PPL Valuation

Is PPL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PPL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PPL ($34.27) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($21.38)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PPL is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PPL?

Key metric: As PPL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PPL. This is calculated by dividing PPL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PPL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.8x
EarningsUS$822.00m
Market CapUS$25.19b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PPL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PPL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23x
FE FirstEnergy
27x17.7%US$24.0b
EIX Edison International
25.2x15.8%US$33.2b
NRG NRG Energy
21.3x10.3%US$19.2b
ETR Entergy
18.4x8.6%US$32.1b
PPL PPL
30.8x14.8%US$25.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.8x) compared to the peer average (23x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PPL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electric Utilities Industry?

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PPL 30.8xIndustry Avg. 21.0xNo. of Companies7PE01020304050+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.8x) compared to the US Electric Utilities industry average (21x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PPL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PPL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.8x
Fair PE Ratio21.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PPL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$34.27
US$34.95
+2.0%
7.7%US$39.00US$31.00n/a16
Nov ’25US$31.56
US$34.63
+9.7%
7.2%US$39.00US$31.00n/a16
Oct ’25US$33.23
US$33.21
-0.05%
7.7%US$38.00US$30.00n/a14
Sep ’25US$31.91
US$32.46
+1.7%
6.0%US$36.00US$30.00n/a13
Aug ’25US$30.31
US$30.32
+0.02%
3.3%US$32.00US$28.00n/a14
Jul ’25US$27.36
US$30.03
+9.8%
3.9%US$32.00US$28.00n/a14
Jun ’25US$29.33
US$30.10
+2.6%
4.2%US$32.00US$28.00n/a14
May ’25US$28.00
US$29.60
+5.7%
4.7%US$32.00US$27.00n/a14
Apr ’25US$27.50
US$29.32
+6.6%
3.5%US$31.00US$27.00n/a14
Mar ’25US$26.14
US$29.19
+11.7%
4.0%US$31.00US$27.00n/a13
Feb ’25US$26.57
US$29.33
+10.4%
5.3%US$32.00US$27.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$27.10
US$28.85
+6.4%
7.0%US$32.00US$25.00n/a13
Dec ’24US$26.48
US$28.54
+7.8%
6.7%US$32.00US$25.00n/a13
Nov ’24US$24.70
US$28.85
+16.8%
7.7%US$32.00US$25.00US$31.5613
Oct ’24US$23.56
US$29.85
+26.7%
5.7%US$32.00US$26.00US$33.2313
Sep ’24US$24.76
US$30.15
+21.8%
6.2%US$33.00US$26.00US$31.9113
Aug ’24US$27.33
US$31.00
+13.4%
5.3%US$33.00US$28.00US$30.3112
Jul ’24US$26.46
US$31.25
+18.1%
6.1%US$34.00US$28.00US$27.3612
Jun ’24US$26.10
US$31.25
+19.7%
6.1%US$34.00US$28.00US$29.3312
May ’24US$28.77
US$31.42
+9.2%
5.9%US$34.00US$28.00US$28.0012
Apr ’24US$27.79
US$31.25
+12.5%
6.5%US$34.00US$28.00US$27.5012
Mar ’24US$26.68
US$31.69
+18.8%
5.0%US$34.00US$29.00US$26.1413
Feb ’24US$29.61
US$32.15
+8.6%
5.6%US$34.00US$29.00US$26.5713
Jan ’24US$29.22
US$30.08
+2.9%
7.1%US$34.00US$27.00US$27.1013
Dec ’23US$29.29
US$29.04
-0.9%
5.5%US$32.00US$26.00US$26.4814
Nov ’23US$26.57
US$28.75
+8.2%
7.1%US$32.00US$24.00US$24.7014

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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