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After finishing at $34.04 in the prior trading day, PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) closed at $33.92, down -0.35%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.35 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.25 million shares were traded. PPL stock price reached its highest trading level at $34.235 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $33.72.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of PPL by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.68 and its Current Ratio is at 0.81. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.21 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.11.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BMO Capital Markets on December 11, 2024, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $36.
On October 25, 2024, JP Morgan started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $37.
On September 20, 2024, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $38.Jefferies initiated its Buy rating on September 20, 2024, with a $38 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 27 ’25 when Martin Christine M sold 306 shares for $34.98 per share. The transaction valued at 10,704 led to the insider holds 36,433 shares of the business.
Henninger Tadd J sold 1,076 shares of PPL for $37,638 on May 27 ’25. The SVP-Finance and Treasurer now owns 11,259 shares after completing the transaction at $34.98 per share. On May 23 ’25, another insider, Gosman Angela K, who serves as the EVP and CHRO of the company, sold 6,533 shares for $34.66 each. As a result, the insider received 226,434 and left with 26,832 shares of the company.
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 25164533760 and an Enterprise Value of 42107830272. As of this moment, PPL’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.33, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 17.31. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.41. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.89 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.75. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.861 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.779.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PPL is 0.67, which has changed by 0.19647264 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11730647 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PPL has reached a high of $36.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.24. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.44%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.82%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 5.79M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4251290 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 739.07M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 738.27M. Insiders hold about 0.13% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 81.42% stake in the company. Shares short for PPL as of 1747267200 were 23268839 with a Short Ratio of 4.02, compared to 1744675200 on 21162885. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 23268839 and a Short% of Float of 3.61.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, PPL’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.045, compared to 1.05 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0307082The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.4. The current Payout Ratio is 86.01% for PPL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-10 with an ex-dividend date of 1749513600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-06-02 when the company split stock in a 10000:9314 ratio.
