PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) on Friday, plunged -0.31% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $35.62. Within the past 52 weeks, PPL’s price has moved between $27.24 and $36.70.
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Annual sales at Utilities sector company grew by 3.95% over the past five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 7.56%. With a float of $738.26 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $739.07 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 6653 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 43.94%, operating margin of 21.73%, and the pretax margin is 14.36%.
PPL Corp (PPL) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Utilities – Regulated Electric industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of PPL Corp is 0.14%, while institutional ownership is 79.44%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 28 ’25, was worth 39,858. In this transaction President of a PPL Subsidiary of this company sold 1,146 shares at a rate of $34.78, taking the stock ownership to the 37,167 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 28 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 1,146 for $34.78, making the entire transaction worth $39,858.
PPL Corp (PPL) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.56% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.44% during the next five years compared to -12.75% drop over the previous five years of trading.
PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) Trading Performance Indicators
PPL Corp (PPL) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.68 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.03.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.34, a number that is poised to hit 0.40 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.96 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of PPL Corp (PPL)
PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) saw its 5-day average volume 4.46 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 5.34 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 28.17%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.69.
During the past 100 days, PPL Corp’s (PPL) raw stochastic average was set at 78.28%, which indicates a significant increase from 20.40% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 16.64% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 20.20% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $35.22, while its 200-day Moving Average is $33.24. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $35.76 in the near term. At $36.02, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $36.30. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $35.23, it is likely to go to the next support level at $34.95. The third support level lies at $34.69 if the price breaches the second support level.
PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 26.25 billion based on 739,264K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 8,462 M and income totals 888,000 K. The company made 2,504 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 414,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
