PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) traded at $35.35 at close of the session on Tuesday, July 15 and made an upward move of 1.70% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $34.76 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 0.668 with the day’s price range being $33.93 – $35.82. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 26.39. In terms of its 52-week price range, PPL has a high of $36.70 and a low of $27.93. The company’s stock has gained about 2.82% over that past 30 days.
PPL Corp has a market cap of $26.13 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Apr-30. With its Forward Dividend at 1.06 and a yield of 3.00%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the PPL stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the PPL stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of Hold, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Buy.
Based on estimates by 8 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 0 have rated the PPL Corp (PPL) stock as a Hold, while 8 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the PPL stock currently stands at 3.52, and the current price level is 4.18% off its SMA20 and 2.83% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 65.42 while the volatility over the past week is 2.61% and jumps to 1.77% over the past one month. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $32, with the estimates having a low of $28.5 and a high of $39. These price ends are 19.38% and -10.33% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a 9.48% if the PPL share price touches on the median price of $32.
Coming back to PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 5.18 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 4.16 million. Current shares outstanding are 739.07 million.
The insiders hold 0.13% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 81.54%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-06-13, stood at 21.52 million at a short ratio of 4.27. This represents a 334.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-06-13. Shares short fall in June from the previous month at 23.27 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 25.27% up in year-to-date price movement.
