PPL (PPL) – Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for PPL (NYSE: PPL):

• 4/24/2026 – PPL had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 4/21/2026 – PPL had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $44.00 to $43.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/21/2026 – PPL had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Wells Fargo & Company.
• 4/20/2026 – PPL was given a new $42.00 price target by Seaport Research Partners.
• 4/13/2026 – PPL had its price target raised by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $40.00 to $48.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/8/2026 – PPL had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $40.00 to $41.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/16/2026 – PPL had its price target raised by BMO Capital Markets from $41.00 to $42.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 3/16/2026 – PPL had its price target raised by Mizuho from $39.00 to $40.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.

PPL Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 10th were paid a dividend of $0.285 per share. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.1%. This is a boost from PPL’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 10th. PPL’s payout ratio is presently 71.25%.

PPL Corporation is an energy company that owns and operates electric transmission and distribution infrastructure and provides related customer services. The company’s core business centers on delivering electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers through regulated utility operations, maintaining grid reliability, responding to outages and managing customer billing and account services.

PPL’s activities include construction and maintenance of distribution and transmission lines, meter and grid management, and programs to support energy efficiency and the interconnection of distributed resources.