PPL - PPL Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" PPL shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for PPL's shares. Their PPL share price forecasts range from $27.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $31.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price.
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PPL's stock was trading at $29.22 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, PPL shares have decreased by 1.9% and is now trading at $28.66.
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PPL saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,560,000 shares, an increase of 25.0% from the December 31st total of 8,450,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,560,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 17th 2023.
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PPL Co. (NYSE:PPL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.51 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.59 billion. PPL had a net margin of 9.86% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.19%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.58 earnings per share.
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PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 9th will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Tuesday, January 3rd. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.14%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 8th.
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PPL (NYSE:PPL) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.14%. The dividend payout ratio is 94.74%. 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 56.25% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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PPL updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 11th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.50-$1.65 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.59. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.65%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.59%), Mizuho Markets Americas LLC (0.32%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%), Coann Capital LLC (0.12%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%). Insiders that own company stock include David J Bonenberger, Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Joseph P Bergstein Jr, Stephanie R Raymond and Vincent Sorgi.
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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 $28.66.

PPL (NYSE:PPL) has a market capitalization of $21.10 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 $0.95 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.