PPLI Stock Analysis: People | NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 2.695m USD | 12M Return: 16.3% | US44891N2080 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 39.3M
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: -97.4%
Warnings
Tailwinds
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
People Incorporated (PPLI) is a U.S.-based media and internet company that operates a portfolio of digital content, magazine, search, and online services brands. Its publishing portfolio spans well-known lifestyle, food, home, fashion, travel, and entertainment titles including People, Entertainment Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens, Southern Living, Martha Stewart, InStyle, Travel + Leisure, and Food & Wine, distributed across digital articles, illustrations, video, and print formats.
Beyond publishing, the company runs consumer search and information sites such as Ask.com, Reference.com, Consumersearch.com, and Shopping.net, as well as direct-to-consumer downloadable desktop applications. It also operates verticals in care services (Care.com, including HomePay), healthcare staffing (Vivian Health), online news and commentary (The Daily Beast), and film production and distribution (IAC Films).
The company operates in the Communication Services sector under the Internet Content & Information industry, relying on a diversified digital media business model that combines advertising-supported content, subscription and lead-generation services, and vertical marketplace platforms. The company was formerly known as IAC Inc. and rebranded to People Incorporated in June 2026, and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Digital advertising demand recovery drives People brand revenue
- Care.com subscription growth offsets legacy print magazine declines
- Search segment faces AI disruption pressure on Ask.com traffic
| Net Income: 339.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.38 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 53.99% < 20% (prev 37.40%; Δ 16.59% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.01 > 3% & CFO 111.7m > Net Income 339.0m |
| Net Debt/EBITDA: error (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio: 3.69 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (75.9m) vs 12m ago -7.72% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 65.68% > 18% (prev 67.26%; Δ -1.58% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 28.16% > 50% (prev 37.89%; Δ -9.72% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -6.87 > 6 (EBIT TTM -730.4m / Interest Expense TTM 106.3m) |
| A: 0.15 (Total Current Assets 1.55b - Total Current Liabilities 420.4m) / Total Assets 7.52b |
| B: -0.03 (Retained Earnings -208.0m / Total Assets 7.52b) |
| C: -0.10 (EBIT TTM -730.4m / Avg Total Assets 7.44b) |
| D: 2.13 (Book Value of Equity 5.08b / Total Liabilities 2.39b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.47 = A |
| DSRI: 1.17 (Receivables 329.4m/376.2m, Revenue 2.10b/2.79b) |
| GMI: 1.02 (GM 67.26% / 65.68%) |
| AQI: 1.02 (AQ_t 0.76 / AQ_t-1 0.74) |
| SGI: 0.75 (Revenue 2.10b / 2.79b) |
| TATA: 0.03 (NI 339.0m - CFO 111.7m) / TA 7.52b) |
| Beneish M = -3.03 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of September 26, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 40.00 with a total of 3,093,055 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +10.53%, over one month by +1.21%, over three months by -5.50% and over the past year by +16.28%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 38.50 (which is 3.8% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
People has no consensus analysts rating.
P/E Trailing = 6.1235
P/E Forward = 72.4638
P/S = 1.1318
P/B = 0.5414
P/EG = 12.9069
Revenue TTM = 2.10b USD
EBIT TTM = -730.4m USD
EBITDA TTM = -613.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.39b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 24.5m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.41b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 301.7m USD (calculated: Debt 1.41b - CCE 1.11b)
Enterprise Value = 3.00b USD (2.69b + Debt 1.41b - CCE 1.11b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -6.87 (Ebit TTM -730.4m / Interest Expense TTM 106.3m)
EV/FCF = 36.32x (Enterprise Value 3.00b / FCF TTM 82.5m)
FCF Yield = 2.75% (FCF TTM 82.5m / Enterprise Value 3.00b)
FCF Margin = 3.94% (FCF TTM 82.5m / Revenue TTM 2.10b)
Net Margin = 16.18% (Net Income TTM 339.0m / Revenue TTM 2.10b)
Gross Margin = 65.68% ((Revenue TTM 2.10b - Cost of Revenue TTM 719.1m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 64.10% (prev 62.22%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.40 (Enterprise Value 3.00b / Total Assets 7.52b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 7.51% (Interest Expense 106.3m / Debt 1.41b)
Taxrate = 33.90% (212.8m / 627.8m)
NOPAT = -482.8m (EBIT -730.4m * (1 - 33.90%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 3.69 (Total Current Assets 1.55b / Total Current Liabilities 420.4m)
Debt / Equity = 0.28 (Debt 1.41b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 5.08b)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.49 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt 301.7m / EBITDA -613.8m)
Debt / FCF = 3.66 (Net Debt 301.7m / FCF TTM 82.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 4.79b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.56% (Net Income 339.0m / Total Assets 7.52b)
RoE = 7.08% (Net Income TTM 339.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.79b)
RoCE = -11.82% (EBIT -730.4m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.79b + L.T.Debt 1.39b))
RoIC = -6.88% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -482.8m / Invested Capital 7.02b)
WACC = 7.91% (E(2.69b)/V(4.11b) * Re(9.45%) + D(1.41b)/V(4.11b) * Rd(7.51%) * (1-Tc(0.34)))
Discount Rate = 9.45% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -94.47 | Cagr: -5.32%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈122.4m ; Y1≈107.3m ; Y5≈86.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = 15.87 (EV 1.39b - Net Debt 301.7m = Equity 1.09b / Shares 68.7m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: -97.41 | Revenue CAGR: -23.63% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.36 | Chg30d=-26.68% | Revisions=+17% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=8.33 | Chg30d=-3.98% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+2012.2% | GrowthRev=-23.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=2.39 | Chg30d=-9.42% | Revisions=+17% | GrowthEPS=-71.3% | GrowthRev=+0.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +42% (up=7, down=2)