Will PPL Corporation ($PPL) Beat Analysts View?

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PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) utility firm delivers electricity and natural gas, is reporting second quarter earnings results on Monday 10th August 2020, before market open.

The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters are income of $ 0.54 per share.

For the full year, analysts predict revenues of $ 7997.84 million, while looking forward to income of $ 2.41 per share.

The Company Outlook

Full Year 2020 bottomline are predicted in a range of $ 2.40 ~ $ 2.60 per share

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Previous Quarter Performance

PPL Corporation came out with income for the first quarter of $ 0.67 per share, from the revenue of $ 2,054.00 million. The quarterly earnings fell 4.29 percent while revenues decreased 6.32 percent compared with the same quarter last year.
Street analysts expected PPL Corporation to report income of $ 0.71 per share on revenue of $ 2167.86 million for the first quarter. The bottom line results missed street analysts by $ 0.04 or 5.63 percent, at the same time, top line results fell short of analysts by $ 113.86 million or 5.25 percent.

Historical Earnings Performance
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Stock Performance

According to the previous trading day, closing price of PPL was $ 27.14, representing a 49.78 % increase from the 52 week low of $ 18.12 and a 26.31 % decrease over the 52 week high of $ 36.83.

The company has a market capital of $ 20.86 billion and is part of the Utilities sector and Utilities – Regulated Electric industry.

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Recent Analyst recommendations

  • On 17th June 2020, maintained by Morgan Stanley at Equal-Weight rating, with $ 27.00 target price.
  • On 12th June 2020, maintained by Bank of America at Neutral rating, with $ 27.00 target price.
Recent Stock Dividend Announcement

On May 13, 2020, the board of directors authorized quarterly dividend of $ 0.415 per share to holders of record as of the close of business on June 10, 2020, with payment date of July 1, 2020 and ex-dividend date on June 9, 2020.

Conference Call

PPL Corporation will be hosting a conference call at 11:00 AM eastern time on 10th August 2020, to discuss its 2Q20 financial results with the investment community. A live webcast with presentations will be available on the Internet by visiting the Company website www.pplweb.com

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.