PPL (PPL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPL in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" PPL shares.
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9 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for PPL's stock. Their PPL share price targets range from $25.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $32.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.3% from the stock's current price.
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PPL's stock was trading at $27.10 at the start of the year. Since then, PPL stock has decreased by 0.3% and is now trading at $27.02.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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PPL will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

PPL Co. (NYSE:PPL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 16th. The utilities provider reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.03 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.56 billion. PPL had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.45% and a net margin of 8.90%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.28 EPS.
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PPL announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be given a dividend of $0.2575 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $1.03 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24.
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PPL (NYSE:PPL) pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.90%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 103.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, PPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.28% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of PPL (NYSE:PPL) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), Goldman Sachs ETF Trust Goldman (GPOW), USCF Midstream Energy Income Fund (UMI), Pacer American Energy Independence ETF (USAI), Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (MLPX), Global X MSCI Pakistan ETF (PAK), Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP) and First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN).

PPL issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Saturday, April, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.630-1.750 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.750. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PPL investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Chevron (CVX) and International Business Machines (IBM).

PPL's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.24%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.04%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.03%), Grandview Asset Management LLC (0.02%), Czech National Bank (0.02%) and Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include David J Bonenberger, Gregory N Dudkin, John R Crockett III, Joseph P Bergstein Jr, Stephanie R Raymond and Vincent Sorgi.
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Shares of PPL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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