PPL (PPL) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.54
- Estimate
- $0.53
- Surprise
- +1.9%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.6 → 5.6/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
PPL (PPL) beat the $0.53 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.54 — a modest 1.9% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (5.6/10) to Sell at 5.6/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates PPL Sell at 5.6/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +1.9% surprise compares with a -0.3% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Utilities): +1.0
- Positive momentum
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Commodity: coal-fired generation (LG&E and KU)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $35.80
- Stop
- $34.60
The stock trades at 20.6× trailing but 16.9× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.3× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-07 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
PPL at TrendMatrix's latest read
Utility earnings are regulatory outcomes on a lag — allowed-return and rate-case posture frame any quarter's print.
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Market cap
- $26.94B
- P/E (fwd)
- 16.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 20.6
- 52-week range
- $31.56–$40.11
- Off 52-week high
- 10.7%
- RSI (14)
- 69
- Volume vs avg
- 2.28×
- Score today
- 5.6/10