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People Incorporated PPLI
$41.28 +0.81% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.07B
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 7.7% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The shares trade at 9.2× trailing earnings, lower than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.10B, down 24.9% from a year earlier, slowing from -20.8% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 17%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 29%
- Gross marginTop 29%
- Operating marginBottom 29%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Interest coverBottom 30%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 11%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 39%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 36%
- 6-month returnTop 46%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 29%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 46%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -20.8% | -24.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 67.3% | 65.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 0.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.5% | 3.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -24.9% | -20.8% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Gross margin | 65.7% | 67.3% | ↓ | Top 29% |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 3.4% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Net margin | 16.2% | -16.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.9% | 6.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.2% | — | Bottom 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -23.0% | — | Bottom 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.33×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 3.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +12.4 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -4.94%
- Shareholder yield
- -4.94%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -7.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $62.00
- Target vs current price
- +50.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +1795.7% | +1.2% | +0.0% | -5.8% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | -191.2% | +0.4% | -2.0% | +0.9% | -6.6% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | -246.0% | -0.6% | -1.4% | +1.7% | +20.4% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | -12.2% | +1.1% | +3.1% | +10.8% | +16.8% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +871.9% | +1.8% | -12.0% | -5.7% | -13.3% |
| May 5, 2025 | -359.3% | +0.1% | +4.8% | +0.9% | +11.3% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | -1100.0% | -0.9% | +13.6% | +5.8% | +4.1% |
| Nov 11, 2024 | -938.2% | +3.1% | -12.2% | -9.5% | -22.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $6.77 | -$0.40 | +1795.7% | $436.7M |
| May 4, 2026 | -$0.94 | -$0.32 | -191.2% | $422.9M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | -$0.99 | $0.68 | -246.0% | $646.0M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | -$0.27 | -$0.24 | -12.2% | $589.8M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $2.57 | -$0.33 | +871.9% | $586.9M |
| May 5, 2025 | -$2.80 | -$0.61 | -359.3% | $570.5M |
| Feb 11, 2025 | -$1.97 | $0.20 | -1100.0% | $989.3M |
| Nov 11, 2024 | -$2.41 | -$0.23 | -938.2% | $938.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 9.2× | 16.6× | 13th | Top 11% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.61× | — | — | Top 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.69% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
| Earnings yield | 10.85% | — | — | Top 11% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.0× – 432.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 4
- Days above the 200-day average
- 4
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.8%
- RSI (14)
- 60.2
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 67th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.96
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2021 | Nov 20, 2025 | -78.1% | 1197 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.07B
- P/E (TTM)
- 9.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.48
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.10B
- 52-week range
- $29.56 – $48.32
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.70B | $5.24B | $4.37B | $3.81B | $2.39B |
| Gross profit | $2.40B | $3.30B | $3.02B | $2.75B | $1.58B |
| Operating income | -$137.1M | -$474.8M | -$260.8M | -$4.2M | $110.0M |
| Net income | $597.5M | -$1.17B | $265.9M | -$539.9M | -$104.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.33 | -$13.55 | $2.97 | -$6.49 | -$1.30 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $642.0M | $989.3M | $570.5M | $586.9M | $589.8M | $646.0M | $422.9M | $436.7M |
| Net income | -$243.7M | -$199.0M | -$216.8M | $211.5M | -$21.9M | -$76.8M | -$71.9M | $509.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.93 | -$2.39 | -$2.64 | $2.57 | -$0.27 | -$0.99 | -$0.94 | $6.68 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $137.0M | -$82.8M | $189.5M | $354.5M | $61.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$90.2M | -$139.8M | -$141.4M | -$65.5M | -$19.2M |
| Free cash flow | $46.7M | -$222.5M | $48.2M | $289.0M | $42.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$35.4M | -$93.5M | -$176.6M | -$28.6M | $85.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.11B
- Total assets
- $7.52B
- Total liabilities
- $2.39B
- Total debt
- $1.41B
- Net debt
- $301.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $5.08B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,428,999
- Days to cover
- 10.76
- Change vs previous report
- +11.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 1, 2025
- 1,219-for-1,000
- May 25, 2021
- 1,503-for-1,000
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1,527-for-500
- Aug 21, 2008
- 573-for-500
- Aug 9, 2005
- 9-for-10