2 models fit Public Policy Holding Company Inc. Common Stock and they disagree: 0 of 2 land within 15% of the average. The price is below every model.
Two or more of our models back this value.
Large discount(i)
Valued as a growth company: Discounted cash flow and P/E comparison.
ACCE opinionPublic Policy Holding Company Inc. Common Stock (PPHC)
Fair value (2 models)
$21.25
ACCE price target
$10.80
Rating
Undervalued
Horizon
12 months
Fair value published on 19 Oct 2026, 19:04 CEST; previously $15.23 since 4 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
ACCE price target published on 15 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Rating published on 19 Oct 2026, 19:04 CEST.
Price used: $9.77 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: Discounted cash flow and P/E comparison.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
Price vs fair value
54.0% below
+117.5% to fair value
ACCE score
31
out of 100
Analysts
100% buy
3 covering
P/E
0.0x
forward 9.8x
Dividend yield
3.71%
Public Policy Holding Company Inc. Common Stock in four questions
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Overview
ACCE thesis
Public Policy Holding Company (PPHC) runs a consulting business that sells government and regulatory advisory work, with Holdings operating through a set of subsidiaries that handle policy and compliance engagements. Revenue is growing at 7.3%, but gross margin of 13.5% is thin for a consulting firm and operating margin of -4.2% says the cost base is not yet covered by that revenue. The equity is getting hurt: ROE sits at -39.5%, and with no trailing earnings the 9.8x forward P/E rests on a rebound that the current margins do not yet show. At a $320M market cap and no index membership, the name sits outside the usual screens, which is part of why it may be mispriced, but the score of 30/100 says the fundamentals have not earned a deeper look yet. The thing to test is whether margin repair is visible in the next two reporting periods; if it is not, the forward multiple is probably flattering the story.