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Public Policy Holding (PPHC) Q3 FY2026 earnings: revenue $55 million, up 13.2% on the year

Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. (PPHC) reported revenue of $55 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 13.2% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $236,000, and diluted earnings per share $-0.01. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 10 November 2026.

Revenue
$55 million
+13.2% on the year · +5.9% on the quarter
Q1 FY2025Q3 FY2026
Operating margin
-15.0%
-12.1% a year earlier
Q1 FY2025Q3 FY2026
Net income
$236,000
Q1 FY2025Q3 FY2026
Diluted EPS
-$0.01
Q1 FY2025Q3 FY2026

this quarterthe same quarter a year earlierHover a bar for its figure.

What management said

Guidance figures: 3 kept.

  • Q3 revenue rose 13.2%: Q3 2026 revenue was $55.2 million against $48.8 million a year earlier, and $4.0 million of it came from acquisitions.
  • Government Relations grew double digits: Government Relations revenue rose 16.1% in Q3 to $31.9 million, and nine-month revenue rose 12.0%, with organic growth of 6.7%.
  • Corporate Communications margin fell: Corporate Communications and Public Affairs revenue rose 21.1% for nine months, but its margin fell 2.5 points to 25.1% on acquired lower-margin revenue and reduced project volumes.
Read the earnings call summary

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionQ3 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2025On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Revenue55.252.148.8+5.9%+13.2%
Cost of revenue49.340.843.9+20.8%+12.4%
Gross profit5.911.44.9-47.8%+20.1%
Gross margin10.7%21.8%10.1%
Operating income-8.3-3.9-5.9
Operating margin-15.0%-7.5%-12.1%
Interest expense0.70.71.0-3.7%-28.8%
Pre-tax income0.7-3.4-6.9
Income tax0.50.40.6+31.2%-19.5%
Effective tax rate66.2%n/an/a
Net income0.2-3.7-7.4
Net margin0.4%-7.2%-15.2%
Diluted EPS-$0.01-$0.19-$0.45
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionQ3 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2025On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Operating cash flow-7.42.610.3
Capital expenditure0.10.10.1-20.7%-31.8%
Free cash flow-7.52.510.2
Free cash flow margin-13.6%4.8%20.9%
Cash from investing-8.71.6-3.1
Cash from financing-2.4-10.1-6.0
Depreciation and amortisation1.81.51.6+22.1%+15.4%
Dividends paid0.0n/a1.3
Diluted shares, weighted25m25m17m+2.0%+46.3%
Shares outstanding at period end30m30m31m+1.7%-0.6%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet

$ millionQ3 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2025On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Shareholders' equity11811181.5+6.4%+44.8%
Debt39.842.2n/a-5.6%
Operating lease liabilities25.624.8n/a+3.1%
Other liabilities76.362.8n/a+21.5%
Total liabilities and equity260241n/a+7.9%
Fixed assets1.31.1n/a+12.1%
Goodwill59.457.2n/a+4.0%
Intangible assets46.235.0n/a+32.1%
Cash and equivalents18.436.911.1-50.1%+65.5%
Receivables32.830.9n/a+6.0%
Other assets10279.6n/a+27.6%
Total assets260241n/a+7.9%

Questions

What was Public Policy Holding's revenue in Q3 FY2026?

Public Policy Holding (PPHC) reported revenue of $55 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 13.2% on the same quarter a year earlier.

How much did Public Policy Holding earn in Q3 FY2026?

Net income for Q3 FY2026 was $236,000, and the diluted loss per share $0.01.

When did Public Policy Holding report Q3 FY2026 results?

Public Policy Holding filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 September 2026 with the SEC on 10 November 2026.

Quarterly results, the last 7 quarters

Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue39.348.648.849.950.152.155.2
Cost of revenue35.440.643.948.141.040.849.3
Gross profit4.08.04.91.89.211.45.9
Gross margin10%16%10%4%18%22%11%
Operating income-5.9-4.9-5.9-17.2-8.2-3.9-8.3
Operating margin-15%-10%-12%-35%-16%-7%-15%
Interest expense0.60.91.00.90.80.70.7
Pre-tax income-6.5-5.8-6.9-15.5-8.8-3.40.7
Tax raten/an/an/an/an/an/a66%
Net income-10.6-5.7-7.4-15.2-11.5-3.70.2
Net margin-27%-12%-15%-31%-23%-7%0%
Diluted EPS-$0.63-$0.44-$0.45n/a-$0.49-$0.19-$0.01
Operating cash flow-8.68.310.314.7-11.72.6-7.4
Capital expenditure0.00.10.1n/a0.50.10.1
Free cash flow-8.68.310.2n/a-12.22.5-7.5
Dividends paidn/an/a1.3n/an/an/a0.0
Shares outstanding29m30m31m25m29m30m30m
Filing10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A blank figure marked on a quarter is one the filings do not give on their own: the quarters as filed do not add to the year the company filed, or the year and its quarters stand on different share counts. Each quarter's page says which. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

10-Q for the period ended 30 September 2026, filed 10 November 2026: the filing.