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PPL Corp (PPL)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for PPL Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About PPL Corp

PPL Corp is a utility holding company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It delivers electricity to customers in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, and Rhode Island, and natural gas to customers in Kentucky and Rhode Island. The company operates regulated utility subsidiaries that generate, transmit, distribute, and sell electricity and natural gas in these regions.

Snapshot

Revenue
$9.04B
Revenue growth (YoY)
7.1%
Net income
$1.18B
Diluted EPS
$1.59
Gross margin
Operating margin
23.5%
Net margin
13.1%
FCF margin
-15.5%
ROE
7.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
20.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$25.74B
Long-term debt / equity
1.21×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at PPL

  • Revenue grew 7.1% to $9.0B in FY2025, faster than the 1.9% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 23.5% in FY2025, -1.1 pp against 24.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $2.8B, up 9.4% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $1.4B in FY2025.
  • Net income rose 33.0% to $1.2B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where PPL’s fundamentals sit among the 98 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin23.5%
65th percentile of 86
Net margin13.1%
58th percentile of 91
FCF margin-15.5%
24th percentile of 76
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.1%
41st percentile of 94
ROE7.9%
39th percentile of 89
P/E20.2×
40th percentile of 83
Long-term debt / equity1.21×
48th percentile of 84
Short interest4.75d
35th percentile of 98

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
6
0 new, 6 added
Reduced / exited
3
3 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$1.54B
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$521.8M14.4MAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$375.8M10.3MAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$303.7M8.4MAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$105.5M2.9MAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$77.6M2.1MReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$65.7M1.8MReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$53.4M1.5MAdded
Soros Fund ManagementQ2 2026$22.1M607.3KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$18.1M498.1KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-12
filed 2026-06-15
Cornett John GregoryPresident of a PPL SubsidiarySell7.1K$35.56$251K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
37.4M
settled 2026-08-31
Change vs prior
+1.9%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.75
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
7.9M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-3137.4M+1.9%4.75
2026-08-1436.7M-6.0%4.52
2026-07-3139.0M-3.8%5.09
2026-07-1540.5M+8.8%5.62
2026-06-3037.3M-6.2%2.82
2026-06-1539.7M-0.5%4.02
2026-05-2940.0M+2.3%4.68
2026-05-1539.1M-0.8%4.58

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$9.04B$8.44B$8.29B$7.79B$5.78B
Gross profit
Operating income$2.13B$1.74B$1.63B$1.37B$1.42B
Net income$1.18B$888.0M$740.0M$756.0M$-1.48B
Diluted EPS$1.59$1.20$1.00$1.02$-1.93

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.07B$306.0M$331.0M$356.0M$3.57B
Current assets$3.93B$2.88B$2.93B$2.82B$5.01B
Total assets$45.24B$41.07B$39.24B$37.84B$33.22B
Current liabilities$4.55B$3.33B$3.34B$3.79B$2.32B
Long-term debt$17.99B$15.95B$14.61B$12.89B$10.67B
Total liabilities$30.36B$26.99B$25.30B$23.92B$19.50B
Total equity$14.88B$14.08B$13.93B$13.92B$13.72B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$2.63B$2.34B$1.76B$1.73B$2.27B
Capital expenditure$4.03B$2.81B$2.39B$2.15B$1.97B
Free cash flow$-1.40B$-465.0M$-632.0M$-425.0M$297.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$2.79B9.4%$452.0M
Q4 FY2025$2.22B1.3%$266.0M$0.36
Q3 FY2025$2.24B7.7%$318.0M$0.43
Q2 FY2025$2.04B8.9%$183.0M$0.25
Q1 FY2025$2.54B10.5%$414.0M$0.56
Q4 FY2024$2.19B10.4%$177.0M$0.24
Q3 FY2024$2.08B1.9%$214.0M$0.29
Q2 FY2024$1.87B2.9%$190.0M$0.26

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorUtilities
SIC industryElectric Services
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2017
SEC CIK922224

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-20
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10-K2025-02-13
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10-Q2026-08-07
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10-Q2026-05-08
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10-Q2025-11-05
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10-Q2025-07-31
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8-K2026-08-27
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8-K2026-08-17
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.