PPLI — People Incorporated

Founder-Led

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates PPLI Bearish with a Setup Score of 20, net conviction 15, actionability 26. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score20
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction15
Actionability26 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About People Incorporated

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 Eat… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$37.51
Market Cap$2.80B
Float49.2M
Shares Outstanding68.7M
P/E (Forward)74.07
P/E (TTM)6.38
Price/Sales (TTM)1.17
Profit Margin14.12%
Operating Margin (TTM)-3.30%
Revenue (TTM)$2.38B
Earnings Growth (YoY)160.30%
Dividend RateNone

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $2.76B $270M $2.02B $456M
2021 $3.70B $598M $2.40B $914M
2022 $5.24B -$1.17B $3.30B -$977M
2023 $4.37B $266M $3.02B $1.10B
2024 $3.81B -$540M $2.75B -$265M
2025 $2.39B -$104M $1.58B $169M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $590M -$21.9M
Dec 2025 $646M -$76.8M
Mar 2026 $423M -$71.9M
Jun 2026 $437M $510M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership3.5%
Institutional Ownership110.7%
Short Float16.3%
% of All Funds Holding3.84%
Number of Funds Holding338

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$41.04Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$40.62Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$38.32Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$40.55Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$40.74Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$38.42Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$40.25Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$32.20 support 1.06x 9 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (25 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.17% -0.72% 44.00% 13.51% -8.91%
1 Day -0.86% -0.90% 40.00% 11.92% -16.32%
1 Week 0.31% 1.95% 52.00% 13.10% -18.35%
2 Weeks -1.32% 0.46% 52.00% 13.56% -21.03%
1 Month -1.44% -0.09% 50.00% 14.93% -25.25%

Next earnings: November 2, 2026 (48 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan-0.6%45.5%33
Feb3.2%73.5%34
Mar-0.7%50.0%34
Apr1.1%52.9%34
May6.9%64.7%34
Jun3.3%55.9%34
Jul4.9%55.9%34
Aug1.3%38.2%34
Sep-2.5%45.5%33
Oct0.8%51.5%33
Nov3.2%57.6%33
Dec3.9%60.6%33

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.09% 48.6% 1591
Tuesday 0.09% 48.4% 1739
Wednesday 0.09% 48.8% 1737
Thursday 0.24% 47.9% 1704
Friday 0.07% 47.6% 1695

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 110.7%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 3.5%

Founder-led management: Barry Diller (Chairman & Senior Executive)

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings1
Net Value-$278,801.106
Net Shares Change-6,878
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings1
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Schwerdtman Michael H SVP and CAO -$278,801.106 1 1 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-06-01 Schwerdtman Michael H SVP and CAO -$278,801.106 Transaction at $40.54, now -7.5%

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AI Consult Analysis

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