PPL (PPL) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.33
- Estimate
- $0.34
- Surprise
- -4.0%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.4 → 5.5/10
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) missed the $0.34 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.33 — a clear 4.0% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.4/10) to Sell at 5.5/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates PPL Sell at 5.5/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -4.0% surprise compares with a +0.5% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-06.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Utilities): +1.0
- Positive news sentiment (+1.00)
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
- $35.09
- Price target
- $35.75
- Stop
- $33.93
- Upside to target
- +1.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.2:1
The stock trades at 20.8× trailing but 16.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — 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
- $26.41B
- P/E (fwd)
- 16.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 20.8
- 52-week range
- $31.56–$40.11
- Off 52-week high
- 12.5%
- RSI (14)
- 61
- Volume vs avg
- 1.05×
- Score today
- 5.5/10