PPL · Utilities
What a holder would want to know before buying PPL: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 7% above the lowest point of the past year and 14% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 12% of days and more expensive on 88%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 72% of days.
5% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Has not fallen 20% from a peak in the 10 years of history we have.
Now 15% below the Jun 2017 peak.
PPL Corporation · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · a large company worth $25.77B
PPL Corporation provides electricity and natural gas to approximately 3.6 million customers in the United States. It operates in three segments: Kentucky Regulated, Pennsylvania Regulated, and Rhode Island Regulated.…
revenue profit
Sales of $9.04B in 2025, with $1.18B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 13 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Free cash flow is negative: the business spends more cash than it brings in, with $332.00M in the bank.
You pay $20 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $16 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 3.34% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 10.
17 analysts: 13 say buy, 4 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $40.13 (range $35.00–$45.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 1 sale in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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