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Forensic Analysis · Consulting & Engineering Services · as of Nov 8, 2026

Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. (PPHC)

A forensic read on Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Distress
Financial health
-3.0
Distress distance
2
Forensic signals
-52.1%
ROE

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Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads -3.0, placing it in the Distress zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

-19.4%
FY2025
Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is -19.4% in the latest fiscal year. FY2025's operating profit carried a $6M goodwill write-off and a $3M asset write-down that alone took about 5.2 points off that year's return, so the latest return is depressed by that charge. A non-cash write-down lowers the reported return in the year it lands.
$6M
FY2025
Goodwill impairments. Took $6M of goodwill writedowns across 1 year (FY2025 ($6M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$186.5M
Net Margin-20.9%
Free Cash Flow$24.8M
Return on Equity-52.1%
Debt / Equity0.63x

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