People Incorporated (PPLI)

NASDAQ: PPLI · USD

$35.7

-1.56 (-4.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	2.7B
Revenue (ttm)	2.4B
Net income (ttm)	336.3M
EPS (ttm)	$4.32
Shares out	74.5M
P/E (trailing)	8.3x
P/E (forward)	80.6x
Volume	740,166
Beta	1.07

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.4B
Net income (ttm): 336.3M
EPS (ttm): $4.32
P/E (trailing): 8.3x
P/E (forward): 80.6x
Market cap: 2.7B

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APP	AppLovin Corporation	87B	20.0x	12.7x	132.7%	+25.8%	-59.6%	Conserver
BIDU	Baidu, Inc.	27.1B	—	1.4x	3.4%	+1.5%	-38.7%	Acheter
CHTR	Charter Communications, Inc.	17.2B	2.7x	0.3x	8.5%	+1.7%	-57.3%	Achat fort

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E80.6

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Trailing P/E8.3

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ROE9

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ROIC0.7

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001800227
Company name	People Incorporated
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	44891N208
Earnings date	2026-11-02
Earnings time	amc
Employees	5,156
Employees change	-3,144
Employees growth	-37.88%
Enterprise value	$3B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-07-12
Fiscal year end	December
Industry	Internet Content & Information
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US44891N2080
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-20
Last earnings date	2026-08-03
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$2.7B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-02
Options	Yes
Price	$35.73
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	7370
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	PPLI
U.S. state	New York
Website	https://www.people.inc

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings yield	12.09%
EV/Earnings	8.92x
EV/EBIT	60.33x
EV/EBITDA	17.65x
EV/FCF	36.77x
EV/Sales	1.26x
FCF / EV yield	2.72%
FCF yield	3.02%
Forward EV/Sales	1.64x
Forward P/E	80.62x
Forward P/S	1.48x
Graham number	81.46287
Graham upside	124.91%
Industry forward P/E	21.71x
Industry P/E	18x
Lynch fair value	$21.60
Lynch upside	-40.35%
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	108.18x
P/B ratio	0.55x
P/E ratio	8.27x
P/FCF ratio	33.08x
P/OCF ratio	24.14x
P/S ratio	1.13x
Price / tangible book value	0.84x
Price/EBITDA ratio	15.88x
Sector forward P/E	18.37x
Sector P/E	19.09x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	2.09%
EBITDA margin	7.13%
Effective tax rate	30.73%
FCF margin	3.42%
Gross margin	66.35%
Operating margin	2.09%
Pretax margin	27.67%
Profit margin	14.12%
Profit per employee	$65,224
Profitable quarters	1
Revenue per employee	$461,815
ROA	0.42%
ROA (5Y)	-0.65%
ROCE	0.7%
ROE	9.04%
ROE (5Y)	-3.06%
ROIC	0.67%
ROIC (5Y)	-1.36%
SBC / revenue	3.65%
Tax / revenue	8.5%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth (Q)	160.27%
EPS growth 3Y	11.75%
EPS growth 5Y	-19.38%
EPS growth quarters	5
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	-55.49%
FCF growth (QoQ)	148.18%
FCF growth 5Y	-16.56%
Gross profit growth	11.92%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-0.8%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-20.68%
Gross profit growth 5Y	-6.17%
Net income growth (Q)	139.7%
Net income growth 3Y	8.47%
Net income growth 5Y	-22.47%
Net income growth quarters	5
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	-44.13%
OCF growth (QoQ)	92.48%
OCF growth 3Y	27.93%
OCF growth 5Y	-16.47%
Operating income growth	-33.38%
Revenue growth	7.35%
Revenue growth (Q)	-1.47%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	7.62%
Revenue growth 3Y	-20.52%
Revenue growth 5Y	-5.11%
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-30.2M
Depreciation and amortization	$120.2M
EBIT	$49.7M
EBITDA	$169.9M
EPS	$4.32
FCF per share	$1.10
Financing cash flow	$-311.1M
Free cash flow	$81.5M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$-5.3M
Gross profit	$1.6B
Income taxes	$202.5M
Investing cash flow	$219.3M
Net borrowing	$-21M
Net cash flow	$17.3M
Net income	$336.3M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$24.9M
Operating income	$49.7M
Revenue	$2.4B
Stock-based compensation	$86.8M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.22
Book value per share	$68.26
Debt / EBITDA	6.45
Debt / equity	0.28
Debt / FCF	17.35
Goodwill	$1.5B
Interest coverage	0.47
Long-term assets	$6B
Long-term liabilities	$2B
Net cash (debt)	$-301.5M
Net cash / market cap	-11.18%
Net debt / EBITDA	1.77
Net debt / equity	0.06
Net debt / FCF	3.7
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$289M
Shareholders' equity	$5.1B
Tangible book value	$3.2B
Tangible book value per share	$43.20
Total assets	$7.5B
Total cash	$1.1B
Total debt	$1.4B
Total liabilities	$2.4B
WACC	8.44%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.32
Current assets	$1.6B
Current liabilities	$420.4M
Current ratio	3.69
Net working capital	$42.6M
Quick ratio	3.43
Working capital	$1.1B
Working capital turnover	2.19

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	5.47%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	5.47%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
150-day SMA	$41.53
1D price change	-4.18%
1M price change	-10.33%
1M total return	-10.33%
1W price change	-8.77%
1W total return	-8.77%
1Y price change	6.6%
1Y return CAGR	6.6%
1Y total return	6.6%
20-day SMA	$39.75
200-day SMA	$40.55
3M price change	-15.28%
3M total return	-15.28%
3Y price change	-14.27%
3Y return CAGR	1.34%
3Y total return	4.06%
50-day SMA	$38.92
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$48.32
52-week high date	2026-07-07
52-week low	$29.56
52-week low date	2025-11-04
5Y price change	-76.38%
5Y return CAGR	-22.11%
5Y total return	-71.34%
6M price change	-19.57%
6M total return	-19.57%
All-time high	$266.00
All-time high date	2021-02-19
All-time low	$29.56
All-time low date	2025-11-04
Average true range (ATR)	$1.23
Average volume	951K
Beta (1Y)	1.11
Beta (2Y)	1.31
Beta (5Y)	1.07
Change from 52-week high	-26.06%
Change from 52-week low	20.87%
Change from all-time high	-86.52%
Change from all-time low	21.35%
Change from open	-2.54%
Day's gap	-1.69%
Dollar volume	$26.4M
High price	$36.66
Low price	$35.70
Monthly RSI	41.85
Open price	$36.66
Position in 52-week range	3.12%
Premarket change	-0.11%
Premarket close	$37.29
Premarket price	$37.25
Previous close	$37.29
Price vs 150-day SMA	-13.62%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-9.75%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-11.54%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-7.83%
Relative volume	0.78
RSI	32.03
Sharpe ratio	0.24
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.02
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.51
Sortino ratio	0.53
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.19
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.57
Volume	740.2K
Weekly RSI	39.91
YTD price change	-8.26%
YTD total return	-8.26%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	47M
Float percentage	63.12%
Shares change (QoQ)	-1.05%
Shares change (YoY)	-5.47%
Shares held by insiders	11.95%
Shares held by institutions	78.35%
Shares outstanding	74.5M
Short % of float	24.59%
Short % of shares	15.52%
Short ratio	8.4 days

Deeper analysis on PPLI

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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