A new trading day began on Monday, with PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) stock price down -1.67% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $32.27. PPL’s price has ranged from $25.35 to $35.15 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Utilities sector company grew by 4.48% over the past five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 6.73%. With a float of $737.36 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $737.78 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 6629 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 38.51%, operating margin of 21.47%, and the pretax margin is 12.4%.
PPL Corp (PPL) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric Industry. The insider ownership of PPL Corp is 0.08%, while institutional ownership is 78.22%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 17 ’24, was worth 213,510. In this transaction SVP-Finance and Treasurer of this company sold 6,639 shares at a rate of $32.16, taking the stock ownership to the 11,210 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 17 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 6,639 for $32.16, making the entire transaction worth $213,510.
PPL Corp (PPL) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.73% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.20% during the next five years compared to -17.22% drop over the previous five years of trading.
PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are PPL Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.07. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.84.
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)
PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) saw its 5-day average volume 3.19 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 3.27 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 35.72%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.49.
During the past 100 days, PPL Corp’s (PPL) raw stochastic average was set at 22.12%, which indicates a significant increase from 16.67% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 14.68% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 15.58% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $33.05, while its 200-day Moving Average is $30.46. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $32.10 in the near term. At $32.46, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $32.68. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $31.51, it is likely to go to the next support level at $31.29. The third support level lies at $30.92 if the price breaches the second support level.
PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 23.48 billion, the company has a total of 737,970K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 8,312 M while annual income is 740,000 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 2,066 M while its latest quarter income was 214,000 K.
