NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.4125 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.52%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.04 billion. PPL had a net margin of 23.17% and a return on equity of 14.73%. The company's revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.59 earnings per share. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

13 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for PPL's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's stock price to reach $39.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

Press coverage about PPL stock has trended somewhat negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for PPL.

Some companies that are related to PPL include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

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

PPL's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.09%), Strs Ohio (0.07%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%). 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 Strs Ohio, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Artemis Investment Management LLP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Whitehelm Capital Pty Ltd, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Deane Retirement Strategies Inc.. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPL.

PPL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Corbenic Partners LLC, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Mainstay Capital Management LLC ADV, Alpine Global Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System and AE Wealth 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.53.

PPL has a market capitalization of $26.41 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]