PPL Corporation - PPL

PPL Corporation, stock ticker PPL, is a great investment for your Roth IRA stock portfolio. They are an energy and utility holding company. PPL generates electricity from power plants in the northeastern, northwestern and southeastern the United States, markets wholesale or retail energy primarily in northeastern and northwestern portions of the United States, delivers electricity to customers in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and the United Kingdom and delivers natural gas in Kentucky.

As of December 31, 2010, PPL's subsidiaries were PPL Energy Supply, LLC (PPL Energy Supply), PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (PPL Electric), LG&E and KU Energy LLC (LKE), PPL Global, LLC (PPL Global), PPL EnergyPlus LLC (PPL EnergyPlus), PPL Generation LLC (PPL Generation), Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU). On November 1, 2010, PPL completed the acquisition of E.ON U.S. LLC from a wholly owned subsidiary of E.ON AG.

Last quarter PPL's earnings grew. Double digit earnings elevated PPL shares up 3.3% last week to a close of $28.45 per share on February 9th, 2012 . Their net income climbed 13% in the fourth quarter of 2011 on better results from their international and Pennsylvania regulated business. PPL earned $401 million last quarter.

PPL management has made smart acquisitions and achieved steady growth. The stock price is currently slightly cheap. PPL is very profitable, pays a sweet quarterly dividend, and should reap the benefits of their acquisitions through potential synergies. Click here to learn more about PPL and check out these stats below:


52 week                24.10 - 30.27
Vol / Avg.       7.48M/4.75M
Mkt cap               $16.45B
P/E                       10.85
Dividend              $0.36/share
Dividend Yield    5.06% (as of 2/9/12)
EPS                      2.62
Beta              0.42
Inst. own      72%

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