PPL - PPL Corporation
PPL Corporation, a utility holding company, delivers electricity and natural gas in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments: Kentucky Regulated and Pennsylvania Regulated. It serves approximately 429,000 electric and 333,000 natural gas customers in Louisville and adjacent areas in Kentucky; 538,000 electric customers in central, southeastern, and western Kentucky; and 28,000 electric customers in five counties in southwestern Virginia.
As of May 29, 2026: spot at $35.30, ATM IV 20.6%, max pain $34.00, net GEX $831.7K.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Electric
- Market Cap
- $26.96B
- P/E Ratio
- 22.10
- Beta
- 0.62
- 52-Week Range
- 33.17-40.11
- Dividend Yield
- $1.10
- CEO
- Vincent Sorgi
- Employees
- 6,653
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NYSE
What PPL Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 45.7% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($831.7K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.025) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The PPL overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked PPL overview questions
- What is PPL?
- PPL is the ticker symbol for PPL Corporation, a listed security. PPL Corporation, a utility holding company, delivers electricity and natural gas in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments: Kentucky Regulated and Pennsylvania Regulated. Listed on NYSE. PPL is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the PPL options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 29, 2026, the PPL options snapshot shows spot at $35.30, ATM IV 20.6%, IV rank 45.7%, max pain $34.00, net GEX $831.7K, expected move 5.91%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are PPL's key statistics?
- PPL Corporation (PPL) carries a market capitalization of $26.96B, trailing P/E ratio of 22.10, beta of 0.62 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 33.17-40.11. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does PPL belong to?
- PPL Corporation operates in the Utilities sector, in the Regulated Electric industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare PPL's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the PPL data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 29, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).