NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 14th. Investors of record on Monday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.4125 per share on Monday, July 1st. This represents a $1.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.53%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 7th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $1.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.86 billion. PPL had a net margin of 22.97% and a return on equity of 14.57%. The company's revenue was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.55 EPS. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.50-2.80 for the period.

12 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for PPL's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's stock price to reach $36.0909 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

News headlines about PPL stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a news impact score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for PPL.

Some companies that are related to PPL include Enel S.p.A. ADS (ENLAY), Dominion Energy (D), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), CLP (CLPHY), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), FirstEnergy (FE), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNABY), Fortis (FTS), Avangrid (AGR), CenterPoint Energy (CNP) and Korea Electric Power (KEP).

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), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Duke Energy (DUK).

PPL's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.31%), BlackRock Inc. (8.31%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.29%), Invesco Ltd. (3.61%), Zimmer Partners LP (2.38%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.34%). 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 Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Zimmer Partners LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, United Services Automobile Association, Morgan Stanley, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift 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, Covalis Capital LLP, First Trust Advisors LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Invesco Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC and BlackRock Inc.. 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 $29.82.

PPL has a market capitalization of $21.54 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]