
PPHC revenue rose 16.3% to $102.3 million in the first half, with organic growth at 4.4%. The lobbying firm maintained full-year guidance as CEO Hall said the first six months developed as expected.
Public Policy Holding Company posted a 16.3% revenue gain in the first half, hitting $102.3 million, the firm said Monday after the close. The lobbying and advocacy group said organic growth accounted for 4.4 percentage points of the increase, with the rest coming from acquisitions.
Adjusted EBITDA also rose, the company said without giving the exact figure in the prepared remarks. Chief Executive George Hall described the first six months as developing "broadly as we expected" and said he was pleased with both the operating performance and the strategic progress.
The call focused on the steady demand from corporate clients navigating Washington. Hall pointed to sustained need across health care, energy, and technology sectors, though he did not break out revenue by practice area. The firm's footprint now covers more than a dozen policy verticals after several bolt-on deals over the past 18 months.
Chief Financial Officer Roeland Jozef Smits and Chief Strategy Officer Thomas Gensemer also joined the call. The company reiterated its full-year guidance, which it first laid out in the first-quarter report. Analysts from Canaccord Genuity, Oppenheimer, and Stifel were on the line.
Shares of PPHC have risen roughly 12% this year through Friday's close, outperforming the small-cap index. The stock trades at about 15 times trailing adjusted earnings, below the group median for business-services companies.
The next read on lobbying receipts from the Senate's public disclosure office comes in October, covering third-quarter activity.
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