Utilities
Live Price
Offline$35.85
+1.10% today
1Y Change
+4.20%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 5, 2026
Coverage: 240 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 5, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
PPL Corporation (PPL) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $28.28B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $35.85 and up 4.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 5, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +6.9%, EPS growth of +33.3%, a dividend yield of 2.9%. What stands out right now is revenue +6.9%, EPS +33.3%, free cash flow -201.3% with operating margin 23.6% and ROIC 4.1%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 23.6 and price/sales 3.1. Stock Foundry combines PPL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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PPL
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
PPL Max Drawdown
-13.29%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$5.8B
-26.8% YoY
FY Net Income
-$1.5B
-295.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$297.0M
+169.9% YoY
Revenue Growth
+6.9%
EPS Growth
+33.3%
Gross Margin
39.1%
Net Margin
13.1%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 9.0B | 8.5B | 8.3B | 7.9B | 5.8B |
| Gross Profit | 3.5B | 3.4B | 3.3B | 2.9B | 2.7B |
| Operating Income | 2.1B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| EBITDA | 3.7B | 3.2B | 2.9B | 2.7B | 2.6B |
| Net Income | 1.2B | 888M | 740M | 756M | -1.5B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.1B | 306M | 331M | 356M | 3.6B |
| Total Assets | 45.2B | 41.1B | 39.2B | 37.8B | 33.2B |
| Total Liabilities | 30.4B | 27.0B | 25.3B | 23.9B | 19.5B |
| Shareholder Equity | 14.9B | 14.1B | 13.9B | 13.9B | 13.7B |
| Total Debt | 19.4B | 16.8B | 15.6B | 14.2B | 11.2B |
| Net Debt | 18.3B | 16.5B | 15.3B | 13.9B | 7.6B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
2.3B
+31.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
2.0B
+8.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
297M
+169.9% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
39.1%
Operating Margin
23.6%
Net Margin
13.1%
ROE
8.2%
Debt / Equity
1.30x
Next Step
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