Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. (PPHC) To Go Ex-Dividend on September 25th

Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHC) announced a dividend on Friday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 25th will be given a dividend of 0.117 per share on Friday, October 23rd. This represents a dividend yield of 203.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 25th.

Public Policy Trading Up 2.0%

PPHC stock opened at $11.49 on Friday. Public Policy has a 52 week low of $7.01 and a 52 week high of $15.15. The company has a market capitalization of $347.23 million and a PE ratio of 104.45. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $10.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $11.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a current ratio of 1.60.

Public Policy (NASDAQ:PPHC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 30th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $52.14 million during the quarter. Public Policy had a negative net margin of 18.85% and a negative return on equity of 0.26%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Public Policy will post 0.5 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Public Policy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 29th. Weiss Ratings raised Public Policy from a “sell (e-)” rating to a “sell (e)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $18.00 price objective on shares of Public Policy in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $17.00.

Public Policy Company Profile

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, DC’s public policy and government relations landscape, we have grown and diversified our global communications advisory business through targeted acquisitions and organic growth.