PPL Corp (PPL) Has Great Growth Outlook For 2024

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) has a beta value of 0.84 and has seen 15.46 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $22.93B, closed the last trade at $32.06 per share which meant it gained $0.5 on the day or 1.58% during that session. The PPL stock price is -4.12% off its 52-week high price of $33.38 and 22.71% above the 52-week low of $24.78. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 3.86 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 4.75 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that PPL Corp (PPL) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.84. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 8 have rated it as a Hold, with 8 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.37.

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PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) trade information

Sporting 1.58% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the PPL stock price touched $32.06 or saw a rise of 3.08%. Year-to-date, PPL Corp shares have moved 18.30%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -1.99%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) have changed -1.51%. Short interest in the company has seen 15.76 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.31.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $32, which means that the shares’ value could drop -0.19% from current levels. The projected low price target is $28.5 while the price target rests at a high of $39.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -21.65% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 11.1% from current levels.

PPL Corp (PPL) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that PPL Corp shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 14.13% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 7.50%, compared to 5.20% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -2.90%.

2 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 2.05B for the current quarter. 2 have an estimated revenue figure of 2.3B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 2.03B and 2.3B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 0.90% for the current quarter and -2.90% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -17.22% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 6.98% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 6.82%.

PPL Dividends

PPL Corp is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.01 at a share yield of 3.16%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 4.7%.

PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL)’s Major holders

Insiders own 0.09% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 78.32% with a share float percentage of 78.39%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with PPL Corp having a total of 1078.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 93.25 million shares worth more than $2.58 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 12.6435% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 58.69 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $1.62 billion and represent 7.9582% of shares outstanding.