PPL Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" PPL stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PPL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for PPL's shares. Their PPL stock forecasts range from $27.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect PPL's share price to reach $30.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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PPL's stock was trading at $30.06 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, PPL stock has decreased by 9.9% and is now trading at $27.08.
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PPL is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 4th 2022.
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PPL Co. (NYSE:PPL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $1.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.65 billion. PPL had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.25% and a net margin of 10.43%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 19.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.28 earnings per share.
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PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 10th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 21st will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, July 1st. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 17th. This is an increase from PPL's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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PPL(NYSE:PPL) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.38%. The dividend payout ratio of PPL is 105.88%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, PPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.60% next year. This indicates that PPL will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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PPL trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PPL."

PPL's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.93%), BlackRock Inc. (7.76%), State Street Corp (5.81%), Invesco Ltd. (1.75%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.30%) and Federated Hermes Inc. (1.02%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Philip Swift, Stephanie R Raymond, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence.
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PPL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Cohen & Steers Inc., and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last two years include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Stephanie R Raymond, and Vincent Sorgi.
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PPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, State Street Corp, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, and Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisor L.P.
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Shares of PPL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.08.

PPL (NYSE:PPL) has a market capitalization of $19.93 billion and generates $5.78 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-1.48 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.85 on an earnings per share basis.

PPL employs 5,607 workers across the globe.

PPL was founded in 1920.

PPL's mailing address is TWO N NINTH ST, ALLENTOWN PA, 18101. The official website for PPL is www.pplweb.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (610) 774-5151, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 610-774-5106.