NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.4125 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.65 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.66%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 14th. The utilities provider reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.08 billion. The company's revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.52 EPS. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 14th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.40-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.53.

15 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for PPL's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's stock price to reach $39.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

Media stories about PPL stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a daily sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for PPL.

Some companies that are related to PPL include Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), ALLETE (ALE), American Electric Power (AEP), Duke Energy (DUK), Edison International (EIX), El Paso Electric (EE), Entergy (ETR), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), IDACORP (IDA), MGE Energy (MGEE), NextEra Energy (NEE) and OGE Energy (OGE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PPL investors own include AT&T (T), Conatus Pharmaceuticals (CNAT), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

PPL's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.58%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.23%), FMR LLC (3.21%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (2.29%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (2.06%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.04%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift, 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, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, SG Americas Securities LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Strs Ohio and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Joanne H Raphael, Philip Swift, Vincent Sorgi 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Point72 Asset Management L.P., State Street Corp, Cohen & Steers Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.37.