Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for PPL in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryPPL's stock this week reflected a Pennsylvania grid resilience award, with PPL Electric Utilities selected for up to $71.5 million in Department of Energy funding for a transmission project, alongside a reported 4.2% rise in Q2 revenue and a 17.0% increase in operating income. Wells Fargo maintained an Overweight rating and raised its price target to $44.00 from $43.00, while commentary continued to focus on operating efficiency and infrastructure investment supporting the company's 6-8% annual earnings growth target through 2029. Shares also saw a brief 1.9% drop on 24 September before recovering into the close.
PPL closed at $32.11, below both its 50-day average of $34.69 and 200-day average of $36.13, with the 50-day itself below the 200-day, reflecting a broader downtrend over the past six months. The GekkoIndex reads 73.5, placing the stock in the Buying zone. Against this backdrop, the price sits 13.2% below the Gekko Fair Value estimate of $36.99.
The next earnings report is scheduled for 4 November 2026, 36 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window, following the last quarter's ongoing EPS of $0.33 against a $0.34 estimate. Consensus among 11 tracked analysts stands at 10 buy and 1 hold, with a consensus target of $40.33. Seasonality over the past 5 years shows an average 20-day return of 0.9% from this point in the calendar, with gains in 3 of those years. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current window.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
PPL price vs fair value
Close $32.11200-day averageGekko Fair Value $36.99
PPL quick facts
- Market cap
- $24.17B
- P/E ratio
- 18.9
- Forward P/E
- 15.4
- EPS, TTM
- $1.69
- Revenue, TTM
- $9.40B
- Profit margin
- 13.5%
- Dividend yield
- 3.46%
- Beta
- 0.58
- Volume
- 7.44M avg 6.68M
- 1-year return
- −11.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±1.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.7%
- 50-day average
- $34.69
- 200-day average
- $36.13
- Next earnings
- Nov 4 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 752.5M
PPL swing-trade checklist
PPL scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive0 mixed1 headwind
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $32.11 is below the 50-day ($34.69) and 200-day ($36.13) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
73.5, Buying
Reading 73.5 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
13.2% below
Price is 13.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 36 days
Next report Nov 4, 2026, 36 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+0.9% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.9% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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PPL stock chart and price history
PPL closed at $32.11 on Sep 28, 2026, −11.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $31.56 to $40.10.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −6.8%
- 3 months
- −12.6%
- 6 months
- −14.7%
- 1 year
- −11.2%
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About PPL
PPL supplies electricity and natural gas to roughly 3.6 million customers across the United States. It is known for delivering power across Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Rhode Island, and Virginia, covering everything from the movement of electricity along transmission lines to its final sale to homes and businesses. The company draws on a mix of coal, gas, hydro, and solar generation to produce the electricity it distributes.
The business is structured into three segments, covering its regulated operations in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Within these territories it handles the transmission and distribution of electricity, the generation and sale of power, and the distribution and sale of natural gas, along with wholesale electricity sales in Kentucky. Its customer base spans households and businesses across the states it serves.
PPL was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was previously named PP&L Resources, Inc. before adopting its current name in 2000. Shares of the company are listed on the NYSE under the ticker PPL.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Electric utilities
- Website
- pplweb.com
PPL GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
PPL’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 73.5, in the Buying zone, up 5.5 points over five sessions.
73.5Buying
Up 5.5 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 18 | +1.0% | +2.4% | ||
| Accumulation | 214 | +0.5% | +1.7% | ||
| Neutral | 411 | +0.1% | +0.6% | ||
| Distribution | 28 | −0.5% | −1.2% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average PPL share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
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Is PPL stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
PPL trades 13.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $36.99, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what PPL shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$36.99
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
13.2% Undervalued
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PPL insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for PPL, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in PPL were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
PPL has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2021
- $721.0M
- As a share of market cap
- 2.98%
From company filings.
PPL earnings: next date and track record
PPL reports on Nov 4, 2026, before the open (36 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
Expected before the open, 36 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.53
- Revenue estimate
- $2.42B
3 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±1.2%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 7, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- PPL reported Q2 2026 ongoing EPS of $0.33, reaffirming full-year guidance of $1.90-$1.98 per share. Pennsylvania rate case settlement of $275M became effective July 1; Rhode Island rates expected September 1. PPL targets $5B capital deployment in 2026 and $23B through 2029, driving 10%+ annual rate base growth. Long-term EPS growth of 6-8% annually through 2029 reaffirmed, with growth expected near the top end.
