Yalla Group/$YALA
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About Yalla Group
Yalla Group Ltd is a MENA-based online social networking and gaming company. It operates two flagship mobile applications, Yalla, a voice-centric group chat platform, and Yalla Ludo, a casual gaming application featuring online versions of board games popular in MENA, with in-game voice chat and localized majlis functions. The group has one operating segment, which is the social networking and entertainment platform.
- Ticker
- $YALA
- Sector
- Software & Cloud Services
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- -
- Headquarters
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Website
- www.yalla.com
Yalla Group Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$826M
7.15
$0.76
0.51
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Price and volume
Market cap
$826M
Beta
0.51
52-week high
$7.92
52-week low
$5.01
Average daily volume
338K
Financial strength
Current ratio
10.301
Quick ratio
9.904
Long term debt to equity
0.003
Total debt to equity
0.005
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
105.298
Gross margin (TTM)
67.75%
Net profit margin (TTM)
40.78%
Operating margin (TTM)
30.81%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
1.67%
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
7.30%
Return on equity (TTM)
16.82%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
7.152
Price to revenue (TTM)
2.486
Price to book
0.96
Price to tangible book (TTM)
0.96
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-3.76%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-6.10%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
2.86%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
14.22%
What the Analysts think about Yalla Group
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Yalla Group stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Yalla Group stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Gaming is becoming a stronger second engine: Q2 games-services revenue rose 11.6% year on year to US$34.2 million, or 41.4% of group revenue. Turbo Match is expanding beyond MENA, while the strategy title is being prepared for a larger campaign after its next version update. (PR Newswire, Yahoo Finance)
The platform is still widening its reach: average monthly active users rose 12.3% year on year to 47.6 million in Q2. Management also reported a sequential rebound in Yalla Ludo paying users, suggesting product campaigns can improve monetisation when regional conditions are supportive. (PR Newswire)
Yalla has financial capacity to invest through the transition and return capital to shareholders. Cash, term deposits and short-term investments stood at US$824.2 million at the end of June, while the company has authorised a new two-year share-repurchase programme of up to US$150 million. (PR Newswire, Yahoo Finance)
The core monetisation trend remains weak: Q2 revenue fell to US$82.6 million from US$84.6 million a year earlier, while paying users dropped to 10.9 million from 11.2 million. Management’s Q3 revenue outlook of US$78 million to US$85 million also points to limited near-term growth. (PR Newswire, SEC Filing)
Growth investment is already weighing on profitability: selling and marketing expenses more than doubled year on year to US$17.8 million, while Q2 net income fell to US$29.3 million from US$36.5 million. If user-acquisition spending stays high, the gaming ramp may not translate into stronger earnings per share. (Yahoo Finance, SEC Filing)
The near-term growth plan depends on new products offsetting a declining legacy business. Management expects 2026 revenue to be broadly flat, with new games compensating for a slight core-business decline, so a disappointing launch or slower monetisation could leave Yalla with higher costs but no group-level growth. (Yahoo Finance, PR Newswire)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 15 Sept 2026.
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