PPL
PPL Corporation
Utilities · Electric Utilities · US
$35.74
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$27.0B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
22.00
Premium valuation
Forward P/E
17.00
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+2.8%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
8.2%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$41.53
+16% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 15 analysts covering this stock
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.

https://www.pplweb.com

Country: United States Employees: 6,546 Industry: Utilities - Regulated Electric
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
42.8% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
4.8% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.2% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
Fair Value Est.
$42.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
Margin of Safety
14.9%
Slight discount to fair value
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
Percentile
40.6th
Ranks in the top 59% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
67.0
Quality Score
33.0
Combined
36.6

Trading at $36 against a fair value of $42, a 15% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 4% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
Sharpe Ratio
0.958
Good returns relative to risk taken
Kelly Fraction
0.0662
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
Calmar Ratio
1.312
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
16.3%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-12.4%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
CRISIS
Elevated risk detected — extreme caution warranted
Days in State
6
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
0.62
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$40.11
11% below the year high
52W Low
$33.17
8% above the year low
Avg Volume
8,781,206
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
5.3
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
6.0%
Moderate short interest
Div Yield
310.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$1.63
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
1.31
Meaningful debt load — monitor closely
Current Ratio
1.00
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
0.71
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
43.3%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
27.2%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$-1,615,124,992
Negative — the business is spending more than it generates
Revenue (TTM)
$9.3B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.2B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
15
Target High
$48.00
Target Median
$41.53
Target Low
$36.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-04-24 BONENBERGER DAVID J Officer 216 $8,390
2026-04-24 BELLAR LONNIE E Officer 81 $3,156
2026-04-08 SORGI VINCENT Chief Executive Officer 33,000 —
2026-02-20 SORGI VINCENT Chief Executive Officer 68,775 $2,574,936
2026-02-20 STARK WENDY E Officer 14,621 $547,410
2026-02-20 CROCKETT JOHN R III Officer 9,227 —
2026-02-20 GOSMAN ANGELA K Officer 8,670 —
2026-02-20 BERGSTEIN JOSEPH P JR Chief Financial Officer 21,118 —
2026-02-20 BONENBERGER DAVID J Officer 7,875 $294,840
2026-02-20 MARTIN CHRISTINE M. Officer 2,993 $112,058
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
9 Apr2026 Josh Gottheimer Democrat sell 15K–50K
7 Feb2025 Tim Walberg Republican buy 15K–50K
2026-05-15 David Taylor Republican Sale 1K–15K
2026-04-15 John McGuire Republican Purchase 1K–15K
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Sale 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
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