NYSE:PPLPPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

PPL's stock was trading at $29.25 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PPL stock has decreased by 11.4% and is now trading at $25.92. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for PPL.

PPL is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for PPL.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.05. The utilities provider earned $2.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.18 billion. PPL had a return on equity of 14.46% and a net margin of 23.68%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.70 EPS. View PPL's earnings history.

PPL announced 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 yield of 6.40%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 9th. View PPL's dividend history.

PPL issued an update on its FY 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.40-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.44.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for PPL's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's stock price to reach $37.16 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for PPL.

News stories about PPL stock have trended positive on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 coverage optimism score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about PPL.

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

PPL's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.14%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Centre Asset Management LLC (0.02%), Nexus Investment Management ULC (0.02%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.02%) and Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA (0.01%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift, 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Fulton Bank N. A., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Peoples Financial Services CORP., and Weather Gauge Advisory LLC. 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. View insider buying and selling activity for PPL.

PPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Centre Asset Management LLC, Spirit of America Management Corp NY, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Moody National Bank Trust Division, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Wedbush Securities Inc., and Rockland Trust Co.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $25.92.

PPL has a market capitalization of $19.93 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]