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People

Publishes digital and print brands funded by advertising, commerce, licensing and subscriptions.

$39.14
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At close$39.14(−0.46%)
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People IncorporatedPPLICommunication Services

Publishes digital and print lifestyle, entertainment, food, health and finance brands, earning from advertising, commerce marketing, licensing, subscriptions and magazine sales. Revenue and audience acquisition remain concentrated in the People Inc. publisher, with discovery and monetization dependent on major platforms.

Combines People Inc.’s digital and print publishing with smaller Emerging & Other businesses: Vivian Health, a healthcare-jobs marketplace, and The Daily Beast, a news, commentary, culture and entertainment publication. Its brands include PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Allrecipes, Food & Wine, Investopedia, Travel + Leisure, InStyle and Verywell. Digital revenue comes from advertising, performance marketing and licensing, while Print adds subscriptions, advertising, newsstand sales and project work.

Serves predominantly U.S. customers, with foreign operations mainly in the European Union and United Kingdom, and distributes through web, print, social and other formats. Content brands, advertiser relationships and commerce-oriented publishing form its operating core; traffic and monetization depend on search, social and distribution platforms. Dual-class shares concentrate voting power, while privacy, consumer-subscription, copyright and developing AI rules shape operations.

Company facts

CEONeil I. Vogel
ListedJul 1, 2020
ExchangeNASDAQ
HeadquartersNew York, NY
CountryUnited States
Employees5,156
CIK0001800227
ISINUS44891N2080

Key statistics

Market cap$2.91B
EPS (ttm)$4.48
P/E (ttm)8.74
ROE7.1%
P/B0.5762
P/S1.39
Dividend yield
Beta0.97vs XLC 0.57

Year to date +0.3% · Average volume (30d) 998.5K

Analysts

Price target, next 12 months$62.00+58.4%Median of 13 analysts · vs the Aug 28 close
ConsensusBuy9 of 13 analysts rate it buy or better

Ratings

Target range

Latest analyst notes

DateFirmActionTarget
Aug 5, 2026Truist FinancialTarget$62

Earnings

EPS

Estimate−$0.26
ReportedDue Nov 2, 2026

Revenue

Estimate$442.4M
ReportedDue Nov 2, 2026

History

Report dateEPS estEPSSurpriseRevenue estRevenueSurpriseNext session
Aug 3, 2026Q2 FY26−$0.40$6.77+1,795.7%$433.8M$436.7M+0.7%+10.39%
May 4, 2026Q1 FY26−$0.32−$0.94−191.2%$520.3M$422.9M−18.7%−8.43%
Feb 3, 2026Q4 FY25$0.68−$0.99−246.0%$641.0M$646.0M+0.8%−3.02%
Nov 3, 2025Q3 FY25−$0.24−$0.27−12.2%$601.2M$589.8M−1.9%−1.72%
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Financial highlights

11 quartersQ1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26
Revenue$570.5M$586.9M$589.8M$646.0M$422.9M$436.7M
Gross profit$365.2M$385.0M$382.3M$450.9M$263.1M$279.9M
Operating income$35.8M$575.0K−$20.4M$94.1M−$40.1M−$14.3M
Net income−$216.8M$211.5M−$21.9M−$76.8M−$71.9M$509.5M
Diluted EPS−$2.64$2.57−$0.27−$0.99−$0.94$6.68
Gross margin64.0%65.6%64.8%69.8%62.2%64.1%
Operating margin6.3%0.1%-3.5%14.6%-9.5%-3.3%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY24 $2.89B · FY25 $2.39B

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $1.11B · Total debt $1.41B · Total assets $7.52B · Shareholders' equity $5.08B

Dividends

No dividends on record.

Ownership

Institutions Insiders 0.01%

Shares outstanding 74.39M · Float 61.40M

This issuer lists more than one class and the share count spans them all, so a stake here reads as a share of the whole company, not of this class.

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% of companyFormFiled
Neil Vogel · officer: Chief Executive Officer9.9K0.01%Form 4Aug 17, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

No open-market trades in the last 12 months.

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Peers

  • Alphabet Class A

    Search and AI discovery divert audience attention and advertising spend.

  • Ziff Davis

    Vertical digital brands overlap in health, entertainment, shopping, and ads.

  • New York Times

    Subscription, lifestyle content, affiliate commerce, and ad sales overlap.

  • Meta

    Social attention and ad inventory compete for audience time and marketers.

CompareAfter-hours close

CompanyPriceChange
People$39.140.00%$2.91B8.7108.81.4−25.6%
Alphabet Class A$346.00−0.14%$4.19T17.425.89.4+24.2%
Ziff Davis$55.82−0.02%$2.06B3.211.01.6−18.6%
New York Times$68.16+0.01%$11.07B28.422.83.7+11.2%
Meta$578.36+0.06%$1.47T21.819.06.5+28.0%
Median19.620.95.1+17.7%