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People vs Taboola.com

PPLI and TBLA side by side, both in computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How PPLI and TBLA compare

People is the larger company, worth 5.9 times as much as Taboola.com ($3.3B against $554M).

People grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.8% versus 2.5% for Taboola.com).

Taboola.com keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.8% compared with −13.8% at People.

Taboola.com scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 7 for People), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricPPLITBLA
Size and price
Market cap$3.3B$554M
Share price$43.79$2.05
Change, 1 year31.8%−46.1%
Change, 5 years−66.0%−78.3%
Beta (5Y)1.261.69
Employees5,1562,000
StockData Score
Total score714 (better)
Valuation score33
Growth score23 (better)
Performance score05 (better)
Health score23 (better)
Dividend score00
Valuation
P/S1.4×0.3× (better)
P/B0.7×0.6× (better)
EV/EBITDA–3.4×
P/FCF23.7×3.2× (better)
FCF yield4.2%31.6% (better)
Fair value$91.61$8.53
Margin of safety52.2%76.0% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)13.8% (better)2.5%
Revenue growth, 5Y average−2.8%10.0% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)–421%
Profitability
Gross margin66.7% (better)31.0%
Operating margin−5.9%7.6% (better)
Net margin−13.8%6.8% (better)
FCF margin5.8%9.1% (better)
Return on equity−7.2%14.3% (better)
Return on invested capital−2.3%13.3% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity0.320.08 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA–−0.34
Interest coverage−1.3×–
Current ratio4.01 (better)1.09
Altman Z-score1.262.12 (better)
Piotroski F-score56 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Buyback yield4.5%29.9% (better)
Shareholder yield4.5%29.9% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions92.6%36.6%
Held by insiders19.6%56.5%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$279K (better)−$106M
Superinvestors holding3–
Short interest, % of float18.6%7.3%

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