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$10.65 -0.59 (-5.25%)
As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

About Public Policy Stock (NASDAQ:PPHC)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$10.65
$11.30
50-Day Range
$7.32
$12.09
52-Week Range
$7.01
$15.15
Volume
129,711 shs
Average Volume
104,446 shs
Market Capitalization
$321.84 million
P/E Ratio
96.82
Dividend Yield
4.51%
Price Target
$17.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Our mission is to become the preeminent provider of global strategic communications by uniting a diverse group of leading government relations, corporate communications and public affairs specialists around the world for the collective success of our clients, employees, and shareholders. Founded by veteran advisors with decades of experience in Washington, D.C.’s public policy and government relations landscape, we have grown and diversified our global communications advisory business through targeted acquisitions and organic growth. We designed our business to address the growing complexity and costs facing major corporate and non-profit entities in managing increasingly intricate and interdependent public policy and reputational challenges, and we now help more than 1,400 clients around the world navigate today’s complex mosaic of stakeholders across the full spectrum of corporate affairs. Our clients include nearly half of the Fortune 100. Across our growing portfolio, our specialized firms offer global strategic communications services, including government relations, corporate communications, public affairs, research, crisis management, financial communications and investor relations, and creative communications delivery. We are active in all major sectors of the economy, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, asset management and financial services, energy, technology, telecoms and transportation. Our diverse and complementary services help clients enhance, fortify and defend their reputations, advance corporate strategy, manage regulatory risk and opportunities, and maintain productive, ongoing engagement with their most important stakeholders including federal- and state-level policy makers, investors, employees, customers, the media and the general public. We do this in multiple jurisdictions with our diverse and complementary capabilities. Our business comprises three reporting segments—Government Relations Consulting, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs Consulting and Compliance and Insights Services—corresponding to the different types of strategic communications services our member companies provide to our clients: Government Relations Consulting services (which is also commonly referred to as “lobbying”) include advocacy, strategic guidance, political intelligence and issue monitoring at the US federal and state levels and in the United Kingdom through our offices in London; Corporate Communications & Public Affairs Consulting services include crisis communications, financial communications and investor relations, litigation support, community relations, social and digital media, public opinion research, branding and messaging, and relationship marketing, across the United States and internationally through our offices in London, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai; and Compliance and Insights Services include lobbying compliance services and legislative tracking. Importantly, as distinct from legacy branded competitors in our industry who have sought to be all-in-one providers of strategic communications services to their clients, we deliver complementary strategic communications services through stand-alone firms. Each of our firms is recognized for excellence in its respective area of expertise, and it is incentivized to collaborate and to partner with each of our other firms while maintaining a strong focus on its specialized services. Our business model allows us to deliver both the scale and reach of those all-in-one providers and also the higher standards of quality, service, creativity and agility that traditionally have been the domain of smaller boutiques. We seek to eliminate the traditional trade-off between scale and quality, and our growth demonstrates that our business model is well-suited to the needs and preferences of modern clients. Since our inception in 2014, we have acquired and integrated numerous businesses specializing in key facets of the global strategic communications market. Under our holding company, we now operate as 12 member companies in the United States and the United Kingdom, with expanding reach into Europe and parts of Asia and the Middle East. Our 12 member companies (together with PPHC, the “Company”) include Crossroads Strategies, LLC (“Crossroads”), Forbes Tate Partners LLC (“Forbes Tate”), Blue Engine Message & Media, LLC (doing business as Seven Letter) (“Seven Letter”), O’Neill & Partners, LLC (doing business as O’Neill & Associates) (“O’Neill”), Alpine Group Partners, LLC (“Alpine”), KP Public Affairs LLC (“KP”), MultiState Associates, LLC (“MultiState”), Concordant LLC (“Concordant”), Lucas Public Affairs, LLC (“Lucas”), Pagefield Communications Limited (“Pagefield”),TrailRunner International, LLC (“TrailRunner”), and Pine Cove Strategies, LLC (“Pine Cove”). We announced the earnings-accretive acquisition of Texas-based TrailRunner for initial consideration of $33.0 million in January 2025, comprising $28.1 million in cash and 2,966,138 shares of our Common Stock (representing 593,228 shares of Common Stock after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split). Closing occurred on April 1, 2025. TrailRunner operates with a global team across offices in Texas, New York, Nashville, and Northern California, London, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. There are additional contingent payments, up to $37.0 million, that the TrailRunner seller can earn in the future depending on certain operating results that are achieved. We announced the earnings-accretive acquisition of Pine Cove for initial consideration of $3.0 million in July 2025, comprising $2.6 million in cash and 214,146 of new shares of Common Stock (representing 42,830 shares of Common Stock after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split). Closing occurred on August 1, 2025. Pine Cove is a strategic consulting firm that serves as a long-term partner to clients ranging from start-ups to established businesses and Fortune 500 companies. It advises and supports clients in navigating regulatory and complex business challenges. There are additional contingent payments, up to $10.0 million, that Pine Cove can earn in the future depending on certain operating results that are achieved. We operate in large, growing markets. We estimate that our total addressable market (“TAM”) in 2024 was in excess of $20.0 billion, comprising $4.4 billion of disclosed federal lobbying expenditure, $2.2 billion of disclosed US state-based lobbying expenditure, an estimated $5.6 billion of global public affairs spend, and an estimated $8.4 billion global corporate communications spend. The latter, which covers corporate, crisis, and financial communications, became a larger part of our offering with the 2025 acquisition of TrailRunner. As a company designed by and for the operators of advisory businesses, we optimize corporate strategy, cross-selling and referral opportunities for our portfolio companies through proactive and collaborative engagement both firm-to-firm and at the holding company level. We provide our companies with a scalable platform for growth, providing uniform and efficient financial infrastructure, legal services, human resources, compliance and administration at the parent company level. We incentivize cross-company selling, talent referral and retention opportunities to sustain our world-class talent, and we aim to reduce the overall incidence of client or sector conflicts by incentivizing our member companies to refer potential clients to other member companies or individual employees who are unconflicted and available to engage. These signature operator-friendly aspects of the business have enabled PPHC to successfully acquire firms that are among the very best in their fields, to retain and attract great talent in those firms and to drive strong organic growth across the platform. We have grown our geographical reach and practice capabilities to provide clients a full range of services through multiple member companies. Our evolution to date is the result of a careful and methodical strategy to build a unique service platform to simplify and more effectively address global client needs and opportunities in an increasingly fragmented and fast-moving environment where business, government, and public perception converge. This growth strategy is predicated on adding both geographic reach and a broad set of capabilities to help clients anticipate the expectations of key stakeholders and drive stakeholder engagement and alignment. Building on the globalization of public policy and reputation challenges, our founders and many of our senior managers operate in Washington, D.C., and have past careers and/or close professional ties to the US executive branch, Congress and regulatory authorities. Other leaders operate principally at the state or regional level, drawing on decades of experience, deep community ties and relationships with key stakeholders in key markets, including Sacramento, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and New York. With the acquisitions of Pagefield in June 2024 and TrailRunner in April 2025, we expanded our operations to other key US markets as well as to London, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, giving us truly global reach in key financial centers. We continue to look for opportunities to broaden the geographic scope of our services both domestically and abroad. As of December 31, 2025, we had more than 1,400 active client relationships. In 2025, 613 clients contributed $100,000 or more in annual revenue, with no single client representing more than 2.1% of overall revenue, reflecting relatively low client concentration risk. We have a track record of high client retention, with an average annual client renewal rate of approximately 77.4% and an average revenue retention rate of 85.5% between 2021 to 2025. We are a Delaware corporation and were incorporated on February 4, 2021. Our principal executive offices are located in Washington, D.C.

