NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

PPL announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Investors 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 yield of 4.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' 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 quarterly revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for PPL's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's share 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.

Headlines about PPL stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -4.5 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 effect on the company's share price in the next few days. 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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]