PPL Corp [PPL] short interest falls, dropping by 21.52 million million shares

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. PPL Corp shares valued at $10,704 were sold by Martin Christine M on May 27 ’25. At $34.98 per share, Martin Christine M sold 306 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 36,433 shares worth approximately $1.22 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Henninger Tadd J sold 1,076 shares, netting a total of over 37,638 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $34.98 each, the insider now holds 11,259 shares.

Before that, Gosman Angela K had sold 6,533 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $226,434, the EVP and CHRO traded PPL Corp shares for $34.66 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,533 shares, worth approximately $0.9 million.

As published in their initiating research note from BMO Capital Markets on December 11, 2024, PPL Corp [PPL] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $36. Analysts at JP Morgan started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of September 20, 2024, Jefferies has initiated its “Buy” rating for PPL. Earlier on March 08, 2024, Argus upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for PPL stock which previously was a “a Hold”.

Analyzing PPL Stock Performance

On last trading session,, PPL Corp [NYSE: PPL] rose 0.36% to $33.62. The stock’s lowest price that day was $33.32, but it reached a high of $33.74 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.09%. Over the course of the year, PPL Corp shares have jumped approximately 19.35%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $36.70 on 04/30/25 and a 52-week low of $31.22 on 01/13/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for PPL Corp (PPL)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 33.38, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 33.13. In the upper region, resistance lies at 33.80. The next price resistance is at 33.98. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 42.74 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is PPL Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of PPL Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by -1.75 million shares to 21.52 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 23.27 million shares. A decline of -8.14% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.27 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.27.

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In terms of PPL Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 32 in the next 12 months, down nearly -4.48% from the previous closing price of $33.5. Analysts anticipate PPL Corp stock to reach 39 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 28.5. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked PPL Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 04, 2023, UBS assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $25.

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