PPL Corporation (PPLC): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is PPLC undervalued?

At 46.62 (close of 5 Nov 2026), PPLC trades 73% over the GLS average fair value of 26.92, with 1 of 8 models above the price. The stock earns none of the Wheel Score's Value points at this price. That is a statement about price against trailing fundamentals, not about the company's prospects - the Wall Street View and the Growth tab on the Quote page carry the forward numbers.

There is a wide gap between Payback Time (11.43) and Graham Growth (53.02). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

Ranked against every other company we cover, neither cheapness nor growth clearly wins for PPLC, so the nightly engine files it under Blend (value score 33, growth score 47, out of 100).

Nine valuation models for PPLC

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

PPL Corporation scores 5 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score: a middling result that falls one point short of the "Piotroski 6 or more" Wheel Trade Filter. Some of the nine tests on profitability, leverage and efficiency are failed, so the accounts are worth a look before selling a put on the name. On durability PPLC scores 5.2/10 on the GLS Moat - a middle reading; the Moat Score tab on the Quote page's Financials view shows which of the four parts hold it back.

Returns on capital are thin or negative - ROIC 3.5%, ROE 7.9%, ROA 2.6% - with debt at 1.30 times equity and a free-cash-flow yield of 1.3%.

The dividend yield is 3.16% at a payout ratio of 65%; for a wheel trader holding assigned shares the dividend adds to the covered-call premium, and the ex-dividend date is worth knowing before a call is sold. Revenue comes mainly from Kentucky Regulated 42%, Pennsylvania Regulated 36%, Rhode Island Regulated 23% (quarter Q2 FY2026).

Institutional ownership scores 5/10, insider activity 10/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 21: No options

No options are listed on PPL Corporation in our nightly snapshot, so it fails the first Wheel Trade Filter (options that actually trade) (it reads 21, under 70) and is left out of every options scan; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 14k shares a day on a market cap of $35.1B, with a beta of 0.59 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that strong.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

PPL Corporation reports earnings on 6 Nov 2026 (before the open) - inside the 14-day window the Sunday Scan avoids, because a put sold now would carry the report's gap risk.

Earnings, dividend, IPO, split and economic calendars for the whole market, filterable to your watchlists.

Similar stocks in Regulated Electric

The 12 companies below are the closest to PPL Corporation by market cap within the Regulated Electric industry, each with its own fact sheet; the Compare page puts up to eight of them side by side.

⚖ Compare PPLC with 7 of them   All Utilities stocks →