PPL Corp (PPL) is 3.43% away from 50-day simple Moving Average despite all headwinds

On Friday, PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) opened higher 0.09% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $34.11. Price fluctuations for PPL have ranged from $25.35 to $35.15 over the past 52 weeks.

It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Utilities sector saw sales topped by 4.48%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 7.05% at the time writing. With a float of $732.53 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $737.78 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 38.51%, 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 0.13%, while institutional ownership is 78.73%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 03 ’25, was worth 573,402. In this transaction SVP & COO-Utilities of PPL Sub of this company sold 17,178 shares at a rate of $33.38, taking the stock ownership to the 45,414 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 03 ’25, when Company’s SVP-Finance and Treasurer sold 7,745 for $33.38, making the entire transaction worth $258,528. This insider now owns 11,259 shares in total.

PPL Corp (PPL) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.05% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.93% 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 3.04.

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 1.83 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 3.67 million was inferior to 4.11 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 94.86%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.56.

During the past 100 days, PPL Corp’s (PPL) raw stochastic average was set at 74.39%, which indicates a significant decrease from 93.60% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.34% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 17.84% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $33.01, while its 200-day Moving Average is $31.12. Now, the first resistance to watch is $34.32. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $34.49. The third major resistance level sits at $34.72. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $33.92, it is likely to go to the next support level at $33.69. The third support level lies at $33.52 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 25.19 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.