PPL Corporation is an energy company. Co. is focused on providing electricity and natural gas in the U.S.. Co. operates through three segments: Kentucky Regulated, Pennsylvania Regulated, and Rhode Island Regulated. The Kentucky Regulated segment consists primarily of the regulated electricity generation, transmission and distribution operations conducted by Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU), as well as LG&E's regulated distribution and sale of natural gas. LG&E and KU are engaged in the regulated generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in Kentucky and, in KU's case, also Virginia. We show 42 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our PPL shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute PPL market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing PPL market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing PPL's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of PPL versus a peer is one thing; comparing
PPL market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like PPL can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching PPL by allowing them to research the PPL market cap history. |
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