People Inc balance sheet
At the end of fiscal 2025, People Inc had total assets of $7.19bn and shareholders' equity of $4.73bn. It held $941m in cash against $1.44bn of debt: net debt of $500m.
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Receivables | — | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Inventory | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | 1.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Goodwill | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Total assets | — | 4.1 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 |
| Deferred revenue (current) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total current liabilities | — | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Short-term debt | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Long-term debt | — | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Total debt | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Shareholders' equity | 2.7 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Net debt (negative = net cash) | −0.9 | −0.6 | −2.6 | −0.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receivables | 483 | 392 | 376 | 397 | 410 | 329 | 329 | 336 |
| Total current assets | 2,485 | 1,694 | 1,602 | 1,515 | 1,545 | 1,551 | 1,552 | 1,756 |
| Goodwill | 1,993 | 1,993 | 1,993 | 1,993 | 1,508 | 1,508 | 1,508 | 1,508 |
| Total assets | 9,689 | 7,187 | 7,360 | 7,188 | 7,195 | 6,820 | 7,520 | 6,562 |
| Deferred revenue (current) | 57 | 79 | 65 | 64 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 23 |
| Total current liabilities | 886 | 627 | 559 | 592 | 561 | 420 | 420 | 438 |
| Short-term debt | 35 | 42 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Long-term debt | 1,435 | 1,420 | 1,412 | 1,407 | 1,401 | 1,396 | 1,390 | 1,385 |
| Total debt | 1,470 | 1,462 | 1,433 | 1,430 | 1,426 | 1,420 | 1,415 | 1,409 |
| Shareholders' equity | 5,578 | 4,714 | 4,911 | 4,790 | 4,734 | 4,549 | 5,082 | 4,391 |
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