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PPL

PPL is active in the energy sector. The global energy companies gained around 16 percent over the period 2006-2016. Measured since 2011 the sector is 6 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 16 percent.

The past year was a good investment year for PPL investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a profitable period for the investors in PPL. The stock gained around 2 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock rose around 17 percent. PPL's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between 12,29 billion dollars and 7,67 billion dollars. PPL's net results between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 1,51 billion dollars and 1,6 billion dollars.

Over the past 5 years the American company paid out dividends. Over the past 5 years PPL's dividend yield was at around 7,3 percent per year. Over the past 5 years the company raised it's dividends each year. So because of the yearly raised dividends per share PPL is a kind of dividend aristocrat.

Healthy financed: not so much debt PPL

As per the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet equaled 39,3 billion dollars. Of the total balance sheet 29,38 billion dollars (74,76 percent) was financed by debt. The American company's price/earnings-ratio was 14. So the market valued the stock at 14 times the 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the energy company equaled around 22,62 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 around 673,86 million stocks were listed.

All the company's financial reports are available here. More information about PPL can be found it's website. .