NYSE:PPLPPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

PPL's stock was trading at $29.25 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PPL shares have decreased by 7.2% and is now trading at $27.14.
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17 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 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, August 10th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.05. The utilities provider earned $2.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.18 billion. PPL had a net margin of 23.68% and a return on equity of 14.46%. The firm's revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $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 paid a dividend of $0.415 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 9th.
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PPL updated its FY 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.40-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.44.

17 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for PPL's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $59.00. On average, they expect PPL's share price to reach $37.28 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 37.4% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about PPL stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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, Banco Santander S.A., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Swiss National Bank, Palouse Capital Management Inc., Centre Asset Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, and Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY.
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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 $27.14.

PPL has a market capitalization of $20.86 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]