PPLI Stock Analysis: People | NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 3.459m USD | 12M Return: 13.5% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 40.3M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -97.5%
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 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: 40.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.77 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 50.36% < 20% (prev 37.60%; Δ 12.76% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.01 > 3% & CFO 79.4m > Net Income 40.9m |
| Net Debt (307.8m) to EBITDA (450.3m): 0.68 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 3.69 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (76.7m) vs 12m ago -6.66% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 65.97% > 18% (prev 66.00%; Δ -0.03% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 32.06% > 50% (prev 39.46%; Δ -7.40% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 2.78 > 6 (EBIT TTM 326.9m / Interest Expense TTM 117.6m) |
| A: 0.17 (Total Current Assets 1.55b - Total Current Liabilities 419.8m) / Total Assets 6.82b |
| B: -0.10 (Retained Earnings -714.9m / Total Assets 6.82b) |
| C: 0.05 (EBIT TTM 326.9m / Avg Total Assets 7.00b) |
| D: 2.04 (Book Value of Equity 4.55b / Total Liabilities 2.23b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.21 = A |
| DSRI: 1.06 (Receivables 328.8m/391.8m, Revenue 2.25b/2.84b) |
| GMI: 1.00 (GM 66.00% / 65.97%) |
| AQI: 1.01 (AQ_t 0.73 / AQ_t-1 0.72) |
| SGI: 0.79 (Revenue 2.25b / 2.84b) |
| TATA: -0.01 (NI 40.9m - CFO 79.4m) / TA 6.82b) |
| Beneish M = -3.12 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 15, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 45.89 with a total of 574,196 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.86%, over one month by +7.62%, over three months by +12.31% and over the past year by +13.45%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 42.90 (which is 6.5% or 2.1 ATR below the current price).
People has no consensus analysts rating.
P/E Trailing = 28.5276
P/E Forward = 200.0
P/S = 1.4818
P/B = 0.7602
P/EG = 12.9069
Revenue TTM = 2.25b USD
EBIT TTM = 326.9m USD
EBITDA TTM = 450.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.40b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 24.5m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.42b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 307.8m USD (calculated: Debt 1.42b - CCE 1.11b)
Enterprise Value = 3.77b USD (3.46b + Debt 1.42b - CCE 1.11b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.78 (Ebit TTM 326.9m / Interest Expense TTM 117.6m)
EV/FCF = 66.87x (Enterprise Value 3.77b / FCF TTM 56.3m)
FCF Yield = 1.50% (FCF TTM 56.3m / Enterprise Value 3.77b)
FCF Margin = 2.51% (FCF TTM 56.3m / Revenue TTM 2.25b)
Net Margin = 1.82% (Net Income TTM 40.9m / Revenue TTM 2.25b)
Gross Margin = 65.97% ((Revenue TTM 2.25b - Cost of Revenue TTM 764.3m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 62.22% (prev 69.80%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.55 (Enterprise Value 3.77b / Total Assets 6.82b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 8.28% (Interest Expense 117.6m / Debt 1.42b)
Taxrate = 47.05% (98.5m / 209.4m)
NOPAT = 173.1m (EBIT 326.9m * (1 - 47.05%))
Current Ratio = 3.69 (Total Current Assets 1.55b / Total Current Liabilities 419.8m)
Debt / Equity = 0.31 (Debt 1.42b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 4.55b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.68 (Net Debt 307.8m / EBITDA 450.3m)
Debt / FCF = 5.46 (Net Debt 307.8m / FCF TTM 56.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 4.75b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.58% (Net Income 40.9m / Total Assets 6.82b)
RoE = 0.86% (Net Income TTM 40.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.75b)
RoCE = 5.32% (EBIT 326.9m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.75b + L.T.Debt 1.40b))
RoIC = 2.74% (NOPAT 173.1m / Invested Capital 6.31b)
WACC = 7.95% (E(3.46b)/V(4.88b) * Re(9.41%) + D(1.42b)/V(4.88b) * Rd(8.28%) * (1-Tc(0.47)))
Discount Rate = 9.41% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -94.09 | Cagr: -6.18%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈137.2m ; Y1≈120.3m ; Y5≈97.2m
[DCF] Fair Price = 18.26 (EV 1.56b - Net Debt 307.8m = Equity 1.25b / Shares 68.6m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: -0.72 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -97.48 | Revenue CAGR: -23.93% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.27 | Chg30d=+49.23% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=3
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.39 | Chg30d=+25.09% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.62 | Chg30d=+22.16% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+472.8% | GrowthRev=-23.2%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=2.71 | Chg30d=+4.51% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+66.8% | GrowthRev=+0.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -38% (up=1, down=4)