PPL (PPL) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of PPL (NYSE: PPL) in the last few weeks:

• 6/5/2026 – PPL had its price target lowered by Mizuho from $38.00 to $37.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 6/5/2026 – PPL had its price target lowered by BMO Capital Markets from $40.00 to $39.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 6/4/2026 – PPL was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b+)”.
• 6/4/2026 – PPL had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by BTIG Research.
• 5/22/2026 – PPL was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b+)” to “buy (b)”.
• 5/21/2026 – PPL had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley.
• 5/14/2026 – PPL had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $43.00 to $42.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/11/2026 – PPL had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $41.00 to $39.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/11/2026 – PPL had its price target lowered by BMO Capital Markets from $42.00 to $40.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/8/2026 – PPL was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b+)”.
• 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.

PPL Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 10th will be issued a $0.285 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 10th. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.2%. PPL’s dividend payout ratio is currently 69.51%.

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.