People Inc.
PPLI · Interactive Media & Services
$38.50
2.7%Yelp
YELP · Interactive Media & Services
$19.99
3.4%The short version
- People Inc. is the larger business, with $2.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.5B for Yelp, about 1.6 times as much.
- Yelp grew revenue faster (3.8%, against −8.7%).
- Yelp kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (12.6% operating margin, against −4.1% operating margin).
- Yelp turned more of its sales into free cash flow (22.1% FCF margin, against 1.9% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Yelp’s earnings: a P/E of 9.6x against 8.5x for People Inc..
| Latest fiscal year | PPLI · FY25 | YELP · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.9B | $1.1B |
| Revenue | $2.4B | $1.5B |
| Free cash flow | $44.8M | $324M |
| Net income | −$104M | $146M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −8.7% | 3.8% |
| 5-year growth | −2.8% | 10.9% |
| Share count change | −3.7% | −7.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 66.2% | — |
| Operating margin | −4.1% | 12.6% |
| Net margin | −4.4% | 9.9% |
| FCF margin | 1.9% | 22.1% |
| Return on capital | −1.3% | — |
| Return on equity | −2.0% | 20.0% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $481M | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 14.5x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $315M | $291M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 8.5x | 9.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | — |
FY16
PPLI —
YELP $716M
FY17
PPLI —
YELP $851M
FY18
PPLI $2.5B
YELP $943M
FY19
PPLI $2.5B
YELP $1.0B
FY20
PPLI $2.8B
YELP $873M
FY21
PPLI $3.7B
YELP $1.0B
FY22
PPLI $5.2B
YELP $1.2B
FY23
PPLI $2.9B
YELP $1.3B
FY24
PPLI $2.6B
YELP $1.4B
FY25
PPLI $2.4B
YELP $1.5B
PPLI
YELP
FY16
PPLI —
YELP −0.3%
FY17
PPLI —
YELP 21.1%
FY18
PPLI 1.4%
YELP 2.8%
FY19
PPLI 0.2%
YELP 3.5%
FY20
PPLI −19.5%
YELP −4.4%
FY21
PPLI −3.7%
YELP 3.1%
FY22
PPLI −9.1%
YELP 4.9%
FY23
PPLI −8.1%
YELP 5.9%
FY24
PPLI −1.1%
YELP 10.7%
FY25
PPLI −4.1%
YELP 12.6%
PPLI
YELP
FY16
PPLI —
YELP $104M
FY17
PPLI —
YELP $137M
FY18
PPLI $315M
YELP $115M
FY19
PPLI $157M
YELP $167M
FY20
PPLI $93.9M
YELP $145M
FY21
PPLI $28.7M
YELP $184M
FY22
PPLI −$223M
YELP $160M
FY23
PPLI $95.9M
YELP $279M
FY24
PPLI $340M
YELP $248M
FY25
PPLI $44.8M
YELP $324M
PPLI
YELP
FY16
PPLI —
YELP —
FY17
PPLI —
YELP —
FY18
PPLI —
YELP —
FY19
PPLI —
YELP —
FY20
PPLI −16.1%
YELP —
FY21
PPLI −1.9%
YELP —
FY22
PPLI −5.0%
YELP —
FY23
PPLI −2.4%
YELP —
FY24
PPLI −0.3%
YELP —
FY25
PPLI −1.3%
YELP —
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