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PeoplePPLI · Communication Services
$42.08+2.61%
Market cap$3.2B
IndustryInternet Content & Information

People (PPLI) Stock

People's price implies about 22% free cash flow growth a year.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)
—
P/E (forward)
15.9x
Price / free cash flow
22.9x
EV / EBITDA
—
Revenue growth
+13.8%
Operating margin
-5.9%
Dividend yield
—
Debt / equity
0.32x

What People's price implies

From a reverse DCF on People's SEC filings.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
22% a year for 10 years
Free cash flow, last 7 years
-24.3%a year
Revenue, same period
-0.8%a year

At a market value of $3.2B, People's free cash flow of $45M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 22% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 7 years. A 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10 (how it works). Change them in the Modeling tab or the reverse DCF calculator.

Revenue and free cash flow

Fiscal years, from People's 10-K filings.

People revenue and free cash flow

FY2018–FY2025
PPLIRevenue$2.4BPPLIFree cash flow$45M
People revenue and free cash flow-$2B$0B$2B$4B$6B20182019202020212022202320242025$2.4B$45M

Results from SEC filings

All three statements · Quarters, TTM and 20+ years of statements in Investingly

People (PPLI) revenue, net income, free cash flow, EPS and operating margin by fiscal year
Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$3.7B$5.2B$2.9B$2.6B$2.4B
Net income$598M-$1.2B$266M-$540M-$104M
Free cash flow$29M-$223M$96M$340M$45M
EPS (diluted)$6.31-$13.55$2.97-$6.49-$1.30
Operating margin-3.7%-9.1%-8.1%-1.1%-4.1%

Where the revenue comes from

By segments, fiscal 2025. By year

Digital$1.1B46%
Print$685M28%
Care.com$347M14%
Search$213M9%
Emerging & Other$71M3%

Superinvestors who own PPLI

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows).

None of the superinvestors we track held PPLI in their latest 13F.

People insider buying

Open-market purchases by executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings (what insider buying tells you).

No open-market insider purchases of PPLI in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from PPLI's latest numbers. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability2
Growth5
Financial health8
Cash efficiency4

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How People compares

People's P/FCF is higher than 82% of Communication Services companies and 68% of the 2,359 companies with a P/FCF figure.

People (PPLI) percentile ranks: share of companies with a lower figure
Higher thanCommunication ServicesAll stocks
P/FCF82%68%
Revenue growth72%64%
Operating margin18%21%
ROE20%23%

Questions about People

What growth does People's stock price imply?

At a market value of $3.2B, People would need its free cash flow to grow about 22% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 7 years its free cash flow grew -24% a year.

Are People insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of PPLI in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Prices and ratios as of Nov 9, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.

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