Public Policy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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79th Percentile Overall Score

PPHC MarketRank™: 

Public Policy scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 253rd out of 658 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Public Policy has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

  • Upside Potential

    Public Policy has a consensus price target of $17.00, representing about 59.6% upside from its current price of $10.65.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Public Policy has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Public Policy's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Public Policy are expected to grow by 36.00% in the coming year, from $0.50 to $0.68 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Public Policy is 96.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.01.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Public Policy is 96.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.13.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Public Policy has a PEG Ratio of 1.42. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Public Policy has a P/B Ratio of 4.06. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.74% of the float of Public Policy has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Public Policy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.38, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Public Policy has recently increased by 8.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Public Policy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.51%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Public Policy does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Public Policy is 436.36%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Public Policy will have a dividend payout ratio of 70.59% next year. This indicates that Public Policy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Public Policy's dividend.
    • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

      In the past three months, Public Policy insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $226,018.00 in company stock.

    • Percentage Held by Insiders

      14.62% of the stock of Public Policy is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

    • Percentage Held by Institutions

      Public Policy has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

    • Read more about Public Policy's insider trading history.
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    PPHC Stock News Headlines

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    PPHC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

    Public Policy's stock was trading at $12.37 on February 7, 2026. Since then, PPHC shares have decreased by 13.9% and is now trading at $10.65.

    Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June, 30th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm earned $52.14 million during the quarter. Public Policy had a negative net margin of 18.85% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.26%.

    Public Policy (PPHC) raised $56 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, January 28th 2026. The company issued 4,200,000 shares at a price of $13.45 per share. Oppenheimer & Co., Canaccord Genuity and Texas Capital Securities served as the underwriters for the IPO.

    Public Policy's lock-up period expired on Monday, July 27th. Public Policy had issued 4,150,000 shares in its public offering on January 28th. The total size of the offering was $50,837,500 based on an initial share price of $12.25. Since the end of the company's lock-up period, restrictions preventing major shareholders and company insiders from selling shares in the company have been lifted.

    Top institutional investors of Public Policy include Ancora Advisors LLC (0.83%). Insiders that own company stock include George Stewart Hall, Johnson Mccallum Green, Roeland Jozef Bernard Smits, Neal Howard Strum, Thomas Edward Gensemer, Keenan Nealean Austin and Ronald J Jr Starzman.
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    Shares of PPHC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

    Company Calendar

    Last Earnings
    6/30/2026
    Today
    9/06/2026
    Fiscal Year End
    12/31/2026

    Industry, Sector and Symbol

    Stock Exchange
    NASDAQ
    Industry
    Professional Services
    Sub-Industry
    Research & Consulting Services
    Current Symbol
    NASDAQ:PPHC
    CIK
    1903508
    Fax
    N/A
    Employees
    450
    Year Founded
    2014

    Price Target and Rating

    High Price Target
    $18.00
    Low Price Target
    $16.00
    Potential Upside/Downside
    +59.6%
    Consensus Rating
    Hold
    Rating Score (0-4)
    2.25
    Research Coverage
    4 Analysts

    Profitability

    EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
    $0.11
    Trailing P/E Ratio
    96.82
    Forward P/E Ratio
    21.30
    P/E Growth
    1.42
    Net Income
    -$39 million
    Net Margins
    -18.85%
    Pretax Margin
    -17.16%
    Return on Equity
    -0.26%
    Return on Assets
    -0.11%

    Debt

    Debt-to-Equity Ratio
    0.29
    Current Ratio
    1.60
    Quick Ratio
    1.60

    Sales & Book Value

    Annual Sales
    $186.54 million
    Price / Sales
    1.73
    Cash Flow
    $1.27 per share
    Price / Cash Flow
    8.36
    Book Value
    $2.62 per share
    Price / Book
    4.06

    Miscellaneous

    Outstanding Shares
    30,220,000
    Free Float
    25,799,000
    Market Cap
    $321.84 million
    Optionable
    N/A
    Beta
    N/A

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