NYSE:PPL - PPL Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $34.09
Forecasted Upside: 20.63 %
Number of Analysts: 12
Breakdown:
0 Sell Ratings
9 Hold Ratings
3 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$28.26 As of 07/23/2021 01:00 AM ET

▲ +0.19 (0.68%)

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Analyst Price Target for PPL

^$34.09

▲ +20.63% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 12 analysts offering 12 month price targets for PPL in the last 3 months. The average price target is $34.09, with a high forecast of $47.00 and a low forecast of $29.00. The average price target represents a 20.63% upside from the last price of $28.26.

Current Consensus is Hold

The current consensus among 12 contributing investment analysts is to hold stock in PPL. This Hold consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
9 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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1/31/2020

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
10 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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4/30/2020

0 strong buy ratings
7 buy ratings
10 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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7/29/2020

0 strong buy ratings
7 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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10/27/2020

0 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
11 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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1/25/2021

0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
10 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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4/25/2021

0 strong buy ratings
3 buy ratings
9 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

Ratings as of

6/24/2021

0 strong buy ratings
3 buy ratings
9 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

Ratings as of

7/24/2021

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
7/20/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$33.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
7/7/2021	Mizuho	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$30.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
6/18/2021	CIBC	Upgrade	Outperformer	$39.00 ➝ $47.00	High
5/13/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$36.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
5/5/2021	Tudor Pickering	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
4/20/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
3/19/2021	Mizuho	Boost Price Target		$29.50 ➝ $30.00	Medium
3/15/2021	Wolfe Research	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform	$29.00	N/A
3/9/2021	Wolfe Research	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform	$29.00	High
1/27/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$40.00 ➝ $42.00	Medium
12/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$34.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
12/15/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Downgrade	Market Perform	$36.00 ➝ $34.00	Medium
12/15/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Downgrade	Market Perform	$36.00 ➝ $34.00	Medium
11/30/2020	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$30.00	Medium
11/17/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $34.00	Medium
11/16/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$42.00 ➝ $37.00	Medium
11/9/2020	National Bank Financial	Downgrade	Sector Perform		High
11/6/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$37.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
10/20/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$31.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
10/5/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$30.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
8/19/2020	Mizuho	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$28.50 ➝ $29.50	Low
8/14/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$29.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
8/11/2020	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$30.00 ➝ $31.00	Medium
8/11/2020	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$25.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
8/11/2020	Seaport Global Securities	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral		Low
7/17/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$27.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
6/17/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$26.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
6/12/2020	Bank of America	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$26.00 ➝ $27.00	Medium
6/9/2020	Seaport Global Securities	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell	$26.50	High
6/8/2020	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$35.00 ➝ $37.00	High
5/29/2020	Mizuho	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$30.00	Low
5/20/2020	Seaport Global Securities	Initiated Coverage	Neutral		Low
5/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$30.00 ➝ $26.00	High
5/14/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$37.00 ➝ $39.00	High
5/12/2020	Cfra	Lower Price Target	Buy	$55.00 ➝ $44.00	High
5/11/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$26.00 ➝ $40.00	Medium
5/11/2020	Barclays	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight		Medium
5/8/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight		Low
4/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$33.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
4/14/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$40.00 ➝ $38.00	Medium
4/3/2020	UBS Group	Lower Price Target	Buy	$37.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
4/2/2020	Citigroup	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$36.00 ➝ $25.00	Medium
3/5/2020	Barclays	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$54.00	Low
2/19/2020	Evercore ISI	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$36.50	Low
2/14/2020	Cfra	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$37.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
1/27/2020	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$33.00 ➝ $36.00	Medium
1/20/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$33.00	Low
1/10/2020	Argus	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$34.00 ➝ $39.00	Low
1/10/2020	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$49.00 ➝ $51.00	Low
1/7/2020	Guggenheim	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy		Low
12/20/2019	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$37.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
12/19/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$50.00	Low
12/16/2019	SunTrust Banks	Boost Price Target	Buy	$37.00 ➝ $40.00	Medium
10/23/2019	Macquarie	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral	$27.00 ➝ $32.50	Medium
8/16/2019	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Hold	$30.00	Low
8/7/2019	Evercore ISI	Set Price Target	Hold	$31.00	Medium
8/7/2019	GMP Securities	Reiterated Rating	Average	$59.00	Low
8/7/2019	Bank of America	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral		Low
6/3/2019	Mizuho	Initiated Coverage	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$30.00	Medium
5/17/2019	UBS Group	Lower Price Target	Buy	$37.00 ➝ $36.00	Medium
5/6/2019	Raymond James	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Average		Low
3/8/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$32.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
2/13/2019	SunTrust Banks	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$35.00	Low
2/7/2019	Evercore ISI	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ In-Line		Low
1/14/2019	Bank of America	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underperform	$29.00 ➝ $28.00	Medium
1/7/2019	Desjardins	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Average	$52.00	Medium
9/17/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$32.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
9/11/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Hold	$29.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
8/23/2018	Citigroup	Initiated Coverage	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$30.00	Low
8/8/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		Low
7/16/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$28.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
6/13/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$29.00 ➝ $28.00	Low
6/8/2018	UBS Group	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$37.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
5/9/2018	Evercore ISI	Upgrade	In-Line ➝ Outperform		High
3/6/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Upgrade	Sector Perform ➝ Outperform	$28.32 ➝ $33.00	Medium
2/23/2018	SunTrust Banks	Set Price Target	Buy	$36.00	Medium
2/23/2018	UBS Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$37.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
2/12/2018	SunTrust Banks	Set Price Target	Buy	$37.00	Medium
2/2/2018	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$40.00	Medium
2/1/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$33.00	Low
1/18/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$39.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
1/9/2018	SunTrust Banks	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$39.00	Low
1/3/2018	Guggenheim	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$32.00	Low
12/26/2017	SunTrust Banks	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$42.00	Low
12/19/2017	Macquarie	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underperform	$30.00	High
11/30/2017	Canaccord Genuity	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$48.00	Low
10/20/2017	KeyCorp	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A
10/10/2017	SunTrust Banks	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$43.00	N/A
8/9/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$42.00 ➝ $43.50	Low
7/19/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$39.50 ➝ $42.00	Medium
6/26/2017	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$35.00 ➝ $38.00	Medium
4/24/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Hold	$36.50 ➝ $39.00	Low
4/23/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Equal Weight	$38.00 ➝ $41.00	Low
4/11/2017	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$36.00 ➝ $38.00	Medium
3/29/2017	UBS Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		N/A
2/2/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$38.00	N/A
2/2/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Hold	$35.00 ➝ $36.50	N/A
1/20/2017	Barclays	Set Price Target	Hold	$35.00 ➝ $37.00	N/A
1/17/2017	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell	$34.00 ➝ $33.00	N/A
1/4/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$37.00	N/A
12/20/2016	Argus	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$2.00 ➝ $39.00	N/A
11/22/2016	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$32.00	N/A
11/2/2016	UBS Group	Set Price Target	Buy	$36.00 ➝ $38.00	N/A
10/25/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$37.00	N/A
9/14/2016	Wolfe Research	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform		N/A
9/9/2016	Argus	Lower Price Target	Buy	$45.00 ➝ $41.00	N/A
8/11/2016	UBS Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$41.00 ➝ $39.00	N/A
8/10/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Lower Price Target	Hold	$38.00 ➝ $37.00	N/A
8/9/2016	Guggenheim	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		N/A
8/5/2016	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$44.00	N/A

