nearly doubled. Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) reported second quarter net revenue of $375.5 million on August 6, 2026, an increase of 1% from the $370.4 million recorded a year earlier and $8 million above the top of the range the company had guided to. Net income fell 28% to $31.7 million. Adjusted EBITDA declined 9% to $91.4 million. Both profit measures came in above the company's own outlook, and both were lower than the prior year. The single most consequential disclosure for shareholders was not in the press release. It surfaced on page 11 of the shareholder letter and again in the chief financial officer's prepared remarks: the buyback is off. According to the shareholder letter, Yelp repurchased $50 million of stock during the second quarter at an average price of $24.92 per share, then bought roughly $25 million more in the third quarter, bringing repurchases for the year to approximately $200 million. With $339 million left under the authorisation as of July 31, 2026, the company stopped. \"With $339 million remaining under our repurchase authorization...",
    "summary": "Yelp reported a 28% decrease in second quarter net income to $31.7 million.",
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