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PPL Corporation PPL

$32.80 +0.12% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $24.68B

Strong growth

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. At 19.4× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
  2. Net debt is 5.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  3. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Utilities sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth83Strong

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 36%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 45%
Quality55Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 38%
  • Gross marginBottom 27%
  • Operating marginTop 36%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 42%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 45%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
  • Interest coverTop 35%
Value68Positive

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 49%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 27%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 45%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 40%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 13%
Momentum33Weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 41%
  • 6-month returnBottom 27%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 41%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 48%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 32%
Revisions35Weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 26%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 14%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 13%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 47%
Stability73Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 43%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 31%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 34%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)7.5%6.7%↓
EPS growth (YoY)21.5%26.1%↑
Gross margin37.0%34.6%↓
Operating margin21.5%24.0%↑
FCF margin-9.7%3.7%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)6.7%7.5%↓Bottom 43%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)26.1%21.5%↑Top 12%
Gross margin34.6%37.0%↓Bottom 27%
Operating margin24.0%21.5%↑Top 36%
Net margin13.5%11.2%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin3.7%-9.7%↑—
Return on invested capital4.2%—Top 38%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR4.6%—Top 36%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.10×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.0%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-31.6 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
4.98×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.6×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.31%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-1.62%
Shareholder yield
1.69%
Share count change, 1 year
+2.0%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.9%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+0.9%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.3%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$39.73
Target vs current price
+21.1%
Analysts with a rating
29
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
72%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 7, 2026-3.1%+2.4%+3.1%+1.4%—
May 8, 2026+2.3%-2.3%-2.7%-2.8%-4.3%
Feb 20, 2026+0.2%+1.3%+4.4%+1.8%-5.7%
Nov 5, 2025+4.4%+0.3%+1.7%-4.0%-1.2%
Jul 31, 2025-16.9%-1.0%+0.3%+1.6%+3.7%
Apr 30, 2025+8.5%+0.3%-0.7%-6.1%+0.5%
Feb 13, 2025-8.1%-0.3%-1.1%-1.1%+2.9%
Nov 1, 2024+0.1%-3.1%-0.7%+7.3%+2.8%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 7, 2026$0.33$0.34-3.1%$2.11B
May 8, 2026$0.63$0.62+2.3%$2.77B
Feb 20, 2026$0.41$0.41+0.2%$2.27B
Nov 5, 2025$0.48$0.46+4.4%$2.24B
Jul 31, 2025$0.32$0.39-16.9%$2.02B
Apr 30, 2025$0.60$0.55+8.5%$2.50B
Feb 13, 2025$0.34$0.37-8.1%$2.21B
Nov 1, 2024$0.42$0.42+0.1%$2.07B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)19.4×27.0×0thBottom 49%
P/E (forward)16.8×———
EV / EBITDA11.3×——Top 45%
EV / Sales4.70×——Bottom 40%
Free-cash-flow yield1.41%——Top 27%
Earnings yield5.15%——Bottom 49%

P/E over the past five years

Range 21.0× – 33.9× since Mar 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-10.4%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+26.1%
Change in P/E multiple
-17.0%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-3.2%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-0.5%
Distance from 50-day average
-4.8%
Distance from 200-day average
-9.2%
RSI (14)
40.0
Relative volume
0.89×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
16.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
30th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.12
Correlation with S&P 500
0.10
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-17.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-19.7%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Aug 18, 2022Oct 2, 2023-27.1%281 days217 days (Aug 13, 2024)
Apr 9, 2026Sep 24, 2026-19.7%116 daysNot yet recovered
Nov 24, 2020Jun 17, 2022-17.3%393 days40 days (Aug 16, 2022)
Oct 15, 2025Dec 10, 2025-12.4%39 days50 days (Feb 24, 2026)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$24.68B
P/E (TTM)
19.4
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.69
Revenue (TTM)
$9.40B
Dividend yield
3.44%
52-week range
$31.56 – $40.10
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$5.78B$7.90B$8.31B$8.46B$9.04B
Gross profit$2.71B$2.89B$3.28B$3.39B$3.86B
Operating income$1.42B$1.37B$1.63B$1.74B$2.13B
Net income-$1.48B$756.0M$740.0M$888.0M$1.18B
EPS (diluted)-$1.93$1.02$1.00$1.20$1.59
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$2.07B$2.21B$2.50B$2.02B$2.24B$2.27B$2.77B$2.11B
Net income$214.0M$177.0M$414.0M$183.0M$318.0M$266.0M$452.0M$230.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.29$0.24$0.56$0.25$0.43$0.36$0.60$0.30
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$2.27B$1.73B$1.76B$2.34B$2.63B
Capital expenditure-$1.97B-$2.15B-$2.39B-$2.81B-$4.03B
Free cash flow$297.0M-$425.0M-$632.0M-$465.0M-$1.40B
Dividends paid-$1.28B-$787.0M-$704.0M-$747.0M-$794.0M
Net share buybacks-$994.0M$0$0$0$401.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$332.0M
Total assets
$46.30B
Total liabilities
$31.26B
Total debt
$19.85B
Net debt
$19.52B
Shareholders’ equity
$15.04B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 10, 2026$0.29Oct 1, 2026
Jun 10, 2026$0.29Jul 1, 2026
Mar 10, 2026$0.29Apr 1, 2026
Dec 10, 2025$0.27Jan 2, 2026
Sep 10, 2025$0.27Oct 1, 2025
Jun 10, 2025$0.27Jul 1, 2025
Mar 10, 2025$0.27Apr 1, 2025
Dec 10, 2024$0.26Jan 2, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
35,490,948
Days to cover
4.84
Change vs previous report
-5.0%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jun 2, 2015
5,000-for-4,657
Aug 25, 2005
2-for-1
May 12, 1992
2-for-1