PPL Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (PPL | NYSE:PPL)

PPL is a holding company of regulated utilities in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Rhode Island. The Pennsylvania regulated delivery and transmission segment distributes electricity to customers in central and eastern Pennsylvania. In Kentucky, LG&E and KU are involved in regulated electricity generation, transmission, and distribution. LG&E also provides regulated natural gas distribution. Rhode Island Energy operates electric and gas utilities in the state.

PPL trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol PPL.

As of August 12, 2026, PPL stock price climbed to $35.46 with 8,145,220 million shares trading.

PPL has a beta of -0.16, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. PPL has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

PPL has a market cap of $26.68 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter PPL reported $2 billion in Revenue and $.33 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-65 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.03.

In the last 3 years, PPL traded as high as $40.11 and as low as $22.20.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that PPL belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, XLU, IVV.

PPL has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -0.9% while the SPY ETF gained +21.4%. PPL has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -1.7% and -0.7%, respectively, while the SPY returned +4.9% and +5.9%, respectively.

PPL support price is $34.84 and resistance is $35.72 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that PPL shares will trade within this expected range on the day.