Analyzing Ratios: PPL Corp (PPL)’s Financial Story Unveiled

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The price of PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) closed at $29.22 in the last session, up 0.17% from day before closing price of $29.17. In other words, the price has increased by $0.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.34 million shares were traded. PPL stock price reached its highest trading level at $29.78 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.11.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at PPL’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.08 and its Current Ratio is at 1.28. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.14 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.12.

On October 04, 2023, UBS Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $29 to $25.

On August 23, 2023, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $26.Barclays initiated its Equal Weight rating on August 23, 2023, with a $26 target price.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 16 ’23 when Henninger Tadd J sold 13,330 shares for $25.99 per share. The transaction valued at 346,447 led to the insider holds 4,784 shares of the business.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PPL now has a Market Capitalization of 21556791296 and an Enterprise Value of 37386788864. As of this moment, PPL’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 28.32, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.00. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.16. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.63 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.559 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.742.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for PPL is 0.82, which has changed by 0.06409323 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17829525 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PPL has reached a high of $29.89, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.20. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.68%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.72%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, PPL traded on average about 4.63M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4175380 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 737.13M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 736.03M. Insiders hold about 0.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 76.93% stake in the company. Shares short for PPL as of 1721001600 were 15296186 with a Short Ratio of 3.30, compared to 1718323200 on 17252522. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15296186 and a Short% of Float of 2.3800000000000003.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for PPL is 0.99, which was 0.978 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.033527598The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.84. The current Payout Ratio is 95.89% for PPL, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-06-10 with an ex-dividend date of 1717977600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-06-02 when the company split stock in a 10000:9314 ratio.

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