How does PPE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

PPE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.2x) compared to the peer average (16.4x).

How does PPE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Professional Services Industry?

PPE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.2x) compared to the Global Professional Services industry average (19.9x).

What is PPE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PPE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.6x).

What is the Fair Price of PPE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

PPE (A$0.85) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (A$3.65)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

PPE Stock Overview

Provides staffing, business, and operational services in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. More details

PPE fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 76.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 45.29% per year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Profit margins (0.4%) are lower than last year (1.6%)

Does not have a meaningful market cap (A$90M)

My Notes

Capture your thoughts, links and company narrative

Peoplein Limited Competitors

HiTech Group Australia

ASX:HIT

AU$78.3m

Ashley Services Group

ASX:ASH

AU$24.5m

Smartgroup

ASX:SIQ

AU$1.0b

Ignite

ASX:IGN

AU$12.0m

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Peoplein
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$0.85
52 Week High	AU$1.46
52 Week Low	AU$0.69
Beta	1.32
1 Month Change	-10.05%
3 Month Change	1.19%
1 Year Change	-27.35%
3 Year Change	-78.26%
5 Year Change	-76.84%
Change since IPO	-34.62%

At AU$0.91, Is It Time To Put Peoplein Limited (ASX:PPE) On Your Watch List?

Nov 29

Recent updates

Growth Investors: Industry Analysts Just Upgraded Their Peoplein Limited (ASX:PPE) Revenue Forecasts By 10%

Feb 22

People Infrastructure's (ASX:PPE) Dividend Will Be Increased To AU$0.06

Sep 02

Under The Bonnet, People Infrastructure's (ASX:PPE) Returns Look Impressive

Jun 02

An Intrinsic Calculation For People Infrastructure Ltd (ASX:PPE) Suggests It's 20% Undervalued

May 20

Is It Time To Consider Buying People Infrastructure Ltd (ASX:PPE)?

May 07

Here's Why I Think People Infrastructure (ASX:PPE) Might Deserve Your Attention Today

Apr 14

Is People Infrastructure (ASX:PPE) A Risky Investment?

Apr 02

Is People Infrastructure Ltd (ASX:PPE) Popular Amongst Insiders?

Mar 11

Shareholder Returns

	PPE	AU Professional Services	AU Market
7D	-11.5%	-0.09%	-0.2%
1Y	-27.4%	20.7%	11.0%

Return vs Industry: PPE underperformed the Australian Professional Services industry which returned 20.7% over the past year.

Return vs Market: PPE underperformed the Australian Market which returned 11% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is PPE's price volatile compared to industry and market?
PPE volatility
PPE Average Weekly Movement	7.5%
Professional Services Industry Average Movement	6.7%
Market Average Movement	7.9%
10% most volatile stocks in AU Market	16.5%
10% least volatile stocks in AU Market	3.0%

Stable Share Price: PPE has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Australian market.

Volatility Over Time: PPE's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1996	n/a	Ross Thompson	www.peoplein.com.au

Peoplein Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides staffing, business, and operational services in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. It operates in three segments: Industrial and Specialist Services, Professional Services, and Health and Community. The company offers workforce management, recruiting, on-boarding, contracting, rostering, timesheet management, payroll, and workplace health and safety management services.

Peoplein Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Peoplein's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
PPE fundamental statistics
Market cap	AU$89.61m
Earnings (TTM)	AU$4.67m
Revenue (TTM)	AU$1.18b

19.2x

P/E Ratio

0.1x

P/S Ratio

Is PPE overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
PPE income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$1.18b
Cost of Revenue	AU$1.11b
Gross Profit	AU$71.24m
Other Expenses	AU$66.57m
Earnings	AU$4.67m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.044
Gross Margin	6.03%
Net Profit Margin	0.40%
Debt/Equity Ratio	72.9%

How did PPE perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/17 21:42
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/17 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Peoplein Limited is covered by 6 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Russell Wright	Barclay Pearce Capital Pty Limited
Edmund Anthony Henning	CLSA
Ronan Barratt	MA Moelis Australia Securities Pty Ltd

PPE Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Peoplein Limited Competitors

ASX:HIT

AU$78.3m

ASX:ASH

AU$24.5m

ASX:SIQ

AU$1.0b

ASX:IGN

AU$12.0m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$237k worth of stock

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 13%

At AU$0.91, Is It Time To Put Peoplein Limited (ASX:PPE) On Your Watch List?

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$107k worth of stock

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 68%

Recent updates

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$237k worth of stock

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 13%

At AU$0.91, Is It Time To Put Peoplein Limited (ASX:PPE) On Your Watch List?

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$107k worth of stock

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 68%

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Price target decreased by 19% to AU$0.95

Peoplein Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 25, 2024

Peoplein Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Aug 27, 2024

Investors Aren't Entirely Convinced By Peoplein Limited's (ASX:PPE) Earnings

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 12%

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$79k worth of stock

Price target decreased by 12% to AU$1.22

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 23%

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 18%

Peoplein Limited Announces Resignation of Elizabeth Savage as A Non-Executive Director, Effective 31 May 2024

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 19%, revenue upgraded

Is Peoplein (ASX:PPE) A Risky Investment?

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

First half dividend of AU$0.03 announced

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.052 (vs AU$0.14 in 1H 2023)

New minor risk - Financial position

Peoplein Limited to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Feb 26, 2024

Is Peoplein Limited (ASX:PPE) Trading At A 43% Discount?

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 29%

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$366k worth of stock

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 18%

Peoplein Limited Appoints Elisabeth Mannes as A Non-Executive Director

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 15%

Peoplein Limited Appoints Elisabeth Mannes as A Non-Executive Director

Is Peoplein (ASX:PPE) A Risky Investment?

Peoplein Limited Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes

Peoplein Limited Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes

New minor risk - Market cap size

Peoplein Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 27, 2023

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$61k worth of stock

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 27%

Peoplein's (ASX:PPE) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Price target decreased by 19% to AU$3.23

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Peoplein Limited Announces Dividend for Period of Six Months June 30, 2023, Payment Date Is September 29, 2023

Peoplein Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Aug 25, 2023

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$499k worth of stock

What Is Peoplein Limited's (ASX:PPE) Share Price Doing?

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Peoplein Limited Announces to Step Back of Declan Sherman from Board

Price target decreased by 12% to AU$3.97

Is Peoplein (ASX:PPE) Using Too Much Debt?

Here's Why We Think Peoplein (ASX:PPE) Might Deserve Your Attention Today

Consensus revenue estimates increase by 21%, EPS downgraded

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.14 (vs AU$0.045 in 1H 2022)

Peoplein Limited Announces Dividend for the Six Months Ended December 31, 2022, Payable March 24, 2023

Peoplein Limited to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Feb 17, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$58k worth of stock

We Think Peoplein (ASX:PPE) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt

Peoplein Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 14, 2022