# People Incorporated (PPLI) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Communication Services / Diversified Telecommunication Services. Price $38.99, market value $2.9 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 6.6×** (5-yr avg 15.7×, 3-yr avg 14.5×). People Incorporated trades at 6.6× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 15.7×: cheap by its own standards. The Communication Services median in the September 2026 study was 21.1×. Forward P/E is 14.3×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **PEG: 0.18**. A PEG of 0.18 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / sales: 1.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 1.3×.
- **Price / book: 0.6×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 3.2%** (5-yr avg 1.8%). Free cash flow equals 3.2% of the market value, above its five-year average of 1.8%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been.
- **Earnings yield: 15.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 15.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: -8.1%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: -4.3%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -2.2%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: -2.7%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -2.7%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 4.7%**. Each dollar of assets produces 4.7% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -8.7%** (3-yr -23.0%/yr, 5-yr -2.8%/yr). Revenue fell 8.7% over the last year, against -2.8% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 80.0%**. Earnings per share rose 80.0%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.30**. Debt is 0.30 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. People Incorporated does not currently pay a dividend.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 6.0%** (YTD -0.3%, 3-mo -6.5%). The shares are up 6.0% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -19.3%** (31.9% above the low). Trading 19% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 42**. An RSI of 42 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.99** (volatility 32%). Beta of 0.99 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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