PPL Corporation

NYSE:PPL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$23.9b

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 ($32.43) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($21.3)

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 Ratio29.1x
EarningsUS$822.00m
Market CapUS$23.93b

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 Average21.9x
FE FirstEnergy
25.7x16.2%US$22.9b
EIX Edison International
23.3x15.3%US$30.8b
NRG NRG Energy
20.4x6.8%US$18.3b
ETR Entergy
18.3x9.8%US$32.2b
PPL PPL
29.1x14.9%US$23.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.1x) compared to the peer average (21.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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PPL 29.1xIndustry Avg. 20.5xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.1x) compared to the US Electric Utilities industry average (20.5x).

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 Ratio29.1x
Fair PE Ratio21.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.1x) 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$32.43
US$35.13
+8.3%
7.0%US$39.00US$31.00n/a17
Dec ’25US$34.93
US$34.95
+0.04%
7.8%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$25.00US$34.9313
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

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 10:05
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

PPL Corporation is covered by 40 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jacob KilsteinArgus Research Company
Nathan JudgeAtlantic Equities LLP
Nicholas CampanellaBarclays