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
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 86 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).
No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $189,805. For context, about 15% 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).
| Investor | As of | Position value | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Advisorsquant | Q2 2026 | $521.8M | 14.4M | Added |
| Millennium Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $375.8M | 10.3M | Added |
| Point72 Asset Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $303.7M | 8.4M | Added |
| AQR Capital Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $105.5M | 2.9M | Added |
| Two Sigma Investmentsquant | Q2 2026 | $77.6M | 2.1M | Reduced |
| D. E. Shawquant | Q2 2026 | $65.7M | 1.8M | Reduced |
| Bridgewater Associates | Q2 2026 | $53.4M | 1.5M | Added |
| Soros Fund Management | Q2 2026 | $22.1M | 607.3K | Added |
| Gotham Asset Management | Q2 2026 | $18.1M | 498.1K | Reduced |
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.
| Trade date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026-10-15 filed 2026-10-16 | Wendy E. StarkEVP & CLO | Sell | 5.4K | $35.11 | $190K |
2026-06-12 filed 2026-06-15 | John Gregory CornettPresident of a PPL Subsidiary | Sell | 7.1K | $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.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | 35.5M | +0.1% | 5.19 |
| 2026-09-30 | 35.5M | -0.1% | 5.11 |
| 2026-09-15 | 35.5M | -5.0% | 4.84 |
| 2026-08-31 | 37.4M | +1.9% | 4.75 |
| 2026-08-14 | 36.7M | -6.0% | 4.52 |
| 2026-07-31 | 39.0M | -3.8% | 5.09 |
| 2026-07-15 | 40.5M | +8.8% | 5.62 |
| 2026-06-30 | 37.3M | -6.2% | 2.82 |
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)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Pre-tax income | $1.47B | $1.12B | $924.0M | $915.0M | $521.0M |
| 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 (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.
Balance sheet (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 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 (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.
Cash flow (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.
Quarterly trend
| Quarter | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | $2.79B | 9.4% | $452.0M | — |
| Q4 FY2025 | 1.3% | |||
| Q3 FY2025 | $2.24B | 7.7% | $318.0M | $0.43 |
| Q2 FY2025 | $2.04B | 8.9% | $183.0M | $0.25 |
| Q1 FY2025 | $2.54B | 10.5% | $414.0M | $0.56 |
| Q4 FY2024 | 10.4% | |||
| Q3 FY2024 | $2.08B | 1.9% | $214.0M | $0.29 |
| Q2 FY2024 | $1.87B | 2.9% | $190.0M | $0.26 |
Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.
Company facts
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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.