People Inc (PPLI)
People Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a media and internet company worldwide. The company publishes original and engaging digital content in the form of articles, illustrations, and videos and images; and magazines related to women and lifestyle under the media platforms and formats, such as People, Entertainment Weekly, People en Español, Allrecipes, Food & Wine, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, EatingWell, The Spruce Eats, Liquor.com, MyRecipes, Feedfeed, Better Homes & Gardens, The Spruce, REAL SIMPLE, Southern Living, Martha Stewart, Magnolia Journal, InStyle, Byrdie and Brides, Travel + Leisure, Investopedia, Lifewire, The Spruce Pets, Midwest Living, Verywell, and Successful Farming. It also operates websites that offers general search services and information, including Ask.com, a search site with a variety of fresh and contemporary content; Reference.com that offers content across select vertical categories; Consumersearch.com, which offers content designed to simplify the product research process; and Shopping.net, a vertical shopping search site, as well as offers direct-to-consumer downloadable desktop applications. In addition, the company provides Care.com, an online destination for families to connect with caregivers for their children, aging parents, pets, and homes under the Care For Business and HomePay brands; a platform to connect healthcare professionals with job opportunities under the Vivian Health name; The Daily Beast, a website dedicated to news, commentary, culture, and entertainment that publishes original reporting and opinion; and production and producer services for feature films for sale and distribution through theatrical releases and video-on-demand services under the IAC Films name. The company was formerly known as IAC Inc. and changed its name to People Incorporated in June 2026. People Incorporated is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Symbol
- PPLI
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Market cap
- $2.75B
- 52 week range
- 29.56 - 48.32
Valuation
- Share price
- $35.97 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 8.08x
- Price to book
- 0.54x
- Price to free cash flow
- 22.16x
- Enterprise value
- $3.05B
- Book value per share
- $68.41
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | -2.15% |
| 5 days | -6.01% |
| 1 month | -6.47% |
| 3 months | -13.99% |
| 6 months | -6.98% |
| Year to date | -8.01% |
| 1 year | +3.36% |
| 3 years | -12.84% |
| 5 years | -67.21% |
| 10 years | +222.31% |
| All time | +18831.58% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- -2.18%
- Return on invested capital
- -1.86%
- Return on assets
- -1.46%
- Return on capital employed
- -1.48%
- Gross margin
- 66.16%
- Net margin
- -4.35%
- EBITDA margin
- -2.50%
- Revenue growth
- -8.73%
- Net income growth
- 80.73%
- Free cash flow growth
- -86.79%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 4.51%
- Current ratio
- 3.69x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 0.35x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-12-31
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Revenue
- $2.39B
- Cost of revenue
- $809.76M
- Gross profit
- $1.58B
- EBITDA
- $-59.91M
- Net income
- $-104.03M
- Earnings per share
- $-1.30
- Research and development
- $196.02M
- Shares outstanding
- 80.08M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $2.39B | $1.58B | $-104.03M | $-1.30 |
| 2024-12-31 | $2.62B | $1.62B | $-539.90M | $-6.49 |
| 2023-12-31 | $2.92B | $1.70B | $265.94M | $3.07 |
| 2022-12-31 | $5.24B | $3.30B | $-1.17B | $-11.12 |
| 2021-12-31 | $3.70B | $2.40B | $597.55M | $5.50 |
| 2020-12-31 | $2.76B | $1.95B | $269.73M | $2.59 |
| 2019-12-31 | $2.51B | $1.91B | $22.89M | $0.22 |
| 2018-12-31 | $2.53B | $2.03B | $292.37M | $1.58 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 66.16% | -4.35% | -2.18% | -1.86% |
| 2024-12-31 | 61.77% | -20.59% | -8.60% | -0.23% |
| 2023-12-31 | 58.24% | 9.11% | 3.94% | -3.09% |
| 2022-12-31 | 63.06% | -22.35% | -17.80% | -3.26% |
| 2021-12-31 | 64.96% | 16.15% | 7.71% | -1.65% |
| 2020-12-31 | 70.53% | 9.76% | 3.77% | -10.92% |
| 2019-12-31 | 76.09% | 0.91% | 0.76% | 0.22% |
| 2018-12-31 | 80.22% | 11.54% | 10.89% | 1.26% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $960.21M | $1.40B |
| 2024-12-31 | $1.38B | $1.44B |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.08B | $1.99B |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.34B | $2.02B |
| 2021-12-31 | $2.14B | $2.05B |
| 2020-12-31 | $3.59B | $712.28M |
| 2019-12-31 | $837.92M | $231.95M |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-based compensation |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $44.83M | $32.31M |
| 2024-12-31 | $339.50M | $77.75M |
| 2023-12-31 | $95.94M | $73.56M |
| 2022-12-31 | $-222.54M | $123.48M |
| 2021-12-31 | $28.69M | $79.49M |
| 2020-12-31 | $93.86M | $197.22M |
| 2019-12-31 | $156.70M | $134.34M |
| 2018-12-31 | $314.75M | $148.41M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2015-11-10
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2015-11-10 | $0.06 |
| 2015-08-12 | $0.06 |
| 2015-05-13 | $0.06 |
| 2015-02-11 | $0.06 |
| 2014-11-12 | $0.06 |
| 2014-08-13 | $0.06 |
| 2014-05-13 | $0.04 |
| 2014-02-12 | $0.04 |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-11-02
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Jun/2026 | - |
| 2026-05-04 | - | - |
| 2026-02-03 | - | - |
| 2025-11-03 | - | - |
| 2025-08-04 | - | - |
| 2025-05-05 | - | - |
| 2025-02-11 | - | - |
| 2024-11-11 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- people.inc
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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