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. Shareholders 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 4.66%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 14th. The utilities provider reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.08 billion. PPL's quarterly revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.52 earnings per share. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.40-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.53.

15 analysts 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 share price to reach $39.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

Media stories about PPL stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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 Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), ALLETE (ALE), American Electric Power (AEP), Duke Energy (DUK), Edison International (EIX), El Paso Electric (EE), Entergy (ETR), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), IDACORP (IDA), MGE Energy (MGEE), NextEra Energy (NEE) and OGE Energy (OGE).

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

PPL's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.58%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.23%), FMR LLC (3.21%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (2.29%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (2.06%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.04%). 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 FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, SG Americas Securities LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Strs Ohio and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Joanne H Raphael, Philip Swift, Vincent Sorgi and William H Spence. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPL.

PPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Point72 Asset Management L.P., State Street Corp, Cohen & Steers Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and Anchor Capital Advisors 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 $35.37.