(Data available from 7/24/2016 forward)

PPL Corporation, a utility holding company, delivers electricity and natural gas in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company operates through three segments: U.K. Regulated, Kentucky Regulated, and Pennsylvania Regulated. It serves approximately 425,000 electric and 332,000 natural gas customers in Louisville and adjacent areas in Kentucky; 536,000 electric customers in central, southeastern, and western Kentucky; and 28,000 electric customers in five counties in southwestern Virginia. The company also provides electric delivery services to approximately 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania; operates electricity distribution networks in the United Kingdom; generates electricity from coal, gas, hydro, and solar sources in Kentucky; and sells wholesale electricity to two municipalities in Kentucky. PPL Corporation was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Today's Range

Now: $28.26

$28.05

$28.33

50 Day Range

MA: $28.60

$27.61

$29.50

52 Week Range

Now: $28.26

$25.11

$30.81

Volume

2,380,914 shs

Average Volume

3,504,396 shs

Market Capitalization

$21.74 billion

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

5.91%

Beta

0.74

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of PPL?

The following sell-side analysts have issued reports on PPL in the last year: Bank of America Co., BMO Capital Markets, CIBC, Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, National Bank Financial, Seaport Global Securities, Stifel Nicolaus, TheStreet, Tudor Pickering, UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo & Company, Wolfe Research, and Zacks Investment Research.
View the latest analyst ratings for PPL.

What is the current price target for PPL?

11 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for PPL in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $34.09, suggesting a possible upside of 20.6%. CIBC has the highest price target set, predicting PPL will reach $47.00 in the next twelve months. Mizuho has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $29.00 for PPL in the next year.
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What is the current consensus analyst rating for PPL?

PPL currently has 9 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Hold." A "hold" rating indicates that analysts believe investors should keep any existing positions they have in PPL, but not buy more shares or sell existing shares.
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What other companies compete with PPL?

Other companies that are similar to PPL include NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, The Southern, Eversource Energy, FirstEnergy, Edison International, Entergy, Pinnacle West Capital, OGE Energy, IDACORP, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Portland General Electric, PNM Resources, ALLETE and MGE Energy.

How do I contact PPL's investor relations team?

PPL's physical mailing address is TWO N NINTH ST, ALLENTOWN PA, 18101. The utilities provider's listed phone number is 610-774-5151 and its investor relations email address is [email protected] The official website for PPL is www.pplweb.com.