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Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.

PPHCNasdaq

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24
Revenue$186.5M$149.6M
Operating income−$33.9M−$18.2M
Net income−$39.0M−$24.0M
Total assets$202.6M$174.5M
Total liabilities$127.6M$93.2M
Equity$74.9M$81.3M
EPS (diluted)$-2.37$-2.34
Shares out.25.2M24.0M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
−18.2%
Net margin
−20.9%
Return on equity
−52.1%
Return on assets
−19.3%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−22.7%
Liabilities / assets
63.0%
Debt / equity
1.70×
Book value / share
$2.98
Revenue growth (YoY)
24.7%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
-2.95distress
Accruals / assets
31.5%clean
Beneish M-Score
-3.76normal
Piotroski F-Score
3/9weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
57
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

1 severe2 warning3 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 2026152,8411.9-27.3%
Apr 30, 2026210,1304.1-26.1%
Apr 15, 2026284,5232.9-6.6%
Mar 31, 2026304,4851.5+404.8%
Mar 13, 202660,3191.0+177.0%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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