PPL
PPL NYSE· Electric Utilities
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$34.92
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- PPL had $9.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 6.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +10.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 23.6%, up 3.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 24 is left after running the business.
- PPL made $1.2B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew −6.1% a year.
- Free cash flow was −$1.4B in fiscal 2025, −15.5% of revenue.
- PPL returned $794M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.5%.
- PPL owes $18.3B more than it holds in cash, about 5.3 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$26.4B
P/E
—
Revenue
$9.0B
Net income
$1.2B
Free cash flow
−$1.4B
Operating margin
23.6%
PPL in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+6.9%
Yes. Sales grew 6.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
13.1%
Yes. It keeps 13.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−15.5%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
5.3x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 5.3 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
What PPL does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 20, 2026
- Legal name
- PPL Corp
- CIK
- 0000922224
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $5.8B | $7.9B | $8.3B | $8.5B | $9.0B |
| Revenue growth | 5.6% | 36.6% | 5.2% | 1.8% | 6.9% |
| Operating margin | 24.6% | 17.4% | 19.6% | 20.6% | 23.6% |
| Net income | −$1.5B | $756M | $740M | $888M | $1.2B |
| Net margin | −25.6% | 9.6% | 8.9% | 10.5% | 13.1% |
| Diluted EPS | −$1.93 | $1.02 | $1.00 | $1.20 | $1.59 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $2.3B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $2.3B | $2.6B |
| Capital expenditure | $2.0B | $2.2B | $2.4B | $2.8B | $4.0B |
| Free cash flow | $297M | −$425M | −$632M | −$465M | −$1.4B |
| FCF margin | 5.1% | −5.4% | −7.6% | −5.5% | −15.5% |
| Dividends paid | $1.3B | $787M | $704M | $747M | $794M |
| Share buybacks | $1.0B | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | −0.6% | −3.7% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $3.6B | $356M | $331M | $306M | $1.1B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $11.2B | $14.2B | $15.6B | $16.8B | $19.4B |
| Shareholders' equity | $13.7B | $13.9B | $13.9B | $14.1B | $14.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.1x | 5.4x | 5.3x | 5.5x | 5.3x |
| Current ratio | 2.2x | 0.8x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.9x |
| Interest coverage | 1.6x | 2.7x | 2.5x | 2.4x | 2.6x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 2.8% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 5.4% |
| Return on equity | −10.9% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 8.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.4M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
100%
$0.4M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPL PPL | $26.4B | 6.9% | 23.6% | −15.5% | 5.4% | — | 6 |
| WEC Energy Group WEC | $36.5B | 14.0% | 22.9% | −10.4% | 6.0% | — | 4 |
| Public Service Enterprise Gr... PEG | $36.0B | 18.3% | 24.5% | 0.2% | 6.7% | 17.9x | 7 |
| Entergy ETR | $49.7B | 9.0% | 24.7% | −19.6% | 5.6% | 27.4x | 7 |
| Eversource Energy ES | $25.5B | 13.8% | 22.1% | −0.3% | 6.4% | 17.5x | 6 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $34.92 a share, the company is worth $26.4B.
PPL grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000922224). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.