On Monday, PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) opened higher 0.89% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $33.70. Price fluctuations for PPL have ranged from $25.35 to $33.75 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Utilities sector saw sales topped by 3.55%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 6.74% at the time writing. With a float of $735.85 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $737.13 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 6629 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 42.59%, operating margin of 21.47%, and the pretax margin is 12.4%.
PPL Corp (PPL) Insider and Institutional Ownership
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of PPL Corp is 0.29%, while institutional ownership is 78.27%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 29 ’24, was worth 151,781. In this transaction SVP-Finance and Treasurer of this company sold 4,782 shares at a rate of $31.74, taking the stock ownership to the 11,209 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 29 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 4,782 for $31.74, making the entire transaction worth $151,781.
PPL Corp (PPL) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.74% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.91% during the next five years compared to -17.22% drop over the previous five years of trading.
PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for PPL Corp (PPL). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.07. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.07.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.11, a number that is poised to hit 0.37 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.82 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of PPL Corp (PPL)
The latest stats from [PPL Corp, PPL] show that its last 5-days average volume of 4.02 million was inferior to 4.86 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 90.94%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.55.
During the past 100 days, PPL Corp’s (PPL) raw stochastic average was set at 99.34%, which indicates a significant increase from 98.25% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.08% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 15.54% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $32.56, while its 200-day Moving Average is $29.39. Now, the first resistance to watch is $34.15. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $34.30. The third major resistance level sits at $34.55. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $33.74, it is likely to go to the next support level at $33.49. The third support level lies at $33.34 if the price breaches the second support level.
PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) Key Stats
There are currently 737,970K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 25.46 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 8,312 M according to its annual income of 740,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,066 M and its income totaled 214,000 K.
