NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Shareholders 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 yield of 4.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $1.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.04 billion. PPL had a net margin of 23.17% and a return on equity of 14.73%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.59 earnings per share. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Monday, September, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.50-2.80 for the period.

11 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for PPL's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's share price to reach $36.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

Headlines about PPL stock have been trending neutral on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a news impact score of 0.4 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for PPL.

Some companies that are related to PPL include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), 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).

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PPL's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.27%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.78%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.64%), Zimmer Partners LP (0.58%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%) and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.34%). 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 Zimmer Partners LP, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Strs Ohio, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Willis Investment Counsel, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPL.

PPL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, State Street Corp, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $34.45.

PPL has a market capitalization of $24.91 billion and generates $7.79 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.83 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.40 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]