Yalla Group (NYSE:YALA) Stock Price Up 4.8% – Here’s What Happened

Shares of Yalla Group Limited Sponsored ADR (NYSE:YALA) rose 4.8% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $5.58 and last traded at $5.5970. 109,930 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 63% from the average daily volume of 296,992 shares. The stock had previously closed at $5.34.

Yalla Group Trading Up 4.6%

The business’s fifty day moving average is $5.38 and its 200 day moving average is $6.19. The company has a market cap of $854.44 million, a P/E ratio of 7.10 and a beta of 0.47.

Yalla Group (NYSE:YALA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 18th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter. Yalla Group had a return on equity of 18.03% and a net margin of 42.03%.The business had revenue of $82.61 million during the quarter.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in Yalla Group by 64.6% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 104,475 shares of the company’s stock valued at $545,000 after acquiring an additional 41,003 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Yalla Group during the second quarter worth about $166,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought a new position in Yalla Group during the second quarter worth about $2,810,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Yalla Group by 73.7% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,481 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 2,749 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd increased its stake in shares of Yalla Group by 92.6% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 153,416 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,034,000 after purchasing an additional 73,777 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 4.73% of the company’s stock.

Yalla Group Company Profile

Yalla Group (NYSE:YALA) operates a voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform designed to connect users through live audio chat rooms, interactive voice channels and mobile gaming. Its core product, the Yalla app, allows participants in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to join real-time voice discussion groups, host audio shows and send virtual gifts. Through the PokerBROS brand, the company offers a mobile-first social poker platform featuring Texas Hold’em, Chinese Poker and other variants, enabling casual and competitive gaming among a growing user base.

Founded in 2016 and incorporated in the Cayman Islands, Yalla Group established its headquarters in Riyadh with additional offices in Dubai and Asia.