NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

PPL announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.4125 per share on Monday, July 1st. This represents a $1.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 7th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $2.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.19 billion. PPL had a net margin of 23.79% and a return on equity of 14.52%. PPL's revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.74 EPS. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.50-2.80 for the period. PPL also updated its FY19 guidance to $2.30-2.50 EPS.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for PPL's shares. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect PPL's stock price to reach $34.6250 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.6% 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 1 sell rating, 8 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 somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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PPL's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.19%), FMR LLC (5.74%), Zimmer Partners LP (2.93%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (2.71%), Federated Investors Inc. PA (1.78%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.51%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Joseph P Bergstein, Jr, Paul W Thompson, 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, BlackRock Inc., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, FIL Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Morgan Stanley, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec and Reaves W H & Co. Inc.. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson 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 LSV Asset Management, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Geode Capital Management LLC and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.69.

PPL has a market capitalization of $21.43 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.

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]