People Inc (IAC)Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | New York, United States |
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 10:22 a.m. UTC
The immediate outlook is neutral-to-slightly-bearish because the stock is trapped between a heavy 200-day average and a weak recent trend, despite a modest statistical forecast suggesting a small upside move over the next month. However, the long-term picture is severely compromised by a brutal five-year trajectory where the price has halved and suffered four consecutive years of negative annual returns, signaling a structural deterioration that outweighs any current valuation discounts. There is no income component to offset these risks, as the company has not paid a dividend in the last five years, leaving investors exposed to pure capital loss potential. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.043308 |
| AutoETS | 0.043309 |
| AutoTheta | 0.043358 |
| MSTL | 0.044341 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 0.45 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.394 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.76 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 30.911 |
| Revenue per Share | 29.659 |
| Market Cap | 3,142,127,872 |
| Trailing P/E | 25.91 |
| Forward P/E | 16.30 |
| Beta | 1.06 |
| Profit Margins | 1.75% |
| Website | https://www.iac.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.15649796 |
| Address1 | 555 West 18th Street |
| All Time High | 179.12 |
| All Time Low | 29.56 |
| Ask | 45.14 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,240,153 |
| Average Volume | 1,179,516 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,240,153 |
| Beta | 1.055 |
| Bid | 39.18 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 61.015 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 42.24 |
| Current Ratio | 3.694 |
| Date Short Interest | 1,778,803,200 |
| Day High | 43.0285 |
| Day Low | 41.31 |
| Debt To Equity | 30.911 |
| Ebitda | 166,022,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07112 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 21.638 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.539 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,592,313,344 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Timezone Name | UTC |
| Fifty Day Average | 42.5282 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 46.33 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 29.56 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Epoch Utc | 1,783,690,200 |
| Float Shares | 55,071,736 |
| Forward Eps | 2.59217 |
| Forward P E | 16.295229 |
| Free Cashflow | 36,746,376 |
| Full Time Employees | 5,156 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,780,531,200 |
| Gross Margins | 0.66490996 |
| Gross Profits | 1,552,173,056 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03348 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.13161 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 74,387,496 |
| Industry | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Disp | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Key | internet-content-information |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | IAC Inc., 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 Eats, Liquor.com, MyRecipes, Feedfeed, Better Homes & Gardens, The Spruce, REAL SIMPLE, Southern Living, Martha Stewart, Magnolia Journal, InStyle, Byrdie and Brides, Travel + Leisure, Investopedia, Lifewire, The Spruce Pets, Midwest Living, Verywell, and Successful Farming. It also operates websites that offers general search services and information, including Ask.com, a search site with a variety of fresh and contemporary content; Reference.com that offers content across select vertical categories; Consumersearch.com, which offers content designed to simplify the product research process; and Shopping.net, a vertical shopping search site, as well as offers direct-to-consumer downloadable desktop applications. In addition, the company provides Care.com, an online destination for families to connect with caregivers for their children, aging parents, pets, and homes under the Care For Business and HomePay brands; a platform to connect healthcare professionals with job opportunities under the Vivian Health name; The Daily Beast, a website dedicated to news, commentary, culture, and entertainment that publishes original reporting and opinion; and production and producer services for feature films for sale and distribution through theatrical releases and video-on-demand services under the IAC Films name. The company was formerly known as IAC/InterActiveCorp. IAC Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York. |
| Long Name | People Inc |
| Market Cap | 3,142,127,872 |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_654692030 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 137,802,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,415,129,941 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 42.5 |
| Operating Cashflow | 79,359,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.09503999 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 12.91 |
| Phone | 212 314 7300 |
| Previous Close | 0.0 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.6922888 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.3460133 |
| Profit Margins | 0.01752 |
| Quick Ratio | 3.433 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.83333 |
| Regular Market Day High | 43.0285 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 41.31 |
| Regular Market Open | 42.5 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.0 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,226,603 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00403 |
| Return On Equity | 0.029779999 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.122 |
| Revenue Per Share | 29.659 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 68,597,997 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1114 |
| Shares Short | 8,282,879 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,776,211,200 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 7,920,445 |
| Short Name | IAC Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.19 |
| Short Ratio | 5.72 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | IAC |
| Target High Price | 66.0 |
| Target Low Price | 44.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 52.18182 |
| Target Median Price | 50.0 |
| Time Zone Full Name | America/New_York |
| Time Zone Short Name | EDT |
| Total Cash | 1,112,445,056 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 14.956 |
| Total Debt | 1,420,274,048 |
| Total Revenue | 2,334,395,904 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | NaN |
| Trailing Eps | 1.63 |
| Trailing P E | 25.914112 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 37.9525 |
| Underlying Symbol | IAC |
| Uuid | 973ec353-d1e7-3aea-9ede-ecac026a80a3 |
| Volume | 1,226,603 |
| Website | https://www.iac.com |
| Zip | 10,011 |