PPL Stock Analysis: PPL | NYSE
Utilities - Regulated Electric | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 26.295m USD | 12M Return: 0.2% | US69351T1060 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 274M
EPS Trend: 78.7%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 88.7%
Qual. Beats: -1
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
PPL Corporation is a U.S. regulated utility holding company that delivers electricity and natural gas to roughly 3.6 million customers across multiple states. The company operates through three rate-regulated segments: Kentucky Regulated, Pennsylvania Regulated, and Rhode Island Regulated. Its business spans the full utility value chain in certain jurisdictions, including electricity generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as natural gas distribution in Kentucky and Rhode Island.
The companys generation portfolio includes coal, natural gas, hydro, and solar assets, primarily located in Kentucky. PPL also participates in wholesale electricity sales within its Kentucky service territory and is classified under the GICS Electric Utilities sub-industry, reflecting its primarily regulated, rate-based earnings model common to U.S. investor-owned utilities.
Headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, PPL was founded in 1920, has been listed on the NYSE since 1985, and adopted its current name from PP&L Resources, Inc. in 2000. With a large-cap market capitalization, it is one of the established multi-state electric utilities operating in the eastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
- Rhode Island Energy acquisition expands regulated gas footprint
- Multi-billion transmission capex plan grows rate base
- Kentucky and Pennsylvania rate cases set allowed ROE
| Net Income: 1.27b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.77 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -3.53% < 20% (prev -23.34%; Δ 19.80% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 2.65b > Net Income 1.27b |
| Net Debt (19.5b) to EBITDA (3.92b): 4.98 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.91 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (757.2m) vs 12m ago 1.98% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 34.63% > 18% (prev 37.04%; Δ -2.41% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 21.20% > 50% (prev 20.79%; Δ 0.41% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 2.80 > 6 (EBIT TTM 2.45b / Interest Expense TTM 874.0m) |
| A: -0.01 (Total Current Assets 3.17b - Total Current Liabilities 3.50b) / Total Assets 46.3b |
| B: 0.07 (Retained Earnings 3.46b / Total Assets 46.3b) |
| C: 0.06 (EBIT TTM 2.45b / Avg Total Assets 44.3b) |
| D: 0.48 (Book Value of Equity 15.0b / Total Liabilities 31.3b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.07 = BB |
| DSRI: 0.70 (Receivables 1.16b/1.54b, Revenue 9.40b/8.81b) |
| GMI: 1.07 (GM 37.04% / 34.63%) |
| AQI: 0.97 (AQ_t 0.12 / AQ_t-1 0.12) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 9.40b / 8.81b) |
| TATA: -0.03 (NI 1.27b - CFO 2.65b) / TA 46.3b) |
| Beneish M = -3.18 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of August 15, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 36.02 with a total of 5,393,350 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.58%, over one month by -0.22%, over three months by +1.48% and over the past year by +0.23%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 34.80 (which is 3.4% or 1.8 ATR below the current price).
PPL has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.18. Therefore, it is recommended to buy PPL.
- StrongBuy: 8
- Buy: 4
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 41.5 | 15.1% |
P/E Trailing = 20.8757
P/E Forward = 17.9533
P/S = 2.7959
P/B = 1.7497
P/EG = 1.3594
Revenue TTM = 9.40b USD
EBIT TTM = 2.45b USD
EBITDA TTM = 3.92b USD
Long Term Debt = 18.0b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 65.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 19.9b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 19.5b USD (calculated: Debt 19.9b - CCE 332.0m)
Enterprise Value = 45.8b USD (26.3b + Debt 19.9b - CCE 332.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.80 (Ebit TTM 2.45b / Interest Expense TTM 874.0m)
EV/FCF = 132.0x (Enterprise Value 45.8b / FCF TTM 347.0m)
FCF Yield = 0.76% (FCF TTM 347.0m / Enterprise Value 45.8b)
FCF Margin = 3.69% (FCF TTM 347.0m / Revenue TTM 9.40b)
Net Margin = 13.47% (Net Income TTM 1.27b / Revenue TTM 9.40b)
Gross Margin = 34.63% ((Revenue TTM 9.40b - Cost of Revenue TTM 6.14b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 22.50% (prev 30.99%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.99 (Enterprise Value 45.8b / Total Assets 46.3b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.40% (Interest Expense 874.0m / Debt 19.9b)
Taxrate = 19.47% (306.0m / 1.57b)
NOPAT = 1.97b (EBIT 2.45b * (1 - 19.47%))
Current Ratio = 0.91 (Total Current Assets 3.17b / Total Current Liabilities 3.50b)
Debt / Equity = 1.32 (Debt 19.9b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 15.0b)
Debt / EBITDA = 4.98 (Net Debt 19.5b / EBITDA 3.92b)
Debt / FCF = 56.26 (Net Debt 19.5b / FCF TTM 347.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 14.8b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.86% (Net Income 1.27b / Total Assets 46.3b)
RoE = 8.53% (Net Income TTM 1.27b / Total Stockholder Equity 14.8b)
RoCE = 7.45% (EBIT 2.45b / Capital Employed (Equity 14.8b + L.T.Debt 18.0b))
RoIC = 4.63% (NOPAT 1.97b / Invested Capital 42.5b)
WACC = 4.68% (E(26.3b)/V(46.1b) * Re(5.54%) + D(19.9b)/V(46.1b) * Rd(4.40%) * (1-Tc(0.19)))
Discount Rate = 5.54% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 86.96 | Cagr: 1.10%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.44% ; FCFF base≈347.0m ; Y1≈348.4m ; Y5≈369.1m
[DCF] Fair Price = N/A (negative equity: EV 5.74b - Net Debt 19.5b = -13.8b; debt exceeds intrinsic value)
EPS Correlation: 78.70 | EPS CAGR: 5.49% | SUE: -0.54 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 88.68 | Revenue CAGR: 4.79% | SUE: -1.14 | # QB: -1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.52 | Chg30d=+3.96% | Revisions=-40% | Analysts=10
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.95 | Chg30d=+0.10% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+7.9% | GrowthRev=+8.1%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=2.12 | Chg30d=+0.03% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+8.4% | GrowthRev=+4.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -50% (up=0, down=3)