PPL Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:PPL)

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

PPL declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.4125 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $1.65 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.05%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 9th. View PPL's Dividend History.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.80 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.86 billion. PPL had a return on equity of 14.57% and a net margin of 22.97%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.55 earnings per share. View PPL's Earnings History.

PPL is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for PPL.

PPL updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Monday, September, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.50-2.80 for the period.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for PPL's shares. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $59.00. On average, they expect PPL's stock price to reach $37.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPL.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPL.

News coverage about PPL stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPL earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for PPL.

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

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

PPL's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.14%), Strs Ohio (0.11%), Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.09%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%) and Denali Advisors LLC (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, DNB Asset Management AS, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, SevenBridge Financial Group LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Hennessy Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold PPL company stock in the last year include Gregory N Dudkin, Joanne H Raphael, Paul W Thompson, Philip Swift 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Boenning & Scattergood Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC and Independence Bank of Kentucky. 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 $32.66.

PPL has a market capitalization of $23.59 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]