Jeremy Stoppelman, chief executive officer of Yelp Inc. (YELP), has maintained a consistent sell-side posture in his recent SEC Form 4 filings, with no open-market purchases recorded across his 42 total transactions. His aggregate sales total approximately $11.8 million, all concentrated in YELP shares, and the pattern over the past several months shows a steady cadence of option exercises paired with same-day disposals. Between late January and early February 2026, Stoppelman executed a series of exercise-and-sell transactions, converting options valued at roughly $614,000 each and immediately selling the underlying shares for proceeds ranging from about $440,000 to $831,000 per trade. Notable individual sales included $826,089 on February 2, $728,394 on February 4, and $820,389 on January 29, with smaller transactions such as a $15,222 sale on February 4 rounding out the activity.
The most recent filings, however, show a shift away from discretionary selling. The last three reported transactions—dated May 20, March 15, and February 20, 2026—were all code "F" events, representing shares withheld to cover tax obligations, with values of $460,186, $180,155, and $990,930 respectively. These automatic withholdings, along with a zero-value grant on March 4, indicate that Stoppelman’s recent activity is largely driven by compensation mechanics rather than open-market decisions. The last explicit open-market sale occurred on February 5, 2026, for $150,016, following a brief cluster of sales in late January and early February that included $831,750, $777,772, and $817,872 transactions. Overall, the data reveals a clear directional bias toward monetization of equity awards, with no purchases or acquisitions outside of routine compensation grants.
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