Currently, PPL Corp [PPL] is trading at $34.62, down -0.77%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The PPL shares have gain 3.28% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.39%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
PPL Corp [NYSE: PPL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 11, 2024, when BMO Capital Markets initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $36. Previously, JP Morgan started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on October 25, 2024, and set its price target to $37. On September 20, 2024, Jefferies initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $38 on the stock. Argus upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $30 on March 08, 2024. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $25 on October 04, 2023. Barclays started tracking with a Equal Weight rating for this stock on August 23, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $26. In a note dated December 15, 2022, Morgan Stanley upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $32.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $27.24 and a high of $36.70 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $32.04 within the next 12 months. PPL Corp [NYSE: PPL] shares were valued at $34.62 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -7.45% based on the average PPL price forecast.
Analyzing the PPL fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for PPL Corp [NYSE:PPL] were 8.66B which represents 8.68% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.44% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.21.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for PPL Corp [NYSE:PPL] is 0.81. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.68. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.95, the price to book ratio is 1.79 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 25.85.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Martin Christine M, President of a PPL Subsidiary, that happened on Feb 28 ’25 when 1146.0 shares were sold. Officer, Martin Christine M completed a deal on Feb 28 ’25 to buy 1146.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP & COO-Utilities of PPL Sub Bonenberger David J sold 4523.0 shares on Feb 18 ’25.
