PPL Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" PPL stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PPL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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PPL is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 9th 2021.
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PPL Co. (NYSE:PPL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.43. The utilities provider earned $1.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.21 billion. PPL had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.76% and a net margin of 21.93%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.67 earnings per share.
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PPL's stock was trading at $29.25 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PPL shares have increased by 0.0% and is now trading at $29.25.
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PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.415 per share on Thursday, April 1st. This represents a $1.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.68%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 9th.
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PPL pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.76%. PPL has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. PPL has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of PPL is 67.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, PPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 75.80% in the coming year. This indicates that PPL may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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16 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for PPL's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.50 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate PPL's share price to reach $34.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.1% from the stock's current price.
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.01%), Swiss National Bank (0.38%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.32%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.28%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.19%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.17%). Company insiders that own PPL stock include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Philip Swift, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence.
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PPL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Bank of Nova Scotia, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Galvin Gaustad & Stein LLC, Swiss National Bank, Rhumbline Advisers, and ARGI Investment Services LLC. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, and Vincent Sorgi.
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PPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Victory Capital Management Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, TCW Group Inc., and Meritage Portfolio Management.
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Shares of PPL 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 $29.25.

PPL has a market capitalization of $22.51 billion and generates $7.77 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.45 on an earnings per share basis.

PPL employs 12,318 workers across the globe.

PPL was founded in 1920.

The official website for PPL is www.pplweb.com.

PPL is headquartered at TWO N NINTH ST, ALLENTOWN PA, 18101.

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]