PPL Corp. As of October 10, 2023 ticker dps (an.) 2024 hike 2023 hike 2022 hike
PPL $0.96 6.7% -45.8% 0.0%
Business yield Hike yrs 5 yr CAGR freq. paid since
Electric & Gas Utility 4.0% 1 -10.2% Quarter 1946

PPL Corporation (PPL) will raise its quarterly dividend by 0.6 percent to $0.4125 per share in the first quarter of 2019. The new dividend yield for utility PPL is 5.4%.

The increased dividend will be payable April 1 to shareowners of record as of March 8, 2019. The increase, PPL's 17th in 18 years, raises the annualized dividend from $1.64 per share to $1.65 per share.

PPL Corporation is utility holding company. PPL Electric was founded in 1920 as Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. PPL, through its regulated utility subsidiaries, delivers electricity to customers in the U.K., Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Virginia; delivers natural gas to customers in Kentucky; and generates electricity from power plants in Kentucky. PPL Corporation, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was incorporated in 1994 and has paid a dividend in every quarter since 1946.