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 Friday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.4125 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $1.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th. This is a boost from PPL's previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 14th. The utilities provider reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.88 billion. PPL had a net margin of 23.47% and a return on equity of 14.91%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.55 EPS. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.50-2.80 for the period. PPL also updated its FY19 guidance to $2.30-2.50 EPS.

10 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for PPL's shares. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's stock price to reach $34.3750 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

10 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

Media coverage about PPL stock has been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

PPL saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 45,182,650 shares, an increase of 6.6% from the February 15th total of 42,372,027 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,627,412 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.8 days. Currently, 6.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View PPL's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to PPL include NextEra Energy (NEE), Enel S.p.A. ADS (ENLAY), Dominion Energy (D), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), CLP (CLPHY), Eversource Energy (ES), DTE Energy (DTE), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Entergy (ETR), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNABY), SSE PLC/S (SSEZY) and Fortis (FTS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PPL investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Pfizer (PFE), Ford Motor (F), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

PPL's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.64%), FMR LLC (6.51%), Zimmer Partners LP (2.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.80%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.44%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.14%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Joseph P Bergstein, Jr, Paul W Thompson, Robert A Symons, 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, FMR LLC, Zimmer Partners LP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Alps Advisors Inc. and Raymond James & Associates. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, BlackRock Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, California Public Employees Retirement System, Geode Capital Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Reaves W H & Co. Inc.. 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 $32.11.

PPL has a market capitalization of $23.15 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]