NYSE:PPLPPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

PPL's stock was trading at $29.25 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PPL stock has decreased by 2.1% and is now trading at $28.65.
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16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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PPL is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 10th 2020.
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PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.05. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.18 billion. PPL had a return on equity of 14.46% and a net margin of 23.68%. PPL's revenue was down 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.70 EPS.
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PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 10th will be given a dividend of $0.415 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.79%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 9th.
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PPL updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.40-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.42.

16 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for PPL's stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect PPL's share price to reach $35.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.1% from the stock's current price.
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Press coverage about PPL stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a daily sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.
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PPL trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PPL."

PPL's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.44%), Swiss National Bank (0.43%), Prudential PLC (0.42%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.39%), LSV Asset Management (0.29%) and Raymond James & Associates (0.27%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, 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 Strs Ohio, Raymond James & Associates, First Trust Advisors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., WINTON GROUP Ltd, and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Vincent Sorgi, and William H Spence.
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PPL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, Banco Santander S.A., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Swiss National Bank, Palouse Capital Management Inc., Centre Asset Management LLC, and LSV Asset Management.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.65.

PPL has a market capitalization of $22.03 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 12,280 workers across the globe.

The official website for PPL is 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]