PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.18M but it saw 4082258 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 20.12B USD, the company’s current market price of $27.28 came falling about -0.73 while comparing to the previous closing price of $27.48. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $29.03 and as low as $22.20.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of PPL Corp (PPL) gives us an average price of $27.06, while its current price level is -6.04% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 22.88% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $26.54 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $25.99. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.47% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.48%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 56.32 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Argus which upgraded the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on March 08, 2024, recommending a price target of $30 for it. UBS downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Buy” on October 04, 2023 while assigning a price target range of $29-$25. Barclays issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $26.
Over the week, PPL’s stock price is moving 2.56% up while it is 2.02% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 0.66% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -1.84%.
The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company was for quarter ended 12/30/2023, when its quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $0.4 beat the consensus estimate of $0.38 for the same. For PPL, analysts are forecasting an EPS-growth rate of 6.20% for current year and estimate for EPS growth in next year is 7.10%. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.59 billion as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $8.07 billion and seeing the company making $8.39 billion in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $2.07 billion for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, PPL Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 737.13M with 0.09% of that held by the insiders while 78.28% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 2.58% and return on equity (ROE) at 5.31%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 27.24 while having a 14.95 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.83. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.44 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.42. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.92% on average.
