PPL - PPL Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" PPL shares.
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10 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for PPL's shares. Their PPL share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $34.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $30.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% from the stock's current price.
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PPL's stock was trading at $30.06 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, PPL stock has decreased by 8.3% and is now trading at $27.57.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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PPL Co. (NYSE:PPL) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.43 billion. PPL had a net margin of 11.32% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.90%.

PPL announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Monday, October 3rd. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 8th.
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PPL (NYSE:PPL) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.20%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 22 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 91.84%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, PPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.60% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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PPL issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.40-$1.55 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.42. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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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 shareholders include State Street Corp (5.97%), FMR LLC (2.33%), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp (1.27%), Legal & General Group Plc (1.09%), Federated Hermes Inc. (1.04%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.97%). Insiders that own company stock include David J Bonenberger, Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Joseph P Bergstein Jr, Stephanie R Raymond, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence.
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Shares of PPL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.57.

PPL (NYSE:PPL) has a market capitalization of $20.30 billion and generates $5.78 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-1,480,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.98 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,607 workers across the globe.

PPL's mailing address is TWO N NINTH ST, ALLENTOWN PA, 18101. The official website for the company is www.pplweb.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (610) 774-5151, via email at invrel@pplweb.com, or via fax at 610-774-5106.