PPL Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:PPL)

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

PPL announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.4125 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $1.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.91%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.04 billion. PPL had a net margin of 23.17% and a return on equity of 14.72%. PPL's revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.59 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Monday, September, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.50-2.80 for the period.

12 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for PPL's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $59.00. On average, they expect PPL's stock price to reach $36.32 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

News coverage about PPL stock has trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. 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), Portland General Electric (POR), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) and ALLETE (ALE).

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), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and AbbVie (ABBV).

PPL's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.78%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.64%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.33%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.28%) and OLD Republic International Corp (0.24%). 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 State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Strs Ohio, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Cullen Frost Bankers Inc., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Yorktown Management & Research Co Inc and DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift 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 SG Americas Securities LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Hancock Whitney Corp and BancorpSouth Bank. 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 $33.63.

PPL has a market capitalization of $24.32 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]