People Inc cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, People Inc's operations generated $64.0m of cash; it spent $19.2m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $44.8m. It returned $315m through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

People Inc: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Cash from operations	369	252	155	119	−83	190	355	64	170
Depreciation and amortisation	42	55	69	75	131	81	41	38	35
Stock-based pay	148	134	197	79	123	74	78	32	96
Capital spending	55	95	61	90	140	94	15	19	32
Free cash flow	315	157	94	29	−223	96	340	45	138
Free cash flow after stock pay	166	22	−103	−51	−346	22	262	13	42
Share buybacks	—	57	64	35	—	166	0	315	148

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

People Inc: cash flow statement, quarterly
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
Cash from operations	110	−27	−7	35	64	10	46	50
Depreciation and amortisation	10	11	7	8	11	7	8	9
Stock-based pay	20	−21	18	16	20	16	35	25
Capital spending	5	4	4	4	7	8	11	6
Free cash flow	105	−31	−11	30	57	2	34	44
Free cash flow after stock pay	85	−10	−29	14	38	−14	−1	19

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from People Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 2, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to People Inc.