Insider’s View: Deciphering PPL Corp (PPL)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) closed at $31.79 in the last session, down -1.12% from day before closing price of $32.15. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.12 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.63 million shares were traded. PPL stock price reached its highest trading level at $32.01 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $31.63.

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 0.91 and its Current Ratio is at 1.11. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.15 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 Aug 29 ’24 when Henninger Tadd J sold 4,782 shares for $31.74 per share. The transaction valued at 151,781 led to the insider holds 11,209 shares of the business.

Henninger Tadd J bought 4,782 shares of PPL for $151,781 on Aug 29 ’24. On Nov 16 ’23, another insider, Henninger Tadd J, who serves as the SVP-Finance and Treasurer of the company, sold 13,330 shares for $25.99 each. As a result, the insider received 346,447 and left with 4,784 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 23719409664 and an Enterprise Value of 39377813504. As of this moment, PPL’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 27.99, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 17.42. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.12. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.84 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.67. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.768 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.954.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, PPL has reached a high of $32.82, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.20. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.70%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.11%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, PPL traded on average about 4.87M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4656060 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 737.13M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 736.14M. Insiders hold about 0.22% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.14% stake in the company. Shares short for PPL as of 1724976000 were 18448263 with a Short Ratio of 3.79, compared to 1722384000 on 15688105. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 18448263 and a Short% of Float of 2.87.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for PPL is 1.01, which was 0.995 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.030948676The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.77.

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