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PPL Corporation
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What PPL Corporation is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $9.41 billion, up 8.3% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: −$1.62 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $4.30 billion, up 43% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $3.05 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 7, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 2 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 20, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 2 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q2 2026: $0.3 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,039 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+46 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2023: 1.U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What PPL Corporation is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Withheld: 50% of the evidence is readable at this date (needs 60%).
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings56th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications53rd pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment59th pct
- Call confidence47th pct
- Guidance changes43rd pct
- Risk factors added58th pct
- Insider open-market trades40th pct
- + Call sentiment
- − Guidance changes
- − Insider open-market trades
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver4th pct
- Stress filings49th pct
Credit
How these are built →PPL Corporation's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$20.2B
- Due within a year $1.2B
- Longer term $19.0B
- Default point $10.7B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Mar 31, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2024 | $750M | — | 2034 (10y) | +143bp | 5.316% |
From the pricing term sheets PPL Corporation filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PPL CORPORATION)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PPL CORPORATION)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jun 30, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 18, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 13, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 13, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PPL CORPORATION)first_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Feb 26, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 20, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 2 removed
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PPL CORPORATION)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Nov 24, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Oct 20, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (PPL CORPORATION)third_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jul 18, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (PPL CORPORATION)second_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- May 19, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 17, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (PPL CORPORATION)first_quarter 2025 · $0.4 million
- Feb 13, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 17, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (PPL CORPORATION)fourth_quarter 2024 · $0.0 million
- Jan 15, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 16, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEC Energy Group WEC | $10.1B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Public Service Enterprise Group PEG | $12.5B | $0.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Entergy ETR | $13.3B | −$2.8B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Eversource Energy ES | $14.0B | $0.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Evergy EVRG | $5.8B | −$1.1B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| FirstEnergy FE | $15.5B | −$1.7B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Vistra Corp. VST | $19.0B | $2.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Edison International EIX | $19.6B | −$0.6B | Mar 31, 2026 |