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Company snapshot — PPL Corporation

PPL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
PPL Corporation delivers electricity and natural gas to millions of homes and businesses through regulated utilities in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Rhode Island. It generates power from coal, gas, hydro and solar plants in Kentucky, and also distributes gas in Kentucky and Rhode Island. It is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and traces its roots to 1920 under an earlier name.
Where it sits in the stack
PPL sits outside our AI build-out index and belongs instead to the regulated electric utilities sleeve of our wider universe, where it is read as a steady demand-side name rather than a supplier to chipmakers or data-centre builders.
Who it is priced against
There is no peer group set for it in our records, but the market usually compares regulated multi-state utilities like PPL with names such as Duke Energy.
Why Closelook tracks it
PPL holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook score and has not appeared in any quoted edition of the diary.
What the diary watches
Whether rising power demand from data centres in its Pennsylvania and Kentucky territories starts to show up in its regulated load growth.

PPL Corporation (PPL) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PPL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by RBC Capital, 2026-09-15

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PPL from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation RBC Capital — at Sector Perform Initiated to Sector Perform from Outperform 2026-09-15
  • Price target Jefferies — target 44 Target set to $44 (+25.6% to spot) 2026-08-25

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Electric · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Electric · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PPL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.36%, quarterly · last 0.29 USD on 2026-09-10

Dividends and capital return

What PPL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.13 USD per share · a 3.36% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +4.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.08 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.29 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.24 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.03 USD · 2025: 1.09 USD · 2026: 0.86 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-07

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is PPL Corporation (PPL)?

PPL Corporation trades as PPL on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is PPL in a Closelook index?

Not currently — PPL Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does PPL trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -4.3% vs the 50-day and -6.9% vs the 200-day average, 16.2% below the 52-week high and +2.1% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 55 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does PPL Corporation do?

PPL Corporation delivers electricity and natural gas to millions of homes and businesses through regulated utilities in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Rhode Island. It generates power from coal, gas, hydro and solar plants in Kentucky, and also distributes gas in Kentucky and Rhode Island. It is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and traces its roots to 1920 under an earlier name. There is no peer group set for it in our records, but the market usually compares regulated multi-state utilities like PPL with names such as Duke Energy.

Where does PPL Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

PPL sits outside our AI build-out index and belongs instead to the regulated electric utilities sleeve of our wider universe, where it is read as a steady demand-side name rather than a supplier to chipmakers or data-centre builders. PPL holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook score and has not appeared in any quoted edition of the diary.

Does PPL Corporation pay a dividend?

PPL Corporation has paid 1.13 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.36% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.29 USD on 2026-09-10. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on PPL Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on PPL Corporation on the Closelook wire is a initiation by RBC Capital on 2026-09-15 (at Sector Perform). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PPL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Regulated Electric. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.