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PPL Corp (PPL) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?
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PPL Corporation (PPL - Free Report) is set to release fourth-quarter 2019 results on Feb 14, before market open. The company has trailing four-quarter positive earnings surprise of 1.40%, on average.
Let’s see how things are placed ahead of the upcoming quarterly announcement.
Factors to Consider
PPL Corp is focused on modernizing and reshaping its infrastructure as well as technology to strengthen grid resilience and improve service quality. Thus, the company consistently makes investments in infrastructure. It has the ability to recover more than 80% of its investments within 12 months. These are likely to have made a positive impact on the company’s performance in to-be-reported quarter.
In third-quarter earnings call, the company announced that PPL Electric Utilities had nearly completed a $470 million multi-year advanced meter replacement project in Pennsylvania. Also, PPL Corp had completed construction of a new community solar facility in late July. These developments are expected to have boosted fourth-quarter results.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at 53 cents, which indicates a rise of 1.92% year over year.
Earnings Whispers
Our proven model doesn’t conclusively predict an earnings beat for PPL Corp this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the chances of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here. You can seethe complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Earnings ESP: The company’s Earnings ESP is 0.00%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: Currently, PPL Corp carries a Zacks Rank #2.
Other Stocks to Consider
Investors can consider the following players from the same industry that have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat in the to-be-reported quarter.
Duke Energy Corporation (DUK - Free Report) is slated to release fourth-quarter 2019 results on Feb 13. It has an Earnings ESP of +0.38% and a Zacks Rank #3.
Ameren Corporation (AEE - Free Report) is set to release fourth-quarter 2019 numbers on Feb 26. It has an Earnings ESP of +2.73% and carries a Zacks Rank #3.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP - Free Report) is scheduled to release fourth-quarter 2019 results on Feb 27. It has an Earnings ESP of +1.09% and a Zacks Rank #3.
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PPL Corp (PPL) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?
PPL Corporation (PPL - Free Report) is set to release fourth-quarter 2019 results on Feb 14, before market open. The company has trailing four-quarter positive earnings surprise of 1.40%, on average.
Let’s see how things are placed ahead of the upcoming quarterly announcement.
Factors to Consider
PPL Corp is focused on modernizing and reshaping its infrastructure as well as technology to strengthen grid resilience and improve service quality. Thus, the company consistently makes investments in infrastructure. It has the ability to recover more than 80% of its investments within 12 months. These are likely to have made a positive impact on the company’s performance in to-be-reported quarter.
In third-quarter earnings call, the company announced that PPL Electric Utilities had nearly completed a $470 million multi-year advanced meter replacement project in Pennsylvania. Also, PPL Corp had completed construction of a new community solar facility in late July. These developments are expected to have boosted fourth-quarter results.
PPL Corporation Price and EPS Surprise
PPL Corporation price-eps-surprise | PPL Corporation Quote
Q4 Estimates
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at 53 cents, which indicates a rise of 1.92% year over year.
Earnings Whispers
Our proven model doesn’t conclusively predict an earnings beat for PPL Corp this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the chances of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Earnings ESP: The company’s Earnings ESP is 0.00%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: Currently, PPL Corp carries a Zacks Rank #2.
Other Stocks to Consider
Investors can consider the following players from the same industry that have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat in the to-be-reported quarter.
Duke Energy Corporation (DUK - Free Report) is slated to release fourth-quarter 2019 results on Feb 13. It has an Earnings ESP of +0.38% and a Zacks Rank #3.
Ameren Corporation (AEE - Free Report) is set to release fourth-quarter 2019 numbers on Feb 26. It has an Earnings ESP of +2.73% and carries a Zacks Rank #3.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP - Free Report) is scheduled to release fourth-quarter 2019 results on Feb 27. It has an Earnings ESP of +1.09% and a Zacks Rank #3.
More Stock News: This Is Bigger than the iPhone!
It could become the mother of all technological revolutions. Apple sold a mere 1 billion iPhones in 10 years but a new breakthrough is expected to generate more than 27 billion devices in just 3 years, creating a $1.7 trillion market.
Zacks has just released a Special Report that spotlights this fast-emerging phenomenon and 6 tickers for taking advantage of it. If you don't buy now, you may kick yourself in 2020.
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