PPL (PPL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) is an energy and utility holding company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Through its regulated utility subsidiaries, the company delivers electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, while also operating and maintaining generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure.

PPL’s Pennsylvania operations are conducted through PPL Electric Utilities, which provides electric delivery service across much of central and eastern Pennsylvania. In Kentucky, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities serve customers with electric and natural gas services. PPL also operates Rhode Island Energy, the state’s primary electric and natural gas utility, following its acquisition of the Narragansett Electric Company in 2022.

The company traces its history to the formation of Pennsylvania Power & Light in 1920. PPL has focused increasingly on regulated utility operations after previously owning businesses involved in competitive power generation and international utility markets. Vincent Sorgi serves as PPL Corporation’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $31.56 to $32.19
• 50-Day Range: $31.99 to $36.41
• 52-Week Range: $31.56 to $40.10
• Volume: 6.89 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.36 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $24.12 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.96
• Dividend Yield: 3.56%
• Price Target: $40.31
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

PPL Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

PPL scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 10th out of 95 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

PPL has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 10 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

PPL has a consensus price target of $40.31, representing about 25.8% upside from its current price of $32.05.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

PPL has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.21%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for PPL are expected to grow by 8.21% in the coming year, from $1.95 to $2.11 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of PPL is 18.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of PPL is 18.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 23.98.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PPL has a PEG Ratio of 3.13. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

PPL has a P/B Ratio of 1.62. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.73% of the float of PPL has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

PPL has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.84.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in PPL has recently decreased by 5.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

PPL is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.57%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

PPL has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of PPL is 67.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, PPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.03% next year. This indicates that PPL will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

PPL has a news sentiment score of 0.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for PPL this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 10 people have searched for PPL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -38% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 4 people have added PPL to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, PPL insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,702,176.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.34% of the stock of PPL is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

76.99% of the stock of PPL is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/1 Dividend: 6/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend: 6/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/07/2026
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/10/2026
• Today: 9/27/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Electric Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:PPL
• CIK: 922224
• Web: www.pplweb.com
• Phone: (610) 774-5151
• Fax: 610-774-5106
• Employees: 6,546
• Year Founded: 1920

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for PPL: $40.31
• High Price Target: $45.00
• Low Price Target: $35.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.69
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.96
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.44
• P/E Growth: 3.13
• Net Income: $1.18 billion
• Net Margins: 13.47%
• Pretax Margin: 16.73%
• Return on Equity: 9.33%
• Return on Assets: 3.05%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.32
• Current Ratio: 0.91
• Quick Ratio: 0.73

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $9.40 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.57
• Cash Flow: $3.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.72
• Book Value: $19.81 per share
• Price / Book: 1.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 752,545,000
• Free Float: 749,986,000
• Market Cap: $24.12 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.57