PPL Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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PPL is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 9th 2021.
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PPL Co. (NYSE:PPL) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.43. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.50 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.21 billion. PPL had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.02% and a negative net margin of 14.33%. PPL's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.67 EPS.
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PPL's stock was trading at $29.25 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PPL shares have increased by 0.2% and is now trading at $29.30.
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PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 10th will be given a dividend of $0.415 per share on Thursday, July 1st. This represents a $1.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.67%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 9th.
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PPL pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.67%. PPL has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. PPL has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of PPL is 69.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, PPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 82.18% in the coming year. This indicates that PPL may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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12 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for PPL's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's stock price to reach $33.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price.
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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 BlackRock Inc. (9.01%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.94%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.85%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.81%), Federated Hermes Inc. (1.12%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.11%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Philip Swift, 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 Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Amundi Asset Management US Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, LSV Asset Management, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Northern Trust Corp, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, and Vincent Sorgi.
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PPL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Cohen & Steers Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Cullen Capital Management LLC, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc..
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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 $29.30.

PPL has a market capitalization of $22.54 billion and generates $7.61 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.47 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.40 on an earnings per share basis.

PPL employs 12,318 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of PPL: AES Ironwood, AES Prescott, CEP Reserves Inc., Kentucky Utilities Company, LG&E and KU Energy LLC, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, PMDC International Holdings Inc., PPL (Barbados) SRL, PPL Atlantic Holdings LLC, PPL Capital Funding Inc., PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PPL Energy Funding Corporation, PPL Global LLC, PPL UK Holdings LLC, PPL UK Resources Limited, PPL WPD Limited, Safari Energy, Western Power Distribution (East Midlands) plc, Western Power Distribution (South West) plc, and Western Power Distribution (West Midlands) plc.

PPL was founded in 1920.

The official website for PPL is www.pplweb.com.

PPL is headquartered at TWO N NINTH ST, ALLENTOWN PA, 18101.

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]