- Guidance
- Full-year 2026 ongoing EPS guidance reaffirmed at $1.90-$1.98 ($1.94 midpoint), with stronger H2 earnings expected. Long-term targets include 6-8% annual EPS growth through 2029 (near top end), 4-6% dividend growth, and FFO-to-debt of 16-18%, excluding Invitium Energy upside.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.33 est $0.34 | $2.11B est $2.19B | +1.1% |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.63 est $0.61 | $2.77B est $2.51B | −1.4% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $0.41 est $0.42 | $2.27B est $2.42B | +0.8% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.48 est $0.46 | $2.24B est $2.05B | +0.7% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.32 est $0.39 | $2.03B est $1.81B | −1.1% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.56 est $0.54 | $2.50B est $2.15B | −0.9% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.34 est $0.37 | $2.21B est $2.51B | −2.3% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $0.42 est $0.42 | $2.07B est $2.10B | −1.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
PPL stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for PPL is $40.33, +25.6% from the last close, from 11 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$40.33consensus 12-month target, +25.6% from the last close
Now $32.11Avg $40.33
Low $35High $44
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 11 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | Wells Fargo | $44 | +37.0% |
| Sep 18 | Morgan Stanley | $39 | +21.5% |
| Sep 16 | Argus Research | $40 | +24.6% |
| Sep 15 | RBC Capital | $35 | +9.0% |
| Aug 25 | Jefferies | $44 | +37.0% |
+2.4%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
+0.9%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
PPL seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, PPL averaged +0.9% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.6% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +0.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.9% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +3.1% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, PPL’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.7%.
PPL market cap and key statistics
PPL’s market cap is $24.17B, with a P/E ratio of 18.9 and revenue of $9.40B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $24.17B
- P/E ratio
- 18.9
- Forward P/E
- 15.4
- EPS, TTM
- $1.69
- Gekko Fair Value
- $36.99
Trading
- Volume
- 7.44M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 6.68M
- 52-week high
- $40.10
- 52-week low
- $31.56
- Shares outstanding
- 752.5M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $9.40B
- Profit margin
- 13.5%
- Return on equity
- 8.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +21.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.58
- Typical daily move
- ±1.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.7%
- Dividend yield
- 3.46%
PPL stock news this week
Coverage of PPL this week reads positive: 12 positive, 2 neutral and 6 negative headlines.
- PPL Corporation stock at USD 32.11 on September 28, 2026, up 0.25 percentAD HOC NEWS, Sep 28
- Can Improving Operating Efficiency Support PPL's Earnings Growth?TradingView, Sep 28
- PPL Maintains by Wells Fargo -- Price Target Raised to $44.00GuruFocus, Sep 28
- PPL Corporation stock at USD 32.03 on September 25, 2026AD HOC NEWS, Sep 28
- PPL Corporation $PPL Stock Sold by Envestnet Asset Management Inc.MarketBeat, Sep 26
- PPL Corporation stock gets a USD 71.5 million grid boostAD HOC NEWS, Sep 25
PPL peers
PPL’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| NEENextEra Energy | Buying | 24.8% below |
| SOSouthern | Buying | 0.3% above |
| CEGConstellation Energy | Accumulation | 0.3% above |
| DUKDuke Energy | Buying | 10.3% above |
| AEPAmerican Electric Power | Buying | 7.2% above |
| DDominion Energy | Accumulation | 11.9% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
PPL stock FAQ
What is PPL’s market cap?
PPL’s market cap is $24.17B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $32.11, with 752.5M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 18.9.
What is the PPL stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for PPL is $40.33, +25.6% from the last close. Of the 11 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 10 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is PPL stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate PPL is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $32.11 is 13.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $36.99. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does PPL report earnings next?
PPL is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026, before the market opens (36 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.53 per share on revenue of $2.42B. PPL beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 1.2% on average across the report.
What is PPL’s 52-week high and low?
PPL’s 52-week high is $40.10 and its 52-week low is $31.56; it closed at $32.11 on Sep 28, 2026, −11.2% over the past year.
Is PPL stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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