People Incorporated/$PPLI
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About People Incorporated
People Inc is a media and publishing business that operates a portfolio of brands, including PEOPLE, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, InStyle, Better Homes & Gardens, and Southern Living. The company also holds a minority equity stake in MGM Resorts International.
- Ticker
- $PPLI
- Sector
- Software & Cloud Services
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 5,156
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Website
- www.people.inc
PPLI Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$2.9B
9.02
$4.32
1.07
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Price and volume
Market cap
$2.9B
Beta
1.07
52-week high
$48.32
52-week low
$29.56
Average daily volume
1M
Financial strength
Current ratio
3.691
Quick ratio
3.432
Long term debt to equity
27.099
Total debt to equity
27.577
Interest coverage (TTM)
0.47%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
169.888
Gross margin (TTM)
66.35%
Net profit margin (TTM)
14.12%
Operating margin (TTM)
2.09%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
30.73%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$460,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.42%
Return on equity (TTM)
9.04%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
9.024
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.265
Price to book
0.57
Price to tangible book (TTM)
0.9
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
33.833
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
2.96%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.152
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
7.35%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-179.38%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-20.52%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
11.75%
What the Analysts think about PPLI
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for People Incorporated stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of People Incorporated stock.
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Benchmark valued the company’s MGM stake at $3.05 billion versus an enterprise value of $2.5 billion post-asset sales, implying significant embedded value in PPLI’s MGM investment (Investing.com).
People Incorporated reported a Q2 2026 EPS of $6.68, crushing expectations for a $0.39 loss and sending shares up 7.4%, reflecting strong margin leverage and diversified digital revenue growth (Investing.com).
The company realized $189 million in tax-free asset sales in Q2 and retains several hundred million of non-core assets on its balance sheet poised for monetization, bolstering liquidity and strategic optionality (Investing.com).
Core sessions fell 22% year-over-year in Q2 2026 due largely to Google AI Overviews, exerting pressure on traditional session-based advertising revenue (SEC EDGAR).
Print revenue declined 16% in Q2 2026 and 19% in the first half, underscoring the ongoing secular decline in PPLI’s legacy print business that digital growth has only partially offset (SEC EDGAR).
Excluding mark-to-market gains on its MGM stake, PPLI’s continuing operations recorded a $57.9 million loss in Q2 2026, highlighting reliance on one-off asset gains to achieve profitability (SEC EDGAR).
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 29 Aug 2026.
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Funds containing PPLI
AllUSDGBPEUR
Fund name | Fund size | $PPLI weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.14% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | £2.4B | 0.14% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.02% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | €7.8B | 0.02% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | £6.7B | 0.02% |
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