PPL Corporation (PPL) Stock
PPL Corporation provides electricity and natural gas to approximately 3.6 million customers in the United States. It operates in three segments: Kentucky Regulated, Pennsylvania Regulated, and Rhode Island Regulated.
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About PPL Corporation
PPL Corporation provides electricity and natural gas to approximately 3.6 million customers in the United States. It operates in three segments: Kentucky Regulated, Pennsylvania Regulated, and Rhode Island Regulated. The company engages in the transmission and distribution of electricity in eastern and central Pennsylvania; generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in Kentucky, Virginia, and Rhode Island; distribution and sale of natural gas in Kentucky and Rhode Island; sale of wholesale electricity in Kentucky; and generation of electricity from power plants in Kentucky. It generates electricity from coal, gas, hydro, and solar sources. The company was formerly known as PP&L Resources, Inc. and changed its name to PPL Corporation in 2000. PPL Corporation was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
PPL Corporation is led by CEO Vincent Sorgi, employs 6,653 people, headquartered in Allentown, US, publicly traded since 1980.
PPL Corporation (PPL) stock trades at $35.46 with a market capitalization of $26.69B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.58, price-to-book of 1.81, price-to-sales of 2.90. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $33.17 and $40.11, and currently trades 11.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.08%.
On profitability, PPL Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 8.16%, return on capital employed of 14.32%, an operating margin of 23.57%, a net profit margin of 13.09%.
In its most recent fiscal year, PPL Corporation reported annual revenue of $9.0B, net profit of $1.2B, revenue has compounded at 10.6% a year over the last five years, profit at -4.3% a year.
The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 0.86, total assets of $45.2B, $1.1B in cash and equivalents.
PPL has an average daily trading volume of 9,270,000 shares, a beta of 0.60 (less volatile than the overall market).
Official website: www.pplweb.com