NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

PPL announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Shareholders 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 4.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.04 billion. PPL had a return on equity of 14.73% and a net margin of 23.17%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.59 earnings per share. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

14 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for PPL's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's share price to reach $39.23 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

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

Headlines about PPL stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for PPL.

Some companies that are related to PPL include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

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), AbbVie (ABBV), General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

PPL's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.79%), Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (0.23%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.09%), Strs Ohio (0.07%) and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.07%). 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 SG Americas Securities LLC, Strs Ohio, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Moors & Cabot Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Whitehelm Capital Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPL.

PPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Corbenic Partners LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, DNB Asset Management AS and Mainstay Capital Management LLC ADV. 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 $36.62.

PPL has a market capitalization of $26.48 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.View Additional Information About PPL.

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]