NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

PPL trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PPL."

PPL announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.4125 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.65 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.66%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 14th. The utilities provider reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.08 billion. PPL had a return on equity of 14.73% and a net margin of 22.47%. PPL's quarterly revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.52 earnings per share. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.40-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.53.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for PPL's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's share price to reach $39.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

Media headlines about PPL stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for PPL.

Some companies that are related to PPL include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PPL investors own include AT&T (T), Conatus Pharmaceuticals (CNAT), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

PPL's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.58%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.23%), FMR LLC (3.21%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (2.29%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (2.06%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.04%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift, Victor A Staffieri, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence. View Institutional Ownership Trends for PPL.

PPL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, SG Americas Securities LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Strs Ohio and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Joanne H Raphael, Philip Swift, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPL.

PPL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Point72 Asset Management L.P., State Street Corp, Cohen & Steers Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPL.

Shares of PPL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.37.

PPL has a market capitalization of $25.57 billion and generates $7.77 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.45 on an earnings per share basis. PPL employs 12,444 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About PPL.

The official website for PPL is http://www.pplweb.com/.

PPL's mailing address is TWO N NINTH ST, ALLENTOWN PA, 18101. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 610-774-5151 or via email at [email protected]