For the quarter ended March 2025, PPL (PPL) reported revenue of $2.5 billion, up 8.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.60, compared to $0.54 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +4.84% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.39 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.53, the EPS surprise was +13.21%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how PPL performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Pennsylvania Regulated: $819 million versus $816.65 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.4% change.
- Revenues- Rhode Island Regulated: $626 million compared to the $613.19 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +14% year over year.
- Revenues- Kentucky Regulated: $1.06 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $960.31 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7.6%.
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Shares of PPL have returned +1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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