NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 16th. Investors of record on Friday, June 8th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, July 2nd. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.08. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.09 billion. PPL had a return on equity of 15.24% and a net margin of 15.44%. PPL's revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.62 EPS. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.20-2.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.31.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for PPL's stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect PPL's stock price to reach $35.7222 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

PPL saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 55,984,871 shares, an increase of 4.3% from the June 15th total of 53,699,948 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,366,822 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.6 days. Approximately 7.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View PPL's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to PPL include Enel S.p.A. ADS Common Stock (ENLAY), Southern (SO), Dominion Energy (D), American Electric Power (AEP), CLP (CLPHY), Edison International (EIX), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNABY), DTE Energy (DTE), SSE PLC/S (SSEZY), Eversource Energy (ES), Korea Electric Power (KEP), FirstEnergy (FE), Avangrid (AGR), Entergy (ETR) and EDP-Energias de Portugal, S.A (EDPFY).

Media headlines about PPL stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. PPL earned a news impact score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.05 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

PPL's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.36%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.07%), Howard Capital Management Inc. (0.05%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Joseph P Bergstein, Jr, Paul W Thompson, Robert A Symons, 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 Hexavest Inc., Atria Investments LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Joseph P Bergstein, Jr, Victor A Staffieri and Vincent Sorgi. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPL.

PPL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Howard Capital Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Denali Advisors LLC, Nwam LLC, Triangle Securities Wealth Management, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd and Regent Investment Management 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.52.

PPL has a market capitalization of $19.94 billion and generates $7.45 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis. PPL employs 12,512 workers across the globe.